MFA 805G, ESDC 105, one of three Daimler Fleetline SRG6LW's with Willowbrook bodywork, the first rear-engined motors to be bought by Burton Corporation after the last of the legendary Daimler CCG5's arrived in 1968

MFA 805G is seen in its final paint scheme of red, blue and off-white, parked up outside Etwall Parish Church, awaiting a deluge of schoolkids from John Port School, a massive comprehensive in Etwall village

MFA 704G seen in withdrawn condition in the yard at Wetmore Road, after Stevensons took over ESDC. The bus is a Willowbrook Daimler Fleetline SRG6LW, formerly No. 104 but now bearing just 4

Sister bus MFA 805G seen minus destination blind in Wetmore Road depot yard, Burton in 1986. This was one of three bought by the erstwhile Burton Corporation in 1969, its first rear-engined buses

Let's open the boot and see what's there! MFA 704 G's engine compartment reveals the Gardner '6LW' 8.37 litre diesel. To the nearside can be seen the air compressor (green) and main air bath

Still displaying East Staffs DC lettering, the successor to Burton Corporation from 1974, NFA 14M sports an advert for Marstons. the famous local brewery

NFA 14M "Nottingham lookalike". One of a batch of Daimler Fleetlines which Burton purchased in 1973/4 (GFA 10/11L + NFA 12-21M) with Willowbrook H44/34F bodies to Nottingham style, even down to the curious longitudinal nearside front topdeck seat. The bus is in the wash at Stevensons Wetmore road premises in Burton during 1986.