Regarding the " Charabanc " picture above, I remember that Middleton & Woods operated
Private Hire taxis in Wigan which may have developed from charabancs from years ago.
Their cars in the 1960s and into the 1970s were Austin Cambridge and Austin Westminsters.
At that time, their wedding and funeral cars were Austin A170, I cant think of the model name.
Ray Smyth.