Sworders JIL 9345 (CAV 620V) at Walkern - 9 Mar 1998

Monday 9 March 1998 (approx. 0800) - C W Sworder and Sons Limited latterly operated a fleet of mainly school and contract vehicles from its base in the Hertfordshire village of Walkern. Duple Dominant II Express bodied Volvo B58 JIL 9345 was seen leaving the Walkern premises running empty to its first pick-up for a school run to Buntingford. This was one of a pair of such vehicles in the Sworder’s fleet that had been new to Whippet Coaches in August 1979 although they had been acquired from cereal manufacturer Weetabix of Burton Latimer in 1993 who had used them for staff transport. JIL 9345 was new as CAV 620V and JIL 9346 as CAV 625V. When Sworder’s ceased bus operations, concentrating their activities on a vehicle salvage business near Molesworth in Cambridgeshire, the Walkern garage and yard became a housing development. The buildings in the photograph remain as residential homes and the road has become Glebe View.