Chair made from historic bus seat recovered in County Durham

Summarised from The Northern Echo's report · Updated 19 Oct, 20:43 · Archive

A chair in Darlington has been upholstered with fabric from a James & Mosley bus that once served Croft.

In John Wearmouth's hall in Darlington sits an elegant pierced splat back chair with a graceful serpentine crest rail and gently curved cabriole front legs. What sets it apart from a typical piece of furniture is its upholstered seat, which has been made from fabric originating from a James & Mosley bus that once served Croft.

The Northern Echo reports that Wearmouth grew up in Croft during the 1940s and 1950s and has fond memories of using buses and trains as a means of transport to Darlington for visits to the pictures, the market and local football matches. The bus seat fabric, now worn from years of use, represents a unique piece of local public transport history. Wearmouth's reclaimed upholstery preserves a tangible reminder of the buses that once served the local community.

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• The ordinary-looking chair hiding a remarkable piece of County Durham bus historyIN John Wearmouth's hall in Darlington, there is an elegant pierced splat back chair, with a graceful serpentine crest rail at the top and gently curved cabriole front legs.The Northern Echo · 19 Oct, 20:00

In this story: John Wearmouth · Darlington · Croft · James & Mosley

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