(09 Mar 2022, 9:16 am)Mark1 wrote Was Moor Dale owned by arriva/Northumbria?

Did arriva/TGM sell classic to JH coaches or did JH just take on extra work following the closure?

Moor Dale, and it's associated company Rochester & Marshall were acquired by Proudmutual Holdings in December 1989.  Produmutual was the holding company for Northumbria Motor Services.

Moor Dale had no stage carriage work prior to deregulation, most of their work was schools, works & private hire.  At de-reg they won a number of services on tender from Tyne & Wear PTE.

I'm not entirely sure on the whole history behind JH, though I believe the former owners of Classic Coaches bought Jim Hughes coaches, ultimately becoming the modern day JH coaches.