Wheelwright Museum Joseph Besset

Joseph Besset was a wheelwright, who turned to coachbuilding in the 1920s. His workshop bodied Talbot, Voisin, Bugatti etc. cars. From the late 1930s he turned his attention to buses and bought the licence to the streamlined, Garwood bus in 1937. In two halls his work is commemorated. Hall one features an old wheelwright shop, while hall two showcases some of Bennet’s cars and buses.