SHMD bought two Daimler CSG6s which were not particularly popular buses. As a consequence of this, combined with the fact that their manual transmission enabled the obtaining of a full PSV driving licence instead of one restricted to vehicles with automatic or semi-automatic transmissions, these buses were used a lot for driver training. On 1st June 1971 SHMD 97, by now carrying its SELNEC fleet number 5697, has turned down Chapel Road on its journey between Uppermill and Greenfield.