Margaret Palmer, formerly of David Palmer Coaches sadly passed away on Saturday 22 August following a long battle against cancer. Margaret and her husband David started out back in the late 1970s with a minibus. Business boomed so they bought a coach and became founder members of the CTC (now CTA) where Margaret was a long-serving board member, passionate about promoting coach travel.

Over the years Margaret received many accolades for her contributions to the travel industry which included the CTC Award in 1998 and the CoachMonthly & CDC Special Award in 2007, she was also named Lady Margaret Palmer at a ceremony at the ‘Confrerie les sossons d”orvaulx’ in Belgium.

Her son Andrew and wife Lisa joined the business in 1994 as the business grew. As time went by, Margaret began to take things a bit easier and retired in 2009 due to ill health but she then went on to work with local charities and was on the social committee for Yorkshire Cancer Research.

Margaret lived life to the full and made many personal friends within the coaching industry and was often heard before she was seen and could usually be found in the bar networking at social events!

Lisa, her daughter-in-law is still flying the Palmer family flag at Palmer Holidays in Normanton, now part of the Grand UK Holiday Group. Heaven has gained one very special lady in Margaret, goodnight and god bless her.