Moving points
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DESPITE objections from th Greater Manchester Police the North-western Traffi Commissioners hay approved proposals by te extended tour operators t move their starting point i the centre of Manchester.
Hutchinsons Tours Ltc Shearings Tours Ltd, Batty Ho Touring Services Ltd, PleE sureways (1955) Ltd, J & Aspden (Blackburn) Ltd, Robe Holt & Company Limited, IA Robinson & Sons Tour Ltc Smith's Tours (Wigan) Ltc Happiway Tours (Mancheste Ltd and Florence Motors Ltd ha, all applied to move the point i Aytoun Street.
The police opposed this o the grounds of road safety an increased traffic congestion. F( the operators, it was said th existing point was restricted an due for redevelopment.
Granting the applications f< these seasonal tours onh chairman Roy Hutchings sal the Commissioners were n( normally in conflict with th. police. They recommended th the City Council, the police ar the operators should g, together to find a long-ter solution to the difficulty.