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Carriage for campers
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• An application by Sandown Tours (Burnley) Ltd. for an excursions and tours licence was heard in Leeds on Wednesday by the Yorkshire Traffic Commissioners, The company sought to operate a new connecting service from Leeds to Manchester to link up with specific, authorized extended tours starting from Manchester. Backing to another licence to allow picking-up points in Yorkshire on the route to Immingham and Hull was also sought. Picking up points at Bradford, Halifax, and Huddersfield were requested for the Leeds-Manchester feeder service.
The period of operation for which the licence was sought was from Easter to September for pre-booked passengers only. Objections were entered by West Yorkshire Road Car. Co. Ltd., Northern General Transport Co. Ltd., United Automobile Co. Ltd., Lancashire United Transport Co. Ltd., North Western Road Car Co. Ltd., Yorkshire Woollen District Transport Co. Ltd. (all represented at the hearing by Mr. W. R. Hargrave) and Wallace Arnold Tours Ltd. (represented by Mr. F. S. Marshall).
Mr, J. A. Backhouse, for Sandown, said that the applicant company catered for a distinct clientele. It carried a lot of camping equipment, which made travelling on service buses inconvenient, and campers, he said, preferred to travel with fellow campers. Sandown operated routes to Southampton, Dover, London (Heathrow) Airport and Luton Airport, Mr. Backhouse said that it was not planned to use the Hull and Immingham routes this year.
In 1967 Sandown had carried 1,926 passengers; the figure for 1968 was 1,754, he said. This reduction in the number of passengers carried could be attributed to the relative unpopularity of air tours; road tours had since been reinstated. Mrs. J. M. Pollard, a director of the applicant company, said that Sandown would be willing to send a coach into Yorkshire even if it would only benefit a few passengers. She was concerned with giving the Yorkshire people a good service.
The application proceeded.