Seaside excursion objection
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• Application to vary the condition of an existing excursions and tours licence, -to which objections were lodged by one coach operator and three State-owned companies, was adjourned until May 21 by the chairman of the Yorkshire Traffic Commissioners, Maj-Gen. Sir John Potter, in Leeds last week.
Mr George Feather, trading as Wescroft Coaches, Amblerthom, had applied to add to his licence day-excursions to Cleethorpes, Skegness and Morecambe, and period excursions to Skegness and Morecambe starting from Amblerthorn with two picking up points at the nearby town of Queensbury. However, during the course of the hearing it was found that the existing licence authorized Mr Feather to pick„ up passengers in Queensbury only when it was on the direct route of travel. This meant that of the three destinations applied for only the coaches on the Morecambe excursion would be authorized to pick up passengers at Queensbury.
Objections to the application were made by J. H. Sheard, Hebble Motor Services Ltd, West Yorkshire Road Car Co Ltd, and Ribble Motor Services Ltd, which were all represented 'by Mr D. Walker.
For the applicant company, Mr J. Carrington told the Commissioners that as well as having three witnesses to support the application there was also a petition of support containing 200 signatures and three letters of support all from local councillors. Mr Carrington said that as Queensbury, which is very close to Ambterthorn, is a town of 10,000 residents it should not be necessary for inhabitants of the area to have to travel as far afield as -Halifax or Bradford before they could obtain the service to any of the destinations applied for.
Mr Feather said in his evidence that there was no reason why towns such as the ones mentioned should have a wide selection of excursions and tours while Queensbury had none. He added that the application was only the third he had made in the past 20 years.