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Hardy Annuals

17th November 1961
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Which of the following most accurately describes the problem?

SEVERAL coach operators from the. Blackburn area applied recently to the North Western. Traffic Commissioners for permission to introduce feeder services and link destinations. The Commissioners were told that although not authorized to do so, certain of them had already been linking"for some time past," 1. Benson (Motors), Ltd., and six local operators were applying to the Commissioners for feeder services frem a number of Lancashire towns. They wanted to link certain Lake District centres, Chester, Llangollen and some Yorkshire resorts. • Opposing the applications were the larger operators—Ribble Motor Services, Ltd.. W. C. Standerwick, Ltd., W. Robinson and Sons (Great Harwood). and Ribblesdale Coachways, Ltd., who submitted. that if destination _linking, was granted to Operators who had previously been doing it without authorization,' those who had -been operating properly and not linking destinations should not be in any way penalized. They requested similar facilities to cover excursions to the Lakes and North Wales, and also aAed to increase the number of occasions when they were allowed to operate to Manchester, Preston and Burnley for theatre, cinema and football ofitings. Objecting to both sets of applications were British Railways.

The Commissioners were reminded by Mr. J. Backhouse, representing several of the independent companies, that three years ago the Commissioners had given

approval to a scheme allowing Ri Robinson's and Ribblesdale, instea having individual licences in Black and adjacent towns linked by ve allowance, to have a main licence, feeder services into Blackburn. remaining operators in the area similar licences were merely seekir do likewise.

Both the chairman of the Con sioners, Mr. F. Williamson, and Backhouse, are "old hands" at linking applications, which appear al as hardy annuals.

Early in 1958 they faced each over the Commissioners' proposa impose rigid restrictions on lb operations, when the Commissioners decided to vary the special condi attached to road service licences backings in respect of excursions, t stage and express services—an apple objected to by over 70 operators.

Again, in June of that year, Williamson told Mr. Backhouse what he was proposing on behalf c clients—this time he was asking behalf of W. Robinson and Sons t( Harwood), Ltd., for authority to catchment areas of their various liei with feeder services into a trunk rot would make " licensing history," If these and other applications it North Western area follow true to I provided the Commissioners are pared to turn a blind eye to the unau ized linking, the recent applicai which were adjourned, should re their blessing.


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