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12-seaters to Serve Holiday Town Despite Police Plea

21st November 1958
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ALTHOUGH they were opposed by the police, two local authorities, and the Western National Omnibus Co., Ltd., two operators of small buses, were last week granted licences to run short express services in St. Ives. They were Stevens Tours and Blewitts, Ltd.

Mr. G. McMurtrie, for Stevens, said the two concerns wanted to run a service with 12-seater buses—actually smaller than taxis--between the bus park and the quay. They would carry pre-booked passengers with stops at two hotels.

In support, Mr. R. T. Cooper, of ' Worthington Motor Tours, Ltd., Birmingham, said his company ran four tours a week calling at St. Ives, but next year this number would be increased and they would carry 2,500 passengers there.

A two-hour stop was made in the town, but as a large number of the passengers were elderly they found the steep hill between the quay and the bus park too much for them. As a result, most people travelled back to the coaches by taxi, whilst a large number stayed in the coach all the time.

Opposing the application, Mr. K. G. Julian, Assistant Chief Constable of Cornwall, said the summer traffic problem was so bad at St. Ives that, although some people might be shocked to hear it, a ban on traffic in the harbour area would have to be considered some day. Cornwall County Council and St. Ives Borough Council also claimed that congestion would increase.

Granting the application, Mr. S. W. Nelson, chairman of the Western Traffic Commissioners, 'remarked that 12-seaters ought to be "the answer to the maiden's prayer."


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