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SP TE heavy opposition, nn "r and Graham of ton, has won limited ho ty from the Yorkshire iffi Commissioners to !ra British extended tours m t o points in the Holder s a ea of east Yorkshire.
he company had applied a cence for three sevento rs, to the Isle of Wight, nd dno and Grantown and ee ight-day tours to Great rm •uth and the Norfolk a. ., Torquay, and the Spey le and Inverness, from six kin:-up points.
'h application was )os d by National Travel st) East Yorkshire Motor rvi' es, Wallace Arnold -.ir,Holt's Coaches and rib 's of Hull.
te hen Kirkbright, for the rip ny, said Holdemess was So ted area which was not us cally catered for by the ti g operators. The stage vie s in the area were just at equate to enable people Ely to join tours offered by m jor operators from Hull, I it was acting as a deter, t tt people booking coach rs.
n Parkin, Wallace kOi 's licensing officer, said c mpany offered similar rs o those proposed from if passengers had not Lvet •at the advertised detu e time of a tour, they iven about 10 minutes' tulle. On the odd occasion t assengers had missed d parture, special transt as laid on for them to t e tour at the nearest Lye ent point.
:ro.s-examined, Mr Parkin I t at Wallace Arnold car,749 passengers from II n 1977. He felt that pi living in areas like de ess accepted that they ti travel to main centres pa ulation to join coach
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or National Travel, Peter gr t said they had been 'z.e to object, as a wide catchment area was necessary to maintain a programme of extended tours. In addition to a potential loss of traffic in the Holderness area, National were also concerned about a possible loss of traffic in Hull itself, as people could just as easily travel out from the city to join Connor and Graham's tours, as they could travel into it.
Granting a licence for all the destinations except Grantown, from Easington and Withernsea only, restricted to five departures per year, the chairman, Major General V. H. J. Carpenter, said although there was little doubt that the objectors offered a wide range of tours from Hull, the Commissioners had come to the conclusion there was some evidence of need in the far eastern part of the area, where the stage services were not always convenient.
The Commissioners accepted that local stage services should have some protection and that there could be some loss of business to the objectors. However, they also felt that a grant could lead to a generation of new traffic, which could benefit all the operators.