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Old Folk Prefer Door-to-door Tours Service

24th February 1961
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Keywords : Normanton

QPECIAL tours restricted to people over 55 were the subject of an application k-) heard before the Yorkshire Traffic Commissioners at Leeds. The applicant, Gillard's, of West Street Garage, Normanton, wanted to operate fiveand seven-day tours to Brighton, Great Yarmouth, Torquay and Llandudno during April, May, September and October.

Mr. A. E. Gillard, a director, said he realized that other transport companies ran old people's tours in the area, and Gillard's might take a few of their passengers. However, he wanted to meet this demand and he believed there was an untapped source of traffic in Normanton.

There were no existing direct bus services from Normanton to any of the resorts sought, he said.

Replying to Mr. F. Marshall, objecting for Wallace Arnold Tours, Ltd., and Heaps Tours, Ltd., he said that last year they had operated a private party old people's tour.

Mr. Marshall pointed out that Wallace Arnold had picking-up points in Wakefield and Castleford for their tours. There were local service buses of 15 minutes frequency from Normanton to these towns.

Mr. Gillard said that elderly people liked to board a coach near their homes and stay there until the destination was reached. They did not like changes and transferring luggage from vehicle to vehicle.

The application was also opposed by Sheffield United Tours, Ltd., Feather Brothers (Tours), Ltd., the Yorkshire Pool operators and British Railways.

Mrs. M. Sylvester, chairman of Normanton U.D.C., supported the case on behalf of seven old people's clubs in the town and said that if direct facilities were available more pensioners would be able to have an annual holiday.

Mr. G. Steel, a tours manager of Wallace Arnold. stated that if a demand was evident in Normanton, their own operation, their newspaper advertisements. and film shows which had been presented, were responsible for it. He did not feel it was difficult for members of the public to reach anyof the company's picking-up points in nearby towns. If the case were granted they would definitely suffer from traffic abstraction.

The hearing was adjourned.

YUGOSLAV IMPORT DUTIES VUGOSLAV engine and vehicle manu facturers are urging that duties of from 55 to 60 per cent, should continue to be levied on foreign-made goods vehicles, and a rate of 50 per cent, for motor buses and other vehicles for public passenger transport. Spare parts, they say. should bear an import duty of only ln per cent.

In the new duties list, details of which are expected to be issued within the next few weeks, it is believed that an import duty not exceeding 45 per cent. is planned by the Government for foreign road goods vehicles.


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