Seven-Day Clacton Tour Refused
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THE application by W. Robinson and Sons (Great Harwood), Ltd., for a new seven-day tour from Knutsford to Clacton was refused, last week, by the North Western Traffic Commissioners (The Commercial Motor, August 22).
They rejected a submission by Mr. E. A. Whitehead, for the company, that it was not an application for an entirely new tour, but one which had been forced upon them by hotel demands. Mr. Whitehead pointed out that Robinson's already operated a seven-day tour to London and Clacton, but most people did not want to include London.
Mr. W. Blackhurst, for the road objectors, recalled that in the 1930s the Minister of Transport ruled that fantail A26 tours were directly competitive with express services and were a type of operation not to be encouraged.
He claimed that London services from the north west would be affected, and so would the Clacton via Leicester service operated by Premier Travel, Ltd., linking with Yelloway Motor Services, Ltd.
Giving the decision, Mr. F. Willamson, chairman, said Knutsford was Robinson's key licence, with feeder services from places throughout Lancashire and from parts of Cheshire. Bookings on the London-Clacton service,had not been too bad for the first year of operation, and it was likely that there would have been no application if early and late season had been as good as mid-season.