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Vehicle operators in the Doncaster, Wallasey and Barrow-in-Furness areas may not be aware of the fact but they have the MPTA to thank for the advantage they enjoy in each having an on-the-spot MoT testing station Use of large municipal garages such as these could save the country a small fortune but a great many corporations and bus companies could not see sufficiently substantial revenues from the scheme and, so far as I know, only the three named above were willing to co-operate.
While the official suggestion to the Ministry on this subject came from the Association I suspect that Alderman Bill Alker of Bury and transport manager Tom Bamford of Doncaster, must have initiated the discussion. Actually it was Doncaster where I first heard of the idea. While the financial return may not be great, at Doncaster, for instance, much of the space occupied by the station during the day can still be used for the night parking of buses.