Hereford tours get the go-ahead
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HE provision of British and ;ontinental extended tours by wo Hereford coach operators would not in any way interfere with or detract from services )ffered by other operators in he area.
This was the view taken by :he West Midland Traffic ommissioners when they granted applications by G. H. Yeomans Motors Ltd and Gollen Valley Motors at Birmingham last week.
The firms applied jointly to operate 12 three to four day mini tours in the UK, 10 six to twelve day British extended tours and 39 Continental tours of between three and fourteen days (CM December 17).
Operation would commence in Hereford with pick-up points at Kington, Leominster, Bromyard, Ledbury and Ross-on-Wye. Objections from Salopia Saloon Coaches Ltd and Corvedale Travel Ltd were withdrawn after the applicants agreed not to oppose applications by those companies to pick up in Leominster.
Mr M. C. Preece, general manager of Yeomans, said they had received many inquiries for the provision of extended tours. Generally his company would operate the British programme and Golden Valley the Continental.
Mr Stanley Griffiths, manager of Primrose Motors, Leominster, objected, saying his company was licensed for two and three day tours.
Last season they advertised London and Blackpool tours but these did not run because there was no demand. He felt that this was because most people in the area preferred to organise private parties.
Mr G. D. Bengry, proprietor of Primrose Motors, said Leominster was developing quickly and he felt strongly about another operator "getting the thin end of the wedge" into an area in which his firm had been providing a network of services for many years with very little return.
Granting the application, the chairman, Mr A. A. Crabtree, said although there was no doubt that the objectors made a useful contribution to the passenger transport needs of their respective areas, neither of them was offering the type of facility the applicants were seeking.