I have 2 unused cassettes of Jones Omnibus Services Ltd of Aberbeeg tickets plus 5 complete emergency ticket packs also a cassette of half Jones & half Transport services tickets.
I also have a bell punch Automacheckit machine with half a cassette of Jones tickets inside. Unfortunately it does not work as its been in the loft for years. It was working when I owned Jones’s Leyland Tiger cub which I sold in 2000.
Photograph and Copy contributed by Alan Roberts
For this one, all guesses are welcome, as I have no idea whatsoever which “United” this ticket comes from.
The reverse of the ticket is blank, so there is no clue there. It was printed by Punch & Ticket Co., London N1.
Photograph and Copy contributed by Bill Nichols
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15/01/12 – 07:55
United Omnibus Co., later United Omnibus Co. Ltd. was a London independent which started in 1923. The limited company was formed in 1926. It was compulsorily acquired by the LPTB in 1933.
DRH – Transport Ticket Society
From the Sidney R G Page collection
Wm Stokes & Sons were based in Carstairs Village, Lanarkshire, Scotland which is a quite away from my area so I know very little about them really. It would appear the business started in 1925 as an Haulage company and it wasn’t until the early 50s that the coach operation began. A lot of their business was contract work transporting coal miners to and from the pits, coaches were also provided for several holiday travel companies and of course the school buses. They must of had some form stage work which according to The Bus and Coach forum they finished in 2007 but apparently the coach side carried on after that, hopefully someone may know more.
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13/01/12 – 11:13
As far as I know the coaching side of the business ceased in 2011 but I think they are still haulage contractors.
Philip Carlton
