A guide to tours by the "Bristol" motor coaches, c1925
Many bus and coach operators issued publicity guides to 'sell' their network and this, from the mid-1920s, is typical. One thing was less common in that the Bristol Tramways & Carriage Co Ltd. (whose magnificent title survived past the end of their tramways operation and into the 1950s!) were one of the few operators who built their own buses and coaches. The Bristol factory at Brislington would in fact, over the coming decades, churn out thousands of well-regarded vehicles that many other operators purchased, particularly in the nationalised years when Bristol had a 'captive' audience.
Anyhow, this guide shows a 'charabanc' on the Open Road, typical of the image of coach trip of the era. The BPC mentioned was the British Publicity Company who specialised in producing guides for corporate concerns.
A guide to tours by the "Bristol" motor coaches, c1925
Many bus and coach operators issued publicity guides to 'sell' their network and this, from the mid-1920s, is typical. One thing was less common in that the Bristol Tramways & Carriage Co Ltd. (whose magnificent title survived past the end of their tramways operation and into the 1950s!) were one of the few operators who built their own buses and coaches. The Bristol factory at Brislington would in fact, over the coming decades, churn out thousands of well-regarded vehicles that many other operators purchased, particularly in the nationalised years when Bristol had a 'captive' audience.
Anyhow, this guide shows a 'charabanc' on the Open Road, typical of the image of coach trip of the era. The BPC mentioned was the British Publicity Company who specialised in producing guides for corporate concerns.