Lancashire United Transport Ltd : official time table - October 1952 : The Carpet Imp advert
From the October 1952 issue of the Lancashire United Transport's timetables. The LUT had its origins in 1905 when the Lancashire United Tramways took over the ailing South Lancashire Tramways. Over time the majority of the company's operations were of bus and coach routes, as the Lancashire United Transport company although certain tram routes had been converted to trolleybus operation in the 1930s and these were under the aegis of the South Lancashire Transport Company. The network covered a large section of south Lancashire's industrial towns, King Cotton and King Coal being of great importance, and the company served many smaller industrial villages and towns.
They also operated many services in conjuction with the numerous municipal operators, including Salford, Bolton, Wigan, Warrington, Leigh and St. Helens and other company operations such as Ribble. Indeed with Bolton and St. Helens joint trolleybus operations were technically run - Bolton being a real oddity in that they 'owned' a small number of trolleybuses that were to all intents and purpose SLT vehicles. The timetable still, in places refers to them as 'trackless trolley 'buses'.
Like many such publications the timetables include adverts both for LUT's services, especially coach and private hires, as well as for local companies and shops. This remarkable advert is for the Bolton based Rutland Mills who sold their services as "The Carpet Imp"! The Leigh - Atherton - Bolton trolleybuses run by SLT stopped at the top of Adelaide St in Daubhill!
Lancashire United Transport Ltd : official time table - October 1952 : The Carpet Imp advert
From the October 1952 issue of the Lancashire United Transport's timetables. The LUT had its origins in 1905 when the Lancashire United Tramways took over the ailing South Lancashire Tramways. Over time the majority of the company's operations were of bus and coach routes, as the Lancashire United Transport company although certain tram routes had been converted to trolleybus operation in the 1930s and these were under the aegis of the South Lancashire Transport Company. The network covered a large section of south Lancashire's industrial towns, King Cotton and King Coal being of great importance, and the company served many smaller industrial villages and towns.
They also operated many services in conjuction with the numerous municipal operators, including Salford, Bolton, Wigan, Warrington, Leigh and St. Helens and other company operations such as Ribble. Indeed with Bolton and St. Helens joint trolleybus operations were technically run - Bolton being a real oddity in that they 'owned' a small number of trolleybuses that were to all intents and purpose SLT vehicles. The timetable still, in places refers to them as 'trackless trolley 'buses'.
Like many such publications the timetables include adverts both for LUT's services, especially coach and private hires, as well as for local companies and shops. This remarkable advert is for the Bolton based Rutland Mills who sold their services as "The Carpet Imp"! The Leigh - Atherton - Bolton trolleybuses run by SLT stopped at the top of Adelaide St in Daubhill!