County Borough of Oldham : Passenger Transport Department : tickets
Prior to the merger into the new SELNEC bus operations in 1969 the then County Borough of Oldham in Lancashire operated its own Passenger Transport Department and bus services. Like many Northern industrial towns these were dense networks, often tailored to busy peak hours serving the town centre, especially on Saturday shopping hours, and industries. Oldham was also a Transport Department who ran many 'joint' routes with neighbouring municipalities and companies such as Ashton, Rochdale, Manchester, the SHMD and North Western.
In the early 1960s, after some tumultuous years for the Department, a new General Manager was appointed; Harry Taylor came from Liverpool Corporation Transport and interestingly he brought some ideas as to a more 'modern' look for the Department. This can be seen in the adoption of the owl perched over the badge "Oldham Transport" that echoes the contemporary Liverpool look and this symbol was used on the new bus stop flags. Equally during the period from 1962 onwards timetable covers and presentation are given a graphic overhaul.
These two tickets, printed on carbon paper backing so as to enable a register to be kept, show details of ordinary returns on service 10, the long run from central Manchester out to Greenfield via Oldham and that was operated jointly with Manchester Corporation Transport. I wonder if these are cross-border transfer tickets between the two operators?
County Borough of Oldham : Passenger Transport Department : tickets
Prior to the merger into the new SELNEC bus operations in 1969 the then County Borough of Oldham in Lancashire operated its own Passenger Transport Department and bus services. Like many Northern industrial towns these were dense networks, often tailored to busy peak hours serving the town centre, especially on Saturday shopping hours, and industries. Oldham was also a Transport Department who ran many 'joint' routes with neighbouring municipalities and companies such as Ashton, Rochdale, Manchester, the SHMD and North Western.
In the early 1960s, after some tumultuous years for the Department, a new General Manager was appointed; Harry Taylor came from Liverpool Corporation Transport and interestingly he brought some ideas as to a more 'modern' look for the Department. This can be seen in the adoption of the owl perched over the badge "Oldham Transport" that echoes the contemporary Liverpool look and this symbol was used on the new bus stop flags. Equally during the period from 1962 onwards timetable covers and presentation are given a graphic overhaul.
These two tickets, printed on carbon paper backing so as to enable a register to be kept, show details of ordinary returns on service 10, the long run from central Manchester out to Greenfield via Oldham and that was operated jointly with Manchester Corporation Transport. I wonder if these are cross-border transfer tickets between the two operators?