The Story of 270 Lost Days
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AFTER giving details of vehicles being off the road for 270 days during temporary substitutions last year, and of paying overtime to staff when they worked at week-ends, East Lancashire Carriers, Ltd., were granted a new B maintenance vehicle at Blackburn last week. Mr. J. Bradley, managing director, said that he wanted to hire the vehicle which would cater for nine vehicles belonging to East Lancashire Carriers and two belonging to their associated company, T. Whittingham (Accrington), Ltd. A list of occasions when the company had obtained temporary substitutions from the Licensing Authority were produced, but Mr. Bradley said that unless a unit was going to be off the road for more
than four days it was not worth applying for this facility. Replying to Mr. R. A. Webb, objecting for the British Transport Commission, he said that he had no evidence available of customer inconvenience.
In submission, Mr. J. Backhouse, for the applicants, stated that there was always a day or two between temporary substitutions being granted, and 270 days were involved when vehicles had been off the road during these periods. The vehicles all did substantial mileages and served numerous customers.
The North Western Licensing Authority, Mr. F. Williamson. granted the new unit.