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A YORKSHIRE MYSTERY
| 题名： | A YORKSHIRE MYSTERY |
| 正文语种： | eng |
| 作者： | STUART RENDER |
| 摘要： | Heeds City Transport (LCT) has played an important role in my life. My father worked in the drawing office at the Swinegate head office during the tramway era, and I began my working life as a mileage clerk working in the same building in 1973. Although I was brought up in Nottingham, having relatives living in Leeds meant I enjoyed many visits to the Yorkshire city. It was during those visits in the late 1960s that I bought my first LCT bus timetable. That timetable, published in 1968, price 6d (2 1/2), and featuring a photo of newly-delivered Roe-bodied Daimler Fleetline 159 (PUB 159G) on the cover, proved to be the gateway to exploring the city. I soon signed up, at a cost of five shillings (about 60p today), for an annual subscription. Timetables were published every two months. The first LCT picture cover timetable had appeared in June 1964, featuring PUA 668, a Roe-bodied AEC Regent III. Between then and the formation of the West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive (Metro) in April 1974 some 59 different covers appeared. Picture covers continued for a short time into the PTE era, but more about that later. LCT's publicity team clearly saw the PR benefit of using the cover to tell a story. Photos would usually promote a new service, a new type of bus, and sometimes both. Often the photo would be linked to a transport department initiative. Buses featured were sometimes 'in service' but research has revealed that a sizeable majority were posed. |
| 出版年： | 2022 |
| 期刊名称： | Buses |
| 卷： | 74 |
| 期： | 803 |
| 页码： | 42-45 |
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