David Slater (Spoddendale)'s photos with the keyword: South West Clipper

One of the pioneering services between Lancashire and London commenced during the late 1920s operated by Holt Brothers (Rochdale) Limited, a company which formed the basis of the famous Yelloway Motor Services Limited. The service comprised a Blackpool-Manchester-London service with a feeder service into Manchester from Blackburn, Rochdale and Oldham. South of Manchester the service travelled through Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, etc.

For many years there were services operated from Yorkshire to Rochdale (by Hebble from Bradford and Halifax) and to Oldham (by Hansons from Huddersfield) to link with the Yelloway 'Devonian' service to the south west - actually through coaches employed. These facilities enabled Yelloway to become a significant joint operator in the direct services from Yorkshire to Torbay in the late 1960s branded as the 'South West Clipper'. A few years later a direct service to Bournemouth was introduced branded as the 'Bournemouth Clipper'. The 'South West Clipper' and 'Bournemouth Clipper' services were operated by quite a number of different operators, the list including Associated Motorways, East Midland Motor Services, East Yorkshire Motor Services, Hebble Motor Services (as successor to Yorkshire Woollen District Transport), J W Kitchin and Sons, Wallace Arnold Tours, West Yorkshire Road Car Company, Yorkshire Traction Company, Yelloway Motor Services. Nine different operators although if one was counting interested parties that number rises to eighteen when you consider that Associated Motorways comprised a pool of ten operators in itself!

For many years there were services operated from Yorkshire to Rochdale (by Hebble from Bradford and Halifax) and to Oldham (by Hansons from Huddersfield) to link with the Yelloway 'Devonian' service to the south west - actually with through coaches being employed. These facilities enabled Yelloway to become a significant joint operator in the direct services from Yorkshire to Torbay in the late 1960s branded as the 'South West Clipper'. The 'South West Clipper' services were operated by quite a number of different operators, the list including Associated Motorways, East Midland Motor Services, East Yorkshire Motor Services, Hebble Motor Services (as successor to Yorkshire Woollen District Transport), J W Kitchin and Sons, Wallace Arnold Tours, West Yorkshire Road Car Company, Yorkshire Traction Company, Yelloway Motor Services. Nine different operators although if one was counting interested parties that number rises to eighteen when you consider that Associated Motorways comprised a pool of ten operators in itself!

For many years there were services operated from Yorkshire to Rochdale (by Hebble from Bradford and Halifax) and to Oldham (by Hansons from Huddersfield) to link with the Yelloway 'Devonian' service to the south west - actually with through coaches being employed. These facilities enabled Yelloway to become a significant joint operator in the direct services from Yorkshire to Torbay in the late 1960s branded as the 'South West Clipper'. The 'South West Clipper' services were operated by quite a number of different operators, the list including Associated Motorways, East Midland Motor Services, East Yorkshire Motor Services, Hebble Motor Services (as successor to Yorkshire Woollen District Transport), J W Kitchin and Sons, Wallace Arnold Tours, West Yorkshire Road Car Company, Yorkshire Traction Company, Yelloway Motor Services. Nine different operators although if one was counting interested parties that number rises to eighteen when you consider that Associated Motorways comprised a pool of ten operators in itself!