David Slater (Spoddendale)'s photos with the keyword: The Creams

Late 1950s or early 1960s - Framed posters hung on the bars of the Yelloway garage along the passenger walkway. A poster for the Creams North Wales service positioned with one extolling the virtues of ‘Sunny Rhyl’, one of the main holiday resorts on the route.

Mid 1950s - The ‘Creams’ fleetname as carried on LDK 382, a Burlingham Seagull bodied AEC Regal, which was delivered to the main Yelloway fleet in 1954. Transferred to Creams in 1957 it remained as a Creams coach until sold in 1964. The Creams (Lancashire) Limited was acquired by Yelloway in 1947 and remained a separate subsidiary until 1970. From 1960 to 1970 the policy was to employ lightweight coaches in the Creams fleet replacing them after one or two summer seasons but during the earlier years heavyweight vehicles transferred from the main Yelloway fleet.

Mid 1950s - The Creams (Lancashire) Limited was acquired by Yelloway in 1947 and remained a separate subsidiary until 1970. From 1960 to 1970 the policy was to employ lightweight coaches in the Creams fleet replacing them after one or two summer seasons but during the earlier years heavyweight vehicles transferred from the main Yelloway fleet. LDK 382, a Burlingham Seagull bodied AEC Regal, had been delivered to Yelloway in 1954 and in 1957 was transferred to Creams. It remained in the Creams fleet until sold in 1964. The garter scroll on the rear door comprised a ‘C’ in an old English text surrounded by an orange belt. This garter differed from that carried on Yelloway vehicles. The transfer (decal) for the latter was gold lining on clear film and so when applied to the coach the main body colour showed through. Thus the belt was the same colour as the body.

Summer 1965 or 1966 – Hebble Motor Services Limited of Halifax held road service licences for two express feeder services from Yorkshire to Rochdale to connect with the services of Yelloway and The Creams (Lancashire) Limited. One fed the Yelloway ‘Devonian’ service and the other the North Wales service of The Creams. In this picture Hebble 48 (OCP 87), a 1961 Duple bodied Ford Thames Trader, is seen at Weir Street having arrived from North Wales on its way to Halifax. Note the ‘On hire to Creams’ window label. The destination blind, set within the front bumper, reads ‘HALIFAX EXPRESS’. During my time at Yelloway it was customary for a Hebble coach to work through from Halifax to Llandudno (and return) every summer Saturday. On the left is another Duple bodied coach. The registration number looks like HAG 121 which, if this is so, it is a Commer Avenger TS3 new to Laverty Coaches of Neilston, Renfrewshire, Scotland. I am uncertain with whom it was operating, quite possibly it could be in the ownership of one of the North Wales independents that regularly came on hire to The Creams.