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A History of the County of Essex
… its own ground. 39 There is no cinema. The coming of the motor bus in the 1920's has diminished the importance of …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… arriving only in 1935 57 and surviving until 1962. 58 Motor buses operated by the London General Omnibus Co. …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… 1891. The station had a new steam engine in 1891 10 and a motor fire escape and ambulance in 1911, when it was claimed …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… makers from certain parts of the Midlands who with their motor coaches and barrels of beer gave the valley the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… a dressmaker. A cycle agent was mentioned in 1907, and a motor repair garage opened in 1921. 138 A small woodworking …
A History of the County of Northampton
… Deanshanger was briefly the home of the Royal Condor motor works, and Old Stratford had a coachbuilder and a small engineering works that may have assembled a few motor cars. Lacemaking remained a ubiquitous by-employment … concentrated very successfully on non-ferrous castings for motor vehicles and other new markets. By contrast, E. & H. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… on the High Wycombe line. The development of the Morris Motor and Pressed Steel works resulted in the Garsington Road …
A History of the County of Warwick
… traffic, but the growing use of the more adaptable motor omnibuses and of bicycles and cars drew passengers away …
A History of the County of Essex
… railways. Horse-drawn services were replaced from 1904 by motor buses, the first one running between Colchester and … the 1920s, by many local private companies. The heyday of motor bus and coach transport was from 1945 to the 1960s; … 33 By 1882 there were 18 pillar and wall post boxes. 34 Motor vans replaced the remaining horse drawn mail coaches in …