The route from Brough to Melton was serviced by buses from
the Elloughton depot so that originally meant, and I'm talking about 1973 here,
AEC Bridgemasters and AEC Renowns with the occasional Daimler Fleetline or
Leyland Atlantean. EYMS started to buy the Bristol VRs in 73 (they bought 150
in all) so eventually most journeys were on them. By the end of the decade I'd
moved on from buses to pop music and the radio so most of the annuals, timetables
and fleet lists languished in boxes until I had a clear out just before moving
over to France - either sold on eBay or, chucked in the recycling.
But not everything was ditched and I've uploaded some scans on
this post. The reason? On this date in 1926 East Yorkshire Motor Services Limited
was registered as a company by the British Automobile Traction Co Ltd combining
the services of Lee & Beaulah - who'd originally started by running
services between Hull and Elloughton - and Hull & District Motor Services
Ltd. So today is EYMS's 90th anniversary.
Firstly a history of the company from around the time of its
fiftieth anniversary. The article by Stephen R. Smith comes from the January
1977 edition of Buses magazine - my only surviving copy.
I had a couple of boxes filled with timetable books from
various companies around the UK. Goodness knows when they stopped producing
these as all the timetables are online now. My copy from May 1974 cost just 8
pence.
In the 70s the EYMS livery changed. Initially, following
nationalisation, they'd adopted blue and
white but were forced to repaint them poppy red and white from 1974. These black
and white photos come from the 'Private and Municipal Preservation Group' on
Hull Road, Hessle. The AEC Renown, fleet number 757 is in the
pre-nationalisation indigo and primrose livery. The Leyland Panther no 805
shows the National Bus Company logo.
I meant to sell the dozens of tickets and a few ticket rolls
I had but still haven't got round to it. These will have been issued one the
Setright machines in use at the time.
