A BRIEF LOOK AT THE INDIVIDUAL OPERATORS
THE DISTRIBUTION of BET fleets around England and Wales was quite uneven with, for instance, a concentration of them in the South East, but none in East Anglia. They may be summarised area-wise as follows:
1. Greater London:
Timpson’s Coaches of Catford, including subsidiary Bourne & Balmer of Croydon.*
Red Line Tours.
Samuelson’s Coaches.*
2. South East:
Aldershot & District.
East Kent.
Maidstone & District, including subsidiaries Skinner’s Coaches and Scout Motors of Hastings.
Southdown, including subsidiaries Buck's Coaches of Worthing and Triumph Coaches of Southsea.
3. South West:
Black & White Motorways, Cheltenham.*
Devon General, including subsidiary Grey Cars.
Greenslades Tours.
4. Midlands:
City of Oxford Motor Services.
East Midland.
Midland Red (Birmingham & Midland Motor Omnibus Company).
Potteries Motor Traction (PMT).
Stratford Blue.
Trent Motor Traction.
5. North West:
North Western.
Ribble, including subsidiaries Scout and Standerwick.
6. North East:
East Yorkshire.
Hebble.
Mexborough & Swinton.
Northern General, including subsidiaries Gateshead & District, Sunderland District, Tynemouth & District, Tyneside Omnibus and Wakefield’s Motors.
Yorkshire Traction.
Yorkshire Woollen District.
7. Wales:
Neath & Cardiff Luxury Coaches.
Rhondda.
South Wales.
Thomas Bros, Port Talbot.
Western Welsh.
It is noteworthy that no BET fleets were based in East Anglia or in North Wales. Operators marked * were not wholly owned by British Electric Traction who, however, had a majority shareholding in them.