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Centenary Way Burnley garage opened in 1958 replacing Trafalgar Street (AK-buses) and Olympia (CA-coaches) It had a working life of 30 years, by which time the Pendleside stage carriage operations had been decimated by deregulation and the former Ribble/Standerwick coach operations had been sold...

That's correct - Autys had originally been associated with Spencers but they went their own separate ways. Ribble saw the acquisition of Autys as an opportunity to gain more picking up points for their Extended Tours which they rebranded Kingfisher. Drivers from Manchester and Bolton were...

The site of Southport garage is now a Travelodge, the Morrisons supermarket having relocated to a bigger site on what was the Pleasureland coach park. Ribble had two garages in Blackburn. Foundry Hill which came with the Pendle Motors business was used for coaches plus the double decker...

To prevent anyone else from using the names? Wallace Arnold ring-fenced the Sheffield United Tours brand. They never used it but successfully challenged another party's attempt to register it.

That's if you exclude customers who have had a bad experience with Shearings over refusal to issue refunds. The name will retain a loyal following amongst some but not all. Not sure if the time will be right to reinvent a damaged brand.

It really bugs me that people go on and on about "greedy shareholders". If you or anyone you know has a pension then like it or not you are already a greedy shareholder. The money which pays pensions doesn't grow on trees. Beware of what you wish for.