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The area covered would start to contract as outstations were closed or transferred to neighbouring First Group operators. Today they have just a solitary garage at Adderley Green.  This book aims to show the variety of vehicles and liveries from 1980 until 2020 and includes photos of the home fleet as well as the Red Rider Crosville and Pennine Blue operations while under PMT control.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":49738761109777,"sku":"NGR9781398108660","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1398108669.jpg?v=1777715445"},{"product_id":"independent-buses-around-stoke-on-trent-book-cliff-beeton-9781398113657","title":"Independent Buses Around Stoke-on-Trent","description":"In this book, Cliff Beeton looks at the plethora of independent operators that have, alongside PMT, provided bus services in and around Stoke. Operators featured here include Berresfords, Stoniers and Turners, who were later swallowed up by the ever-expanding PMT, and the likes of Procters, Pooles Coachways and Stevensons, who eventually fell by the wayside or were sold to larger groups.  Local coach operators like Bakers of Biddulph, Copelands, Scraggs, Ladyline and Stanways expanded into buses after deregulation, alongside new starters like Knotty Bus, Wardle Transport, D\u0026amp;G Bus, RML Travel, Midland Classic, Stantons of Stoke, and Select Bus Services. These all added further variety to the local bus scene.  With previously unpublished images throughout, this book celebrates the variety of buses in and around the city.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":49745192026385,"sku":"NGR9781398113657","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53210105413905,"sku":"GOR013203202","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1398113654.jpg?v=1777715592"},{"product_id":"d-g-bus-book-cliff-beeton-9781398121799","title":"D\u0026G Bus","description":"Few people would have envisaged that when the fledgling D\u0026amp;G Bus commenced operations in April 1998 with four vehicles that twenty-five years later it would become larger than its neighbour, First Potteries. Its journey has seen expansion through acquisitions of other local bus operators and an increase in tendered services following the collapse of other firms.  Rationalisation by Arriva in Cannock, Macclesfield and Winsford provided more opportunities for further growth outside the existing area. Although becoming part of Centrebus in 2019, D\u0026amp;G Bus continues to be run as a separate entity with its two-tone red livery only recently being replaced with a red, blue and yellow scheme applied in the Centrebus style. Over the years the fleet has been diversified, initially with van-derived minibuses followed by Dennis Darts with various bodywork and Optare and Alexander Dennis vehicles, many purchased new.  In this book Cliff Beeton’s fine selection of photographs illustrates the rich and varied story of D\u0026amp;G Bus over the last twenty-five years.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51628558876945,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":51628559106321,"sku":"NGR9781398121799","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1398121797.jpg?v=1750712979"},{"product_id":"railways-around-the-potteries-book-cliff-beeton-9781398121836","title":"Railways Around the Potteries","description":"Rare and previously unpublished photographs documenting the rail scene around Stoke on Trent and the Potteries.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51629246710033,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":51629246972177,"sku":"NGR9781398121836","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53269600928017,"sku":"GOR014847955","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1398121835.jpg?v=1751422892"},{"product_id":"potteries-motor-traction-the-red-and-yellow-years-book-cliff-beeton-9781398121850","title":"Potteries Motor Traction: The Red and Yellow Years","description":"For many people the halcyon days of Potteries Motor Traction was the decade between the management buyout of the company from the National Bus Company in 1986 until the merger of Badgerline and GRT to form First Bus in 1997. The adoption of the bright red-and-yellow livery with a zipper stripe ushered in the new era. Gone were the drab days of the National Bus Company and its poppy-red livery and restrictive practices. Deregulation in October 1986 would unleash new freedoms that would see PMT open depots and outstations at Crewe, Wolverhampton, Moreton, Stockport and Leeds, well outside their traditional operating area, to service recently won tendered services on behalf of other councils. These would be branded Red Rider. The purchase of the Crosville depots at Chester, Birkenhead and Ellesmere Port would take their red-and-yellow buses all over the Wirral and into Liverpool, and the purchase of Pennine Blue would establish operations around Tameside in Manchester.  Cliff Beeton presents a vibrant selection of images that tells the fascinating story of Potteries Motor Traction in its heyday.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51631465496849,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":51631465726225,"sku":"NGR9781398121850","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1398121851.jpg?v=1750793595"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/collections\/author-books-by-cliff-beeton.oembed","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}