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A correction to my post No 39.
On the privatisation of Crosville, the Macclesfield depot passed first to the Bee Line Buzz Company of Manchester and then to C-Line with a fleet of 47 buses. C-Line was absorbed by Midland Red North on 1st January 1993. Stevensons of Uttoxeter was aquired by British Bus who transferred to Midland Red North fleet to that operator. Stevensons was re-branded Arriva in 1997.
Buses under these fleet names were all seen on our local roads as a number of services operated out of Macclesfield. The story of ownership of these buses is even more complex post privatisation and I will avoid adding to the confusion by passing that topic by.
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Eric W Bowers Coaches Ltd was formed in 1952. As a coach operator Bowers offered excursions from local pick up points and operated school and private hire coaches. After bus de-regulation in 1986, Bowers started to develop a number of local bus routes.
Bowers was taken over by the Centrebus group in 2007. Based in Leicester, this is a fast growing company fomed in 2001 with operations in East Midlands, the East of England and West Yorkshire.
In April 2012, Bowers was merged with the Dove Holes operations of Trent to form "High Peak". The new company is jointly owned by Trent and Centrebus although it is effectively operating as a Centrebus subsidiary and the buses will carry the blue, orange and white Centrebus colours.
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To bring my story to a close, a few images from the Museum of Transport. parabuild attached the following image(s):
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Hi, Am am trying to find out what types of transport were available from Whaley Bridge to Buxton, Chapel-en-le-frith and Furness Vale before and during the Great War. Does anyone have a link or infomation that I can read?
Thanks so much Emma (Newbie to forum)
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