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Commemorative Brochures

 

Titles are listed by operator, then in chronological order.

 

Ashton

 

Ashton-under-Lyne Corporation Passenger Transport : 50 years of municipal passenger transport 1902-1952. 89-455

 

Ashton-under-Lyne Corporation Passenger Transport : Commemorative brochure, 1902-1969. 79-022

 

Bolton

 

County Borough of Bolton : Corner stone laying of the new car shed, Bridgeman Street, by Alderman John Miles, JP, Chairman of the Tramways Committee, April 7th, 1909. 88-1579-2

 

County Borough of Bolton : Abandonment of tramways 29th March, 1947 : commemoration dinner in Transport Department canteen, Shiffnall Street, Bolton : menu. 89-115

 

County Borough of Bolton : Luncheon on the occasion of the Diamond Jubilee of the Transport Undertaking, Town hall, Bolton, 4th January, 1960 : menu. 89-181

 

County Borough of Bolton : Programme of proceedings in connection with the celebration of the Diamond Jubilee of the Transport Undertaking, 1900-1960 : 4th January, 1960. 89-117

 

Bolton Corporation Transport : Diamond Jubilee 1900-1960 : brochure to commemorate the undertaking’s diamond jubilee, January 1960. 82-658

 

Bolton Corporation Transport Department : 1900-1960 : Diamond Jubilee Exhibition 5th-16th January, Central Works, Carlton Street : Guide to the exhibits and works. 89-182

 

Bury

 

County Borough of Bury : Transport Department souvenir, May 6th, 1935. 80-302

 

County Borough of Bury : Transport Department Coronation souvenir 1937. 85-447

 

Bury Corporation Transport : 50 years of municipal passenger transport operation, 1903-1953. 85-230

 

County Borough of Bury Transport Department : 66 years of municipal passenger transport operation 1903-1969 : commemorative brochure. 86-1018

 

Greater Manchester

 

Greater Manchester Council and Greater Manchester Transport : The Picc-Vic Project. 1975. 83-277

 

Greater Manchester Council, Greater Manchester Transport and British Rail : Altrincham Interchange. 1976. 81-158

 

Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Authority and Executive : Metrolink 2000 : creation, operation and expansion. 1994. 93-325

 

Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Authority and Executive : Passenger transport in Greater Manchester : Silver Jubilee 1969-1994 : 25 years of Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Authority and executive. 1995. 95-327

 

Greater Manchester Transport : Training Department brochure, August 1977. 87-1025

 

Greater Manchester Transport : Rochdale Bus Station. 1978. 80-914

 

Greater Manchester Transport : Training Department brochure, November 1978. 88-1712

 

Greater Manchester Transport : Training Department. 1979. 80-306

 

Greater Manchester Transport and British Rail : Bury Interchange 1980 : brochure commemorating the official opening, by HRH Princess Alexandra, of the Bury Interchange, 9th July, 1980. 80-1529

 

Lancashire United Transport / SLT

 

The Lancashire United Transport and Power Co. Ltd. : Official opening of new garage and workshops at Atherton, Lancashire, by the Rt. Honble. The Earl of Derby, KG, PC, GCB, on Thursday 11th October 1928 : itinerary. 82-1027

 

South Lancashire Transport Company : The history of the South Lancashire Transport Company and Lancashire United Transport Limited : a souvenir booklet marking the termination on August 31, 1958, of the South Lancashire Transport Company … 92-936

 

Leigh

 

Borough of Leigh Jubilee 1899-1949 : Fifty years of municipal progress. 84-303

 

Manchester

 

Manchester Corporation Tramways : Official opening of the Birchfields Road Car Shed : Description of depots, etc., and statistics : 24th July, 1928. 84-462

 

Manchester Corporation Transport Department : A hundred years of road passenger transport in Manchester : centenary of municipal government. 1935. 79-173

 

Manchester Corporation Transport Department : Souvenir brochure on the occasion of the abandonment of the last tram service in Manchester on the 10th January 1949. [Title on cover is “A history of Manchester’s Tramways”] 1949 79-203

 

Manchester Corporation Transport Department : Golden Jubilee of the passenger transport undertaking, 1901-1951. 79-223

 

Manchester Corporation Transport Department : City of Manchester Transport Committee : visit to Queens Road Garage, July 1958. 80-335

 

Manchester Corporation Transport Department : Piccadilly Bus Station : brochure to commemorate the opening of the passenger shelter and bus station, 4th December, 1958. 79-208

 

Manchester Corporation Transport Department : Diamond Jubilee and unveiling of commemorative plaque on new Head Office, Devonshire Street, Hyde Road, Tuesday, October 31st, 1961. 79-214

 

Manchester Corporation Transport Department : New Head Office opening by the Rt. Hon. Ernest Marples, MP, Minister of Transport, Friday 22nd March, 1963. 80-338

 

Manchester City transport : 68 years of municipal transport. 1969. 88-1204

 

Heaton Park Tramway : Souvenir booklet to mark the official opening by the Lord Mayor of the City of Manchester : Friday 28th March 1980 89-266

 

North Western

 

North Western Road Car Company Limited : Twenty five years of private enterprise. 1948 79-004

 

North Western Road Car Company Limited : Official opening of the new garage at Buxton on Thursday 19th December 1963 by Cllr T. G. Gill, Mayor of Buxton. 1963 79-016

 

Oldham

 

County Borough of Oldham : Central Omnibus Garage. 1938 91-282

 

County Borough of Oldham : Fifty years of passenger transport. 1950 80-563

 

Ramsbottom

 

Ramsbottom Urban District Council Transport Department : Golden Jubilee 1913-1963. 86-1019

 

Ramsbottom Urban District Council Transport Department : 56 years of municipal passenger transport operation, 1913-1969. 80-358

 

Salford

 

Salford City Transport : Brochure on the occasion of the official inspection by the Transport Committee of the first delivery of new 8 ft. wide double deck omnibuses with straight staircase and large platform area, to Salford City Transport specification, 21st march 1950. 89-185

 

Salford City Transport : Commemoration of fifty years of municipal passenger transport in Salford : commemoration luncheon in the City Art Gallery, Salford … Wednesday, April 18th, 1951. 80-366

 

Salford City Transport : Commemoration of fifty years of municipal passenger transport in Salford : Golden Jubilee reception to the employees and superannuated employees … 1951. 80-369

 

Salford City Transport : 50 years of municipal transport operation 1901-1951 : commemoration brochure. 83-255

 

SELNEC

 

SELNEC Passenger Transport Executive : Inaugural Trans-Lancs coach service commemorative brochure, 1970. 80-1231-1

 

SELNEC Passenger Transport Executive Northern Bus Company welcomes you to this Open Day, Sunday, 17th June, 1973. [6 page leaflet, with details of undertakings merged into SELNEC Northern] 84-266

 

Stalybridge, Hyde, Mossley and Dukinfield Transport and Electricity Board

 

Stalybridge, Hyde, Mossley and Dukinfield Transport and Electricity Board. Electricity Department : Souvenir, official opening of the new offices and showrooms of the SHMD Board, Tame Valley, Stalybridge, October 25th, 1938. 80-376

 

Stalybridge, Hyde, Mossley and Dukinfield Transport Board : Hyde Bus Station opened 1st July 1960. 83-648

 

Stalybridge, Hyde, Mossley and Dukinfield Transport and Electricity Board [descriptive booklet, 1969] 80-375

 

Stockport

 

County Borough of Stockport Tramways and Omnibus Department : Official opening of the new omnibus garage, Heaton Lane, Stockport, Thursday, July 28, 1932 80-1405

 

County Borough of Stockport : A century of local government in Stockport 1835-1935. 83-649

 

County Borough of Stockport Transport Committee : Luncheon in the Town Hall on the occasion of the Golden Jubilee of the tramways system and the final abandonment of the tramway services, Saturday 25th August 1951. 89-119

 

County Borough of Stockport Transport Committee : A brief history of the County Borough of Stockport Transport department. 1963. 88-1940

 

County Borough of Stockport : Transport Department, 1901-1969. 80-1402

 

County Borough of Stockport : Transport Depot phase III : Daw Bank, Stockport : Laying of foundation stone, 7th January 1969. 80-1406

 

Wigan

 

County Borough of Wigan : Record of progress of the transport undertaking during the past fifty years, 1901-1951 [Title on cover is “1901-1951 : Half a century of municipal passenger transport”]

 

County Borough of Wigan Transport department : Completion of depot extension, December 1958. 80-1531

 

Notes

 

The numbers (80-1531) following each entry are the accessions numbers by which documents are identified in the Collection. In most cases, there is more than one copy, but only the earliest number is recorded.

 

In addition to the local items, the Collection has brochures from or relating to Aberdeen, Accrington, Blackburn, Bradford, Chester, Coventry, Darwen, Derby, Douglas, East Kent, Eastern National, Edinburgh, Grimsby-Cleethorpes, Halifax, Huddersfield, Ipswich, Kingston-upon-Hull, Lancaster, Leicester, Liverpool, Merseyside, Mexborough & Swinton, Nottingham, Rawtenstall, Reading, Ribble, Rotherham, Sheffield, South Wales Transport, South Yorkshire PTE, Southampton, Southport, Sunderland, Swansea & Mumbles, Tyne & Wear, Warrington, West Midlands PTE. Please ask for details.

 

Compiled by George Turnbull, Head of Collections Management. Revised edition, May 2004.

 

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