Jolly Bus
{{Short description|British bus operating company}}
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|founded = July 1923
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|service_area = Sunderland, England
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Jolly Bus was an English bus company operating in Sunderland from 1923 until 1995.
History
In July 1923, WH Jolly commenced operating a service from South Hylton to Sunderland. Following the closure of the railway it was extended from the outskirts of Sunderland into the city centre.[http://archive.commercialmotor.com/article/30th-april-1965/29/two-sunderland-appeals-dismissed Two Sunderland appeals dismissed] Commercial Motor 30 April 1965[http://archive.commercialmotor.com/article/31st-march-1967/28/corporation-loses-routes-battle Corporation loses routes battle] Commercial Motor 31 March 1967[https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/domesday/dblock/GB-432000-555000/page/3 South Hylton Jolly Bus] BBC News 1986[https://web.archive.org/web/20080709035642/http://www.shlhs.com/page184.html Jolly Buses] South Hylton Local History Society
The Jolly Bus ran from Claxheugh Road [http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=l&hl=en&q=&near=claxheugh+road,+sr4&ll=54.908988,-1.452255&spn=0.020674,0.086517 (map)] in South Hylton to Evesham [http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=l&hl=en&q=&near=evesham,+sr4&ll=54.904202,-1.454916&spn=0.020677,0.086517 (map)] and Sunderland city centre [http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=l&hl=en&q=&near=sr1&ll=54.908889,-1.381016&spn=0.020674,0.086517 (map)].
The Jolly Bus trademark features were both the colour, cream with a brown stripe, and the rear seat, made of varnished wooden slats. WH Jolly also ran a small number of coaches.
After deregulation, pressure from other services and the announcement of the Tyne & Wear Metro extension to Sunderland and South Hylton caused the company to cease operations on 1 July 1995.
After the company closed the buses were sold to other companies. It is believed Duple Dominant bodied Bedford YMT KTY 23X was sold to Emsworth & District before being donated to [http://www.asiabusresponse.co.uk/ Asia Bus Response], as a response to the Tsunami Disaster of 26 December 2004.
Duple Dominant bodied Bedford YMTs BGR 683W and BGR 684W were sold to Minsterley Motors, the latter operated until at least 2006 as a school bus for Mary Webb School and Science College in Pontesbury.[https://web.archive.org/web/20110807075417/http://www.shropshire.gov.uk/committee.nsf/0/65D6767A636B2180802572750048F655/%24file/220207%20publicstatementB.pdf Minutes of Shropshire Council Joint Children & Environment School Transport Service Scrutiny panel meeting] Shropshire Council 22 February 2007 It has since been preserved.[http://www.sunderlandecho.com/news/local/all-news/bus-returns-to-its-routes-1-1064089 Bus returns to its routes] Sunderland Echo 21 May 2009[http://www.nebpt.co.uk/index.asp?pg=61 Duple Dominant bodied Bedford YMT BGR 684W] North East Bus Preservation Trust
References
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External links
- [http://stuarts-world-buses.smugmug.com/ENGLAND/ENGLAND-SUNDERLAND-JOLLY/ Stuart's World Buses gallery]
- [http://www.sunderland-antiquarians.org/assets/Uploads/Transport/TSJG01.html Sunderland District Omnibuses Buses] Sunderland Antiquartians Society
{{Defunct British Bus Companies}}
Category:1923 establishments in England