Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,258 pages of information and 244,500 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Tilling Motor Services

From Graces Guide

1942 The shareholders of Tilling and British Automobile Traction Co agreed to split the company into 2, owned by the major shareholders. These would be named B.E.T. Omnibus Services Ltd (to be owned by British Electric Traction Co) and Tilling Motor Services Ltd (to be owned by Thomas Tilling). Tilling and British Automobile Traction Co would then be liquidated[1].

Sir J. Frederick Heaton was chairman

1948 The British Transport Commission acquired Tilling Motor Services together with other transport and haulage businesses[2]

1963 The Tilling Association bus services were transferred to the Transport Holding Co

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Sources of Information

  1. The Times, 20 June 1942
  2. The Times 9 November 1948