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It is with great sadness that we
have to report the death of KEN
(Birdseye) SUTCLIFFE.
Ken died at home, on Wednesday
the 27th of May at 4:10am.
The funeral arrangements for Ken
Sutcliffe's are :-
Scholemoor Cemetery, Friday the
5th of June...10:50am.
Everyone is welcome to the
Fairweather Green W.M.C,
Thornton Old Road BD8 0HT after
the service. |
The late Ken
Sutcliffe (Captain Birdseye)
I feel that letting this moment
pass without saying a little
something, would be doing Ken’s
memory an injustice.
As bus drivers go, Ken was,
without doubt, unique! There
wasn’t a timetable on the West
Yorkshire R.C.C, that Ken
couldn't make totally redundant,
be that stage carriage or
National Express! Ken had his
own agenda when it came to
getting from A to B safely. All
who work with him will
understand what I mean. Some
driver’s got very frustrated the
way Ken would never be rushed,
but they knew it was pointless
saying anything….if a bus was
running late, inevitably you’d
hear the detailer say “It must
be Birdeye!”
In all the years I knew Ken, I
never saw him get annoyed, never
grumble or make any derogatory
comment about any of the people
he worked with. He just came to
work, did the job HIS way and
went home.
Ken was a character, maybe as
Paul (Gunner ) Rhodes said, even
a legend!
I’d also like to take this
opportunity on behalf of Ken’s
widow, Sylvia, to thank Leo &
Debbie Shackleton for the help
and friendship they showed to
Ken & Sylvia in this time of
great need and sadness.
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Once again it
is with deep regret that we have
to report the death of a former
WYRCC employee.
HUGHIE TALBOT. Hughie worked on
the WYRCC at Bradford depot in
the 60's. He then moved to the
Bradford City Transport (Later
METRO)
Funeral arrangements;- 10.50am,
on Tuesday 5th May at Nab Wood
Cemetery. |
Funeral
arrangements for Peter Silson
Thursday 2nd of April at Nab
Wood Cemetery.
Everyone is welcome to the IDL
Club, Rebecca Street Bradford.
BD1 2RX after the service. |
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starts at 2:40 pm |
It is with
deep regret that we have to
report the death of PETER SILSON.
Peter was a driver at Bradford
depot for many years. Our
thought are with his wife,
Wendy.
Funeral yet to be arranged. |
Sad News from Harrogate
The death of John Berry,
ex-WYRCC Garage Foreman from
Grove Park Depot.
The funeral for John Berry takes
place on Friday 17th October at
12.20 at Stonefall Cemetery in
Harrogate. All welcome.
John started with WYRCC in the
1940s, with a break for national
service, he retired early in
1985. He started as a fitter at
Grove Park, finishing as Garage
Foreman. He took early
retirement as part of the
"restructuring" that took place
in 1985.
I'd like to thank Daniel Maguire
for this information. |
The W.Y.R.C.C 2008 Reunion
For the first
time in a number of years, I was
confident that there would be a
good turn out for this years
reunion. My wife, Karen, had
worked tirelessly this year with
phone calls, e-mails & posted
invitations to make this a good
one! I was not disappointed!
Over 130 ex West Yorkshire staff
made it standing room only by
9.30! There were a few "friends"
from "First Bradford" made the
effort to show their faces.
The engineering side of the
company were out in force, as
were the coaching drivers &
hostesses. One of the hostesses,
Paula (2) Duggan (Daglan), was
kind enough to bring along a
number of photos which I will
publish on the web-site. Thanks
Paula.
Another ex-conductress/office
reunion regular, Maureem
Mitchell, also brought a few
photos which, again, I will
publish on the site. Thanks
Maureen.
There were a couple of new,
"old" faces this year, Jimmy
Baldwin with his wife and Phil
Quantrill. There were also a few
Keighley & District staff made
an appearance, along with the
ex-Keighley-West Yorkshire lads
that have shown up for a number
of years. Also from the Keighley
area, John Piplica and his wife
Dora. John was a very popular
Inspector at Bradford depot and
it is always a pleasure to see
them both.
There is a good chance that next
year we will have to find a new
venue for the reunion, as the
Transport Club is being sold by
the owners of the building, Pase
Management. Karen & I would
welcome any suggestions for a
new venue, baring in mind
accessibility from all part of
the district.
So, thank you everyone who came
along to make this a great
night. Also many thanks to Garry
Bushby for providing the
background music and working his
socks off with the raffle!!
Thank Garry & Tracy.
All being well.........see you
next year......
Colin & Karen Wilson. |
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One of the last tickets issued
by West Yorkshire bus service
from the Bradford Interchange on
the 12th of August 1989 add:
Memorabilia Gallery |
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A little piece of history!!
One of the tickets issued on the
final West Yorkshire bus service
from the Bradford Interchange on
the 12th of August 1989. The
reverse is signed by the
Inspector on the night, John
Piplica. |
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Free Bus Time Tables For the
80 years of West Yorkshire
Road Car Rally - Bolton Abbey. |
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80 years of West Yorkshire
Road Car Rally - Bolton Abbey.
Bolton Abbey Railway Station
on 12th October.
Free conecting buses will be run
from Leeds by Otley,Ilkley and
Bramhope,Guiseley and from
Bradford by Shipley, Ilkley and
Bingley, Keighley |
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W.Y.R.C.C
Staff Reunion 2008
Friday 3rd October 2008 |
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W.Y.R.C.C Staff Reunion 2008
Friday 3rd October 2008
Transport Club (First bus) from
7.30pm
Food + Music - £1 per person on
door - Raffle Prize Welcome
Contact Details: Colin &
Karen Wilson
24 Lambeth Residential Park,
Lambeth Road, Balby, Doncaster.
DN4 8HX.
Tel: 01302 854 304 -
Email:
colin@wyrc.co.uk
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One of the
things that has dismayed my son
and I, over the time the
web-site has been out on the
Internet, has been the lack of
interest from other depots.
Well, at last that may be
changing! We recently received
an e-mail from Daniel Maguire, a
driver and TGWU Branch Chairman
of Harrogate & District,
informing us of the retirement
of a very senior member of staff
and ex-West Yorkshire R.C.C
Driver, Mr Frank Butters.
After further communication with
Daniel, he has now sent a number
of other photographs of staff
that worked for the West
Yorkshire, some of whom now work
for Harrogate & District. So we
decided to open a new gallery
dedicated to WYRCC, Harrogate.
Thank you Daniel, I look forward
to future developments!
The West Yorkshire R.C.C.
covered large areas of North &
West Yorkshire, with depots
dotted over large parts of the
County. The likes of
Bradford, Leeds, York, Otley,
Ilkley, Keighley, Skipton,
Grassington, Wetherby & Malton.
There must be hundreds of
photographs of staff from those
depots, along with memorabilia,
that we would welcome on this
web-site.
If you could either e-mail or
post any item (We promises to
return any items after
scanning), with any relevant
information, we would be more
than pleased to publish them on
the web-site & credit the
sender.
Thanks for supporting our
web-site....
Colin & Mark Wilson....
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David Blackwood - The longest
serving employee at Harrogate.
Photo added to:
Staff Gallery |
| This black
and white photograph was taken
around 1962 and shows David
Blackwood at Central Works.
David is the longest serving
employee at Harrogate, having
started in 1962 as an apprentice
at Central Works. He is still
with us as a Day Fitter at
Starbeck garage. |
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2p, 3p & 5p Concessionary
Transport Tokens. Added to the
Memorabilia
Gallery |
Route
Learner Sheet &
Certificate For Safe
Conducting added to the
Memorabilia galleries.
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2 Old
Images added to the
galleries.
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Welcome to
the updated West Yorkshire
Reunion web-site.
As regular visitors will know,
there has been very little
happening on the web-site for
quite some time. The reason for
this is we have had one or two
technical problems and, due to
more important projects, this
site had to go on the
back-burner for a while.
Despite this, the hits on the
site have been very good, so
thank you to all who continued
to support the site.
The whole site has been
re-designed slightly, but we
have still kept the initial look
of the site much the same and
although some of the old content
is as the moment not available,
we are hoping to re-add it over
the next few weeks. The big
difference is in the galleries.
These are now much easier to
navigate and comments now can be
made regarding any content in
any of the galleries, so please
feel fee to make use this
facility.
If anyone has any interesting
photographs with regards to the
West Yorkshire Road Car Co,
especially of ex-staff, I would
willingly add them to the
relevant gallery.
Once again, thank you for your
continuing support. |
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