January 1981
Advertisement:
A.J. Dale & Son
Silver Street, Warminster.
Telephone 212132.
Motor and Cycle Engineers & Agents.
Suzuki. Honda.
MOT Testing. Insurance arranged. Breakdown service.
Part exchange and HP terms available.
Category: Transport: Road
Weymouth Street Service Station
Friday 2nd January 1981
Weymouth Street Service Station
(Prop. G.A. & D. Mounce and R.N.T. Broberg)
A Christian Partnership
Phone Warminster 213447
Petrol, Accessories, Tyres, Minor Repairs.
Beeline Coach At Corton
Coach YLL 661G BD VAM70 Willowbrook (operated by Beeline Coaches, of Bishopstrow Road, Warminster) pictured on the back road through the Wylye Valley, at Corton, near Warminster, Wiltshire. The Dove Inn is in the background behind the trees. Photograph by the late R.C. Davis (Bob Davis). Exact date unknown but probably late 1970s or during the 1980s.
A.R.C. Lorries Are A Familiar Sight In The Area
From Frome Official Guide, 1980:
The Amey Roadstone Corporation has its Southern Divisional Headquarters in Frome. Although the quarries and plants are outside the town the firm is a very important source of employment for Frome as well as for the surrounding district. A.R.C. lorries are a familiar sight in the area and much further afield.
Free Car Parks In Warminster, 1978
1978
Central Car Park, Station Road. 150 spaces.
Western Car Park, Sambourne Road. 180 spaces.
Emwell Street. 35 spaces.
Mini-Coach And Car Hire ~ Ron Preece
Monday 30th August 1976
Advertisement –
Mini-Coach
12-seater mini-bus, also de luxe car for hire.
For all occasions.
Social, Business or Domestic.
Contracts welcomed.
Prompt door to door service always.
Ron Preece, 33 Ludlow Close, Warminster.
Telephone 4018.
Jem Marsh
Monday 30th August 1976
Advertisement –
Jem Marsh
for your new Datsun.
For any make of new car
& for conscientious service to your present car.
Try us soon.
Jem Marsh,Boreham Road Garage, Warminster.
Telephone 4777.
Bus And Coach Services In Warminster, 1971
Information gleaned from a Warminster Town Guide, 1971:
Bus services are provided by the Wilts and Dorset; Bristol and Western National Companies.
Wilts and Dorset Motor Services Ltd., (Time-tables 10p from the company offices at Endless Street, Salisbury) work the following routes:-
Service 23 Warminster – Sutton Veny. Once daily each way.
Service 24 Trowbridge – Westbury – Warminster – Codford – Salisbury. Every hour weekdays, less frequent on Sundays.
The Bristol Omnibus Co. Ltd., (Time-tables 10p from the company offices at St. Augustine’s Place, Bristol) work the following routes:-
Service 241. This route is the same as Wilts and Dorset service 24 which is interworked.
Service 248. Warminster – Chapmanslade – Westbury – Trowbridge (not Sundays).
Service 248. Trowbridge – Westbury – Chapmanslade – Warminster – Mere – Gillingham – Shaftesbury (Tuesdays and Saturdays only).
Service 248. Warminster – Crockerton – Longbridge Deverill (once each way on Wednesdays only).
Service 253. Warminster – Corsley – Frome – Norton St. Philip – Limpley Stoke – Bath (daily).
Service 254. Warminster – Corsley – Frome – Norton St. Philip – Midford – Bath (daily).
Service 256. Warminster – Chapmanslade – Frome (not Sundays).
Messrs. Cruse of Warminster also work a regular service from Warminster via Crockerton to the Deverill Valley villages.
Messrs. Cards of Devizes operate regular services from Warminster to Chitterne via Sutton Veny, Tytherington and Codford.
Associated Motorways Express Coach Services operate to and from Warminster. There are daily services throughout the year from and to – Bath and Bristol, South Wales, Portsmouth and Bournemouth and Cheltenham, with connections to all parts of the Midlands, Lancashire, Yorkshire and East Anglia. Additionally, in the summer, there are extra timings on all these routes, as well as daily services from and to Weymouth. Bookings on these services are obtainable from Douglas King & Co., 3 George Street, Warminster, and Warminster Travel Agency, 46 Market Place, Warminster.
Parking At Weymouth Street, Warminster, 1971
Information gleaned from a Warminster Town Guide, 1971:
Official street parking is allowed in Weymouth Street.
Parking At Ash Walk, Warminster, 1971
Information gleaned from a Warminster Town Guide, 1971:
Official street parking is allowed in Ash Walk.