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Companies" since "the actual ownership of the buses to a greater or less extent in the hands of one party". The ex-Tilling companies continued to be commonly referred to as the "Tilling Group" long after nationalisation and normally carried one of two standard liveries – a crimson red or a deep green (often referred to as
Tilling Red and Tilling Green), each with cream relief. These liveries remained the standard after formation of the National Bus Company until a new corporate livery of NBC Poppy Red/White or NBC Leaf Green/White was introduced from late 1972. The 1930s acquisition of
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248:. The LGOC had introduced numbers on all its routes, and this was route number 12. This service between Peckham and Oxford Circus still operates and is still the number 12. It may be the oldest operating bus route in London. In 1915, the first woman bus conductor in London worked on Tilling route number 37. During
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BET retained its independence but the BTC ultimately gained up to a 50% holding in 17 of its companies so, from 1949, there were still two major bus groups, the nationalised BTC (formerly
Tilling) and BET (partly owned by the BTC). By 1955 the BTC and BET companies were often known as the "Associated
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Tilling and TBAT continued to trade successfully, but internal disagreements resulted in TBAT being wound up in 1942. The companies in TBAT were split between
Tilling and BET, and the two groups continued to operate independently until nationalisation began in the late 1940s. Tilling Motor Services
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bus into its fleet; despite some drawbacks of the technology, this type formed the mainstay of the fleet for some years. In 1914, just before the outbreak of World War I, the last horse-bus operated on the
Tilling Honor Oak – Peckham Rye Station route, after which the horses were requisitioned for
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Tilling's horse buses stopped at predetermined points and ran to a fixed timetable, making them more punctual and orderly than the other operators' buses. This was one of the reasons for his success with customers. Because his buses operated on time, they earned the nickname of "Times" buses, and
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Company (BAT), had interests in nineteen bus companies, with
Tilling being a co-owner of eleven of them, and at the same time was partly owned by Tilling itself. To simplify the arrangement, BAT was reconstructed with a new title, Tilling & British Automobile Traction Ltd (TBAT), and Tilling
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with 16 inside seats and 18 "outside" on the upper deck, and a speed of 12 mph (19 km/h). These were the first double-decker motorbuses built for public service in London. By 1905, Tilling had 20 motor buses but still owned 7,000 horses, kept in 500 stables. The horses worked the company's 250
244:(LGOC), which pooled their resources (and allowed Tilling to remain independent when LGOC led an amalgamation of most of London's bus companies), but which restricted their expansion in the capital. Then, LGOC and Tilling co-operated on a joint route from Peckham to Turnham Green, via
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359:(BTC). The railway companies were nationalised from 1 January 1948 with the result that their major stake in the Tilling and BET bus companies passed into public ownership from that date. Tilling sold its remaining holdings to the BTC at the beginning of 1949, as did the
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Starting in 1914, with the LGOC dominant in London, the company looked to the rest of
Britain outside London for growth. Tilling started to seek new markets in the provinces. The company began operating in Folkestone in 1914, Brighton in 1916, and Ipswich in 1919.
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were hired to companies and individuals for hauling goods vehicles, cabs, and carriages. In 1907, Tilling began the first long-distance motor bus service, running 13 buses between
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Tilcon (formerly
Tilling Construction Services Ltd), producer of aggregates and ready-mixed concrete – formed in 1970 by the merger of three existing subsidiaries, sold by BTR to
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and ECW resulted in Bristol chassis and ECW bodywork remaining standard amongst former Tilling Group fleets through the 1970s.
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847:Selwood Pumps Company History
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769:Thomas Tilling Ltd: 1849–1969
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681:. Streatham. 31 August 1878.
357:British Transport Commission
57:Rural and urban bus services
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1418:Lancashire United Transport
1063:London Country Bus Services
1058:Former London bus operators
692:"Mr. Tilling and his Men".
396:Brighton, Hove and District
287:British Automobile Traction
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2150:London Pride Sightseeing
1997:Southdown Motor Services
1917:Cavendish Motor Services
1854:Trathens Travel Services
1799:Crosville Motor Services
1688:North Birmingham Busways
1463:Red & White Services
1408:John Fishwick & Sons
1368:Crosville Motor Services
1348:Bluebird Bus & Coach
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506:Notts and Derby Traction
490:within the newly formed
2397:Scottish Motor Traction
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1794:Bristol Omnibus Company
1713:Stevensons of Uttoxeter
1708:South Notts Bus Company
1673:Glossopdale Bus Company
1540:Busways Travel Services
1493:Yelloway Motor Services
1099:London Traffic Act 1924
825:Competition Report 1981
361:Scottish Motor Traction
2012:Thames Valley Traction
1977:New Enterprise Coaches
1550:Durham Travel Services
1483:Transdev Northern Blue
709:The South London Press
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1134:Bus Services Act 2017
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1083:Star Omnibus Company
383:National Bus Company
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2362:First Scotland East
2027:Yellow Bus Services
1992:Southampton Citybus
1967:Marchwood Motorways
1912:Boro'line Maidstone
1373:Finglands Coachways
1338:Blackburn Transport
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328:Ltd (ECW) in 1936.
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194:Portrait of Tilling
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