Miscellaneous documents
Reference: D/X 1495 Catalogue Title: Miscellaneous documents Area: Catalogue Category: Other Records Description: Wilkinson's Motor Services of Sedgefield
Covering Dates: c.1910-2003
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Records given:4 July 2005 Acc: 3158(D)
Catalogue Contents
Ref: D/X 1495/1
'Wilkinson's of Sedgefield ' by Peter Cardno and David Hillerby, Oakner Clough Publications, 2003
(1 volume, paper bound)
Ref: D/X 1495/2Newspaper cutting [possibly from the Northern Echo ] concerning an inquest into the death of Pauline Rose Hodgson, a bus conductress with Wilkinson's Motor Services, following a collision between two buses in May 1966, report 1967
(1 paper)
Ref: D/X 1495/3Newspaper cutting [possibly from the Northern Echo ] concerning an exhibition of Wilkinson's Motor Services' memorabilia at Sedgefield Library, and showing a photograph of David Hillerby standing near an exhibition stand, c.2004
(1 paper)
Ref: D/X 1495 /4Public Service Vehicle licence of Herbert Stacey, 17 August 1931
(1 paper)
Ref: D/X 1495/5Season tickets, issued to Mr. P. Santi, by Wilkinson's Motor Services, 1952, 1954 - 1967
(15 cards)
Ref: D/X 1495/6Motor accident report form, issued by 'Eclipse' Motor Policies, detailing an incident involving a Wilkinson's Motor Services' vehicle at Grindon Cross Roads, Stockton-on-Tees, 24 June 1963
(1 paper)
Ref: D/X 1495/7Letter from Wilkinson's Motor Services Limited, Sedgefield, to A.C. Kendall, Sundown Cottage, Bradbury, terminating his employment as a driver, 21 November 1964
(1 paper)
Ref: D/X 1495/8Season ticket, issued to Mr. C. Sheehan, by Wilkinson's Motor Services, 6 April - 5 May 1966
(1 card)
Ref: D/X 1495/9Copy photograph of Thomas Wilkinson, in service dress, dedicated 'Very sincerely yours, Tom, Egypt, July 1910', c.1910, copy made, c.2000
(1 photograph, 10 cm. x 15 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/X 1495 /10Copy photograph of a view of a street scene at Sedgefield, c. 1910, copy made, c.2000
(1 photograph, 15 cm. x 10 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/X 1495 /11Copy photograph of 'Jack' Hudson, second right, standing with a group of Wilkinson Motor Services' drivers, including 'Reg' Thompson, left, and 'Bert' Stacey, kneeling, April 1933, copy made, c.2000
(1 photograph, 10 cm. x 15 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/X 1495 /12Copy photograph of a group of people standing outside a bus, showing 'Reg' Thompson standing in the entrance door, January 1934, copy made, c.2000
(1 photograph, 15 cm. x 10 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/X 1495 /13Copy of a family group photograph, taken in a garden, 1934, copy made, c. 2000
Standing: 'Reg' Thompson, Annie Thompson, Alfred Thompson, Thomas Wilkinson, Bella Hudson, Florence Thompson
Middle row: Ida Briggs, with baby daughter, Joan, Joan Hudson, Amy Stubbs, with baby son, Eric
Front row: Dorothy Stubbs, Marjorie Briggs
(1 photograph, 15 cm. x 10 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/X 1495 /14Copy photograph of a group of men standing outside a 'Radio Express' bus, c.1930s, copy made, c.2000
(1 photograph, 15 cm. x 10 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/X 1495 /15Copy photograph of 'Reg' Thompson, right, with an unidentified driver and a group of women, c.1930s, copy made, c.2000
(1 photograph, 15cm. x 10 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/X 1495 /16Copy group photograph of the owners, managers and drivers and conductors of Wilkinson's Motor Services, c.1930s
Back row: 'Charlie' Denham, 'Tommy' Grant, Gordon Thompson, 'Bert' Stacey, Nesbitt Storey, Arthur Potter, 'Billie' Grant, George Rennie, Lance Dargue, 'Ray' Taylor, F. Smithson
Middle row: L. Spellman, Arthur Berriman, 'Reg' Thompson, 'Alf' Wilkinson, Thomas Wilkinson, Ralph Hewitt, 'Jack' Clark, 'Wilf' Guest
Front row: Maurice Stephenson, 'Pat' Mahon, 'Sid' Tempest, 'Sid' Dixon
(1 photograph, 15 cm. x 10 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/X 1495 /17Copy of a Wilkinson's Motor Services' publicity photograph, showing a fleet of coaches, c.1930s, copy made, c.2000
(1 photograph, 15 cm. x 10 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/X 1495 /18Copy photograph of a fleet of Wilkinson's Motor Services' buses and coaches, taken at Sedgefield Green, c.1930s
(1 photograph, 23 cm. x 15 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/X 1495 /19Copy photograph of 'Reg' Thompson, left, and 'Connie' Thompson, second left, with Thomas Wilkinson, right, and an unidentified woman, taken at Blackpool, Lancashire, August 1940
(1 photograph, 15 cm. x 10 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/X 1495 /20Copy portrait photograph of Thomas Wilkinson, May 1946, copy made, c. 2000
(1 photograph, 21 cm. x 30 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/X 1495 /21Copy photograph of people gathered in front of a fleet of Wilkinson's Motor Services' coaches, prior to an excursion to the Lake District, 1947, copy made, c.2000
(1 photograph, 19 cm. x 13 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/X 1495 /22Copy photograph of Thomas Wilkinson, centre left, and 'Alf' Wilkinson, centre right, sitting in wicker chairs during a formal social event, c.1940s, copy made, c.2000
(1 photograph, 23 cm. x 15 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/X 1495 /23Copy photograph of 'Alf' Wilkinson, centre left, and Thomas Wilkinson, centre right, sitting with guests during a formal social event, c.1940s, copy made, c.2000
(1 photograph, 20 cm. x 15 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/X 1495 /24Copy photograph of a group of Wilkinson's Motor Services' drivers, taken at Whitby, Yorkshire, 1950, copy made, c.2000
Left to right: 'Bert' Stacey, 'Charlie' Davison, Lance Dargue, 'Wilf' Garbutt, Arthur Jackson, Peter Santi, Nesbitt Storey, unidentified [possibly 'Tommy' Ramshaw], 'Jack' Clark
(1 photograph, 15 cm. x 10 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/X 1495 /25Copy photograph of passengers standing beside two Scurr's coaches during an excursion to Middleton-in-Teesdale, 1958, copy made, c.2000
(1 photograph, 15 cm. x 10 cm., colour)
Ref: D/X 1495/26Copy photograph of passengers taking a picnic during an excursion to Middleton-in-Teesdale, showing coaches belonging to Scurr's, Begg's, and Wilkinson's Motor Services, 1958, copy made, c.2000
(1 photograph, 15 cm. x 10 cm., colour)
Ref: D/X 1495/27Copy photograph of 'Jack' Clark standing beside a bus, c. 1950s, copy made, c.2000
(1 photograph, 10 cm. x 15 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/X 1495 /28Copy photograph of four Wilkinson's Motor Services' drivers, including Arthur Jackson, left, and Cyril Bayles, right, standing beside a motor car, c.1950s, copy made, c.2000
(1 photograph, 15 cm. x 10 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/X 1495 /29Copy photograph of a group of Wilkinson's Motor Services' drivers standing in front of a bus, c.1950s, copy made, c.2000
Left to right: 'Wilf' Garbutt, Arthur Jackson, 'Bert' Stacey, Nesbitt Storey, 'Cec' Denton, Lance Dargue, Cyril Bayles
(1 photograph, 15 cm. x 10 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/X 1495 /30Copy photograph of Thomas Gordon Thompson sitting at his office desk, c. 1960, copy made, c.2000
(1 photograph, 17 cm. x 12 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/X 1495 /31Copy photograph of a group of men and women gathered around a bench seat, c.1960s, copy made, c.2000
(1 photograph, 21 cm. x 15 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/X 1495 /32Photograph of a driver and a conductor standing in front of a Wilkinson's Motor Services' bus on the Stockton service, c.1920s
(1 photograph, 6 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/X 1495/33Photograph of a group of men, including 'Alf' Wilkinson, second right, and Lance Dargue, right, taking refreshments during a break from foliage clearing at a garage construction site, 1937
(1 photograph, 9 cm. x 6 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/X 1495/34Photograph of a group of drivers and conductors standing by a fleet of buses, c.1930s
(1 photograph, 9 cm. x 6 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/X 1495/35Photograph of Ralph Hewitt standing in front of a Wilkinson's Motor Services' Leyland Tiger bus, c.1930s
(1 photograph, 6 cm. x 8 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/X 1495/36Photograph of Ralph Hewitt, left, and 'Bert' Stacey, right, standing in front of a Wilkinson's Motor Services' Leyland Tiger bus, c.1930s
(1 photograph, 6 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/X 1495/37Photograph of a man and a woman standing in front of a bus on a garage forecourt, c.1930s
(1 photograph, 9 cm. x 10 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/X 1495 /38Postcard photograph of a group of people relaxing [possibly outside a booking office] c.1930s
(1 postcard photograph, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/X 1495 /39Photograph of a Wilkinson's Motor Services' driver [possibly 'Bert' Stacey] helping an elderly man onto a bus, c.1930s
(1 photograph, 16 cm. x 21 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/X 1495 /40Photograph of three drivers and conductors relaxing at the front of a Wilkinson's Motor Services' bus, c.1930s
(1 photograph, 9 cm. x 6 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/X 1495/41Photograph of 'Bert' Stacey, centre, standing with two men and two women [possibly on the forecourt of Wilkinson's Motor Services' garage at Sedgefield], May 1947
(1 photograph, 8 cm. x 6 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/X 1495/42Photograph of three men clearing snow from the forecourt of Wilkinson's Motor Services' garage at Sedgefield, c.1949
Left to right: Derek Ayres, Kevin Mason, 'Lennie' Wakes
(1 photograph, 6 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/X 1495/43Photograph of Wilkinson's Motor Services' employees, 'Bert' Stacey, left, and Nesbitt Storey, right, leaning against a window ledge outside a building, c.1940s
(1 photograph, 8 cm. x 10 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/X 1495 /44Photograph of 'Madge' Dove, second right, standing with a group of men and women [possibly on the forecourt of Wilkinson's Motor Services' garage at Sedgefield], c.1940s
(1 photograph, 8 cm. x 6 cm., sepia)
Ref: D/X 1495/45Photograph of 'Madge' Dove, right, standing with a young woman on the forecourt of Wilkinson's Motor Services' garage at Sedgefield, c.1940s
(1 photograph, 6 cm. x 8 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/X 1495/46Photograph of 'Bert' Stacey, left, standing with 'Madge' Dove and a man [possibly at Wilkinson's Motor Services' garage at Sedgefield], c.1940s
(1 photograph, 8 cm. x 6 cm., sepia)
Ref: D/X 1495/47Photograph of 'Bert' Stacey standing with 'Madge' Dove, left, and a young woman on the forecourt of Wilkinson's Motor Services' garage at Sedgefield, c.1940s
(1 photograph, 6 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/X 1495/48Photograph of 'Madge' Dove, right, standing with a young woman on the forecourt of Wilkinson's Motor Services' garage at Sedgefield, c.1940s
(1 photograph, 6 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/X 1495/49Photograph of 'Madge' Dove, second left, standing with a soldier, a young man and a young woman on the forecourt of Wilkinson's Motor Services' garage at Sedgefield, c.1940s
(1 photograph, 8 cm. x 6 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/X 1495/50Photograph of a soldier and a young woman standing on the forecourt of Wilkinson's Motor Services' garage at Sedgefield, c.1940s
(1 photograph, 6 cm. x 8 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/X 1495/51Photograph of driver 'Cec' Denton sitting in a bus, c.1950s
(1 photograph, 6 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/X 1495/52Photograph of 'Cec' Denton, left, 'Bert', Stacey, centre, and Lance Dargue, right, standing on the steps to a building, c.1950s
(1 photograph, 9 cm. x 6 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/X 1495/53Photograph of 'Cec' Denton standing beside a Wilkinson's Motor Services' bus, c.1950
(1 photograph, 6 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/X 1495/54Photograph of a group of men sitting in a bus, c.1950s
(1 photograph, 6 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/X 1495/55Photograph of 'Bert' Stacey, left, and 'Madge' Dove, second left, standing with a man and a woman in front of a bus on the forecourt of Wilkinson's Motor Services' garage at Sedgefield, c.1950s
(1 photograph, 8 cm. x 6 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/X 1495/56Photograph of 'Madge' Dove, right, standing with a group of men and women on the forecourt of Wilkinson's Motor Services' garage at Sedgefield, c.1950s
(1 photograph, 8 cm. x 6 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/X 1495/57Photograph of a group of men standing beside a bus and a motor car on the forecourt of Wilkinson's Motor Services' garage at Sedgefield, c.1950s
(1 photograph, 8 cm. x 6 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/X 1495/58Photograph of a group of eight Wilkinson's Motor Services' drivers, with five Imperial Chemical Industries' stewards and a St. John's Ambulance man, standing in front of a fleet of buses, c.1950s
(1 photograph, 20 cm. x 16 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/X 1495 /59Photograph of drivers and conductors standing in front of a Wilkinson's Motor Services' bus, c.1950s
Left to right: Cyril Bayles, 'Wilf' Garbutt, 'Tommy' Ramshaw
(1 photograph, 9 cm. x 6 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/X 1495/60Photograph of 'Bert' Stacey and 'Madge' Dove, centre, standing with a woman outside an enquiries office, c.1950s
(1 photograph, 5 cm. x 6 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/X 1495/61Photograph of a group of conductors and drivers relaxing at a roadside, c. 1950s
Standing: 'Bert' Stacey, 'Tommy' Bradley, 'Charlie' Davison
Sitting: 'Wilf' Garbutt, 'Tommy' Ramshaw, 'Cec' Denton, 'Steve' Brain, 'Tommy' Hufford
(1 photograph, 9 cm. x 6 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/X 1495/62Photograph of four Wilkinson's Motor Services' employees relaxing in a yard, c.1950s
Left to right: 'Lilly' Waites, 'Tommy' Ramshaw, 'Bert' Stacey, Olive Sinclair
(1 photograph, 6 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/X 1495/63Photograph of 'Madge' Dove, right, standing with a woman on the forecourt of Wilkinson's Motor Services' garage at Sedgefield, c.1950s
(1 photograph, 6 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/X 1495/64Photograph of 'Madge' Dove standing on the forecourt of Wilkinson's Motor Services' garage at Sedgefield, c.1950s
(1 photograph, 6 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/X 1495/65Photograph of 'Madge' Dove, left, and Edna Suddes, right, standing on a garage forecourt, c.1950s
(1 photograph, 6 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/X 1495/66Photograph of 'Madge' Dove, left, and 'Bert' Stacey, standing with a woman on the forecourt of Wilkinson's Motor Services' garage at Sedgefield, c.1950s
(1 photograph, 6 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/X 1495/67Photograph of 'Bert' Stacey, right, standing with three drivers and conductors in front of a Wilkinson's Motor Services' bus on the Blackpool service, c.1950s
(1 photograph, 8 cm. x 6 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/X 1495/68Photograph of four drivers and conductors standing in front of a bus on the forecourt of Wilkinson's Motor Services' garage at Sedgefield, c.1950s
(1 photograph, 8 cm. x 6 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/X 1495/69Photograph of a driver and a conductress standing in front of a Wilkinson's Motor Services' bus, c.1950s
(1 photograph, 8 cm. x 6 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/X 1495/70Photograph of four drivers and conductors standing in a street, c.1950s
(1 photograph, 6 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/X 1495/71Photograph of 'Bert' Stacey standing with two women in front of a bus as another man looks on, c.1950s
(1 photograph, 9 cm. x 6 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/X 1495/72Photograph of a man [possibly 'Bert' Stacey] standing on the forecourt of Wilkinson's Motor Services' garage at Sedgefield, c.1950s
(1 photograph, 6 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/X 1495/73Photograph of Wilkinson's Motor Services' Inspector 'Ronnie' Hall, sitting at his office desk, c.1950s
(1 photograph, 16 cm. x 12 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/X 1495 /74Photograph of four drivers and conductors standing near a Wilkinson's Motor Services' bus prior to commencing an Imperial Chemical Industries private hire, c.1960s'
Left to right: Basil Ellis, Steve Brain, 'Tommy' Wylie, Arthur Jackson
(1 photograph, 9 cm. x 6 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/X 1495/75Photograph of a Scurr's coach parked at a roadside, June 1970
(1 photograph, 15 cm. x 10 cm., colour)
Ref: D/X 1495/76Photograph of a United Automobile Services' bus driving down Sedgefield High Street, June 1970
(1 photograph, 15 cm. x 10 cm., colour)
Ref: D/X 1495/77Photograph of a United Automobile Services' bus driving through Sedgefield, June 1970
(1 photograph, 15 cm. x 10 cm., colour)
Ref: D/X 1495/78Photograph of a United Automobile Services' coach parked at Parkside Garage, Sedgefield, June 1970
(1 photograph, 15 cm. x 10 cm., colour)
Ref: D/X 1495/79Photograph of a United Automobile Services' bus parked at Durham Road Garage, Sedgefield, June 1970
(1 photograph, 15 cm. x 10 cm., colour)
Ref: D/X 1495/80Photograph of two United Automobile Services' buses parked at Parkside Garage, Sedgefield, June 1970
(1 photograph, 15 cm. x 10 cm., colour)
Ref: D/X 1495/81Photograph of a view of the United Automobile Services' depot at Sedgefield, June 1970
(1 photograph, 15 cm. x 10 cm., colour)
Ref: D/X 1495/82Photograph of Peter Cardno, seated, talking to a man during the launch of Wilkinson's of Sedgefield at Sedgefield Library, c. 2003
(1 photograph, 15 cm. x 10 cm., colour)
Ref: D/X 1495/83Photograph of David Hillerby, left, and Peter Cardno, right, signing books during the launch of Wilkinson's of Sedgefield at Sedgefield Library, c. 2003
(1 photograph,
Ref: D/X 1495/84'Trimdon Motor Services Limited, Photo Album, 1929 - 1990', file containing 102 photocopied photographs of Trimdon Motor Services buses, c.2000
(1 file)