British Road Services

Ephemera from the formation years of BRS.

The first (above) and second (right) editions of the BRS ‘ABC’ guide published in 1950/51 and 1951/52.

Pages from the second edition showing the former Melias Transport Ltd depot now ‘69C’ , the Bolton and Bury Group. The group ran 120 vehicles. The Foden shown below and on the cover of the guide would have been bought during 1949/50 during the transition from Melias Transport to BRS.

The pages below are from a 1999 publication about the early years of British Road Services. The two boxed references show where Melias and HFW lorries were absorbed into BRS.