[Ernie]

If I may just clarify the situation (with respect), Accrington Corporation Transport Department became the Borough of Hyndburn Transport Department in the late seventies, and then on the 26th October 1986 became Hyndburn Transport Limited in line with the deregulation of public transport bill (1985). It was then that things started to go downhill as it ceased to be a public service but instead had to show a profit, some routes were subsidised by Lancashire County Council in the evenings but this was eventually removed and this was the start of the shambles of a bus service that you have today in Accrington, as it is now if you wish to travel out in the evenings or Sundays you have either to take a cab or walk, you certainly can't catch the bus thanks to Mrs Thatcher and her followers.