As the poster
gives
details only of the times and routes of members of the Carriers
Association, the only references to the Bere Regis &
District services are given under Bloxworth (Davis) and Winfrith (Toop)
- but a little strangely the village of Bere
Regis itself is not listed .......... although Davis came through
there several times a day from Bloxworth.
There are some
errors
in the poster: the services of Bale, shown as from Minterne, should be
from Moreton. Also the times given from
intermediate villages on route (eg the times at Puddletown for House
and Cutler) are the departure times from the originating
village, not the actual passing times at subsequent points along the
route.
Most operators worked from the then new Council Yard (CY) in Trinity
Street whilst others still terminated at different public houses around
the county town, including the White Hart (WH) and the Phoenix (Ph),
both in High East Street. The Plume (of Feathers) in Princes
Street (Pl) seems to be the pick up point only for Charlie Ralph to
Winterbourne Abbas; and whilst the Ship Inn in High West Street is also
listed no-one seems to have been using it as a terminus.
For many years
this
poster hung in a frame on the office wall in the garage of A Pearce
& Co. at Cattistock.
The times and
details
are more clearly shown in a tabulated
document here.
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