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Description: | c1986.
This was created by Yorkshire artist, Pete Lapish as a poster for the new 'Yorkshire Rider' bus company and is entitled 'Public Transport in West Yorkshire'. It charts the evolution of transport in the West Yorkshire area. The 'Yorkshire Rider' company was established in 1986 after deregulation of the bus services had taken place in the United Kingdom. 'Badgerline' acquired 'Yorkshire Rider' in 1994 but in 1995 merged with GRT Ltd and was rebranded as 'First Bus'. Nowadays, the company is known as 'First West Yorkshire' and 'First York'. Pete Lapish has painted various representations of West Yorkshire buses and trams, including, at the top, an old Leeds horse tram from 1880 with advertising for 'Bovril' next to a watercolour sketch of Leeds Town Hall. At the bottom there is the strap line 'Moving ahead with Yorkshire Rider Limited'. Pete Lapish, a self-taught artist, is especially fond of the trams of his youth and they are often included in his nostalgic scenes of Leeds. The copyright for this poster is held by Yorkshire Rider but the artist has obtained permission for its reproduction here.
Some images by Pete Lapish are available to purchase as postcards or greetings cards from Leeds Visitor Centre - see our 'useful links' page. | License: | http://www.leodis.net/article.aspx?id=12 | Rights holder: | Leeds Central Library | Subjects: | First West Yorkshire Yorkshire Rider First Bus Pete Lapish Town Hall tram | Source: | Leodis - A photographic archive of Leeds | Identifier: | http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?id=20... | Go to resource |
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