Yelloway Devonian service Southbound Traffic Sheet (Upper part)

Charting, that is to say the recording and control of bookings, at Yelloway was most important. The system was most thorough and second to none in the industry - even though the road staff sometimes thought otherwise! Each service departure carried the 'Charts' and a Traffic Sheet. (This particular sheet measured 389mm by 229mm (or as it was in those days 15 and 3/8 inches by 9 inches) and since a sheet that size is too big for my scanner I have had to upload it in two separate halves). That illustrated is for the Torquay day south service on the last day of the through service of summer 1971 on Saturday 30 October. When agents booked tickets the confirmation copy was sent into the Yelloway Chart Room at Rochdale. Each service departure had an individual charting sheet numbered 1 to 44 on which all the relevant details of the booking were written (Ticket number, boarding point, intermediate connecting point, final destination point, initials of charting clerk (forming booking reference number) and booking agents name). As one sheet was filled additional sheets were added so that on a busy summer weekend departure there might be umpteen sheets just for one specific service departure where many duplicate coaches were required. The Chart Room staff prepared a full analysis of bookings for the each service departure. The analysis sheets featured numerous......

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