Yelloway booking office Central Station, Manchester - 1971/1972

Summer 1971 or 1972 - Arthur Whelhan dealing with bookings for a number of potential passengers in the Yelloway booking office located on the forecourt of the old Central Railway Station in Manchester. The site later became the G-MEX Centre and now Manchester Central Conference Centre. Yelloway used this location as its Manchester coach station for about three years (1970-1973) after the East Street Coach Station of LMS Coachways was closed for redevelopment. In addition to the booking office there was a waiting room, an inspectors office and general storage rooms built in former war time air raid shelters which bordered Lower Mosley Street (to the right of the picture). One of the windows of the Midland Hotel can be seen through the window behind. This site was supervised by an Inspector (Bill Grundy) and usually two booking clerks (Bill Clarkson and Arthur Whelhan).