HUNTS OF ALFORD
Operating from Alford to Boston
An undated timetable from this Lincolnshire operator (with hand written updates) showing their then main route from Alford through Spilsby to Boston, and also showing supplementary market day and workers services. The timetable is 1961 or later as it contains the route from Firsby to Boston introduced in June 1961.
Based in the market town of Alford at the foot of the Lincolnshire Wolds, the main service was still in operation in 1978, although by then reduced to four days a week (Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday). Hunts continue to this day as operators of a fleet of luxury coaches, with a holiday tours programme, as well as private hire work. They still provide several bus services in and around the area, but the routes and services shown in the timetable below no longer operate.
The business was started in 1930 by Frederick Hunt with one Bedford. This was employed to run to and from Boston three times a day. Other local operators businesses were acquired and by 1941 there were 16 vehicles in the fleet, covering a typical mix of schools, works and local buses. The 1964 fleet was ten vehicles. In the 1970s the two sons Charles and Michael took over the and the company continues to expand and prosper. The bus and coach fleet currently numbers twenty vehicles, ranging in size from 25 to 53 seats.
with many thanks to John Brogden for the loan of the timetable,
and incorporating information from articles and publications
by Roy Marshall and David Kaye found in the libraries of Lincolnshire
