The Tilling Group was one of two conglomerates that controlled almost all of the major bus operators in the United Kingdom between World Wars I and II and until nationalisation in 1948.
Tilling Group bus at Cobham Bus Museum, 1997.
Portrait of Tilling
Tilling horse bus in use.
British Electric Traction
British Electric Traction Company Limited, renamed BET plc in 1985, was a large British industrial conglomerate. It was once a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index but was acquired by Rentokil in 1996, and the merged company is now known as Rentokil Initial.
BET wagon used in the installation of overhead tram wires, at Sedgley, circa 1901
Wolverhampton District Electric Tramways Company preserved tramcar at the Black Country Museum