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Transport Token (Culter)
Transport Token (Culter)
Transport Token (Culter)
Transport Token (Culter)

Transport Token (Culter)

Associated (1751 - 1981)
Date1930-1955
Object NameToken
Mediumbrass
ClassificationsTokens
Dimensions32 x 0.9mm, 8.87gm
AcquisitionPresented in 1989 by W A Smith.
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDMS017347
Keywords
About MeLarge, thin disc with beaded rim inscribed on one side; other side blank.

Tokens issued by local authorities allowing travel on their own transport undertakings are common, but examples like this one issued by a manufacturing company for use on a specific bus route are less well known.

This token allowed an employee of the Culter Mills Paper Company free bus travel between Aberdeen and Peterculter, a distance of approximately 7 miles.


Image Not Available for Culter Mills Paper Company Transport Token: Set in Plastic as Key Ring
Culter Mills Paper Company Transport Token: Set in Plastic as Key Ring
Culter Mills Paper Company
1930-1955
Image Not Available for Transport and General Workers' Union Membership Card
Transport and General Workers' Union Membership Card
Aberdeen Corporation Transport Department
1982
Image Not Available for Sixty Years of Progress Aberdeen Corporation Transport
Sixty Years of Progress Aberdeen Corporation Transport
Aberdeen Corporation Transport Department
1958
Image Not Available for Transport Department Timetable
Transport Department Timetable
Aberdeen Corporation Transport Department
1974 - 1975
Image Not Available for Photograph of Grampian Transport Headquarters' Gardens
Photograph of Grampian Transport Headquarters' Gardens
Grampian Transport
1992
Image Not Available for Photograph of Grampian Transport Headquarters' Gardens
Photograph of Grampian Transport Headquarters' Gardens
Grampian Transport
1992
Image Not Available for Photograph of Grampian Transport Headquarters' Gardens
Photograph of Grampian Transport Headquarters' Gardens
Grampian Transport
1992
Image Not Available for Photograph of Grampian Transport Headquarters' Gardens
Photograph of Grampian Transport Headquarters' Gardens
Grampian Transport
1992
Image Not Available for Long Service Certificate for Grampian Regional Council Transport Department
Long Service Certificate for Grampian Regional Council Transport Department
c. 1980
Image Not Available for Bus Ticket Issue Machine
Bus Ticket Issue Machine
1930s
Image Not Available for Album Of Bus Photographs
Album Of Bus Photographs
1950 - 1999
Image Not Available for Bus Timetable
Bus Timetable
1929
Image Not Available for Double Deck Bus
Double Deck Bus
Great North of Scotland Railway
June 1904
Image Not Available for Double Deck Bus
Double Deck Bus
Great North of Scotland Railway
June 1904
The Cults Bus by Robert Brough
The Cults Bus
Robert Brough
Bon Accord Street
Bon Accord Street
W Dobson Chapman and Partners
1952 (published)
Looking East up Union Street to Town House
Looking East up Union Street to Town House
Aberdeen Town House
1950s
Image Not Available for Looking East up Union Street to Town House
Looking East up Union Street to Town House
Aberdeen Town House
1950s
Looking East up Union Street
Looking East up Union Street
Belmont Series Postcard
C.1950
Looking East up Union Street
Looking East up Union Street
Belmont Series Postcard
C.1950
Looking West up Union Street
Looking West up Union Street
Belmont Series Postcard
C.1950
Looking West from Castle Street
Looking West from Castle Street
Belmont Series Postcard
C.1950
Looking West up Union Street
Looking West up Union Street
Belmont Series Postcard
C. 1960
Looking East up Union Street
Looking East up Union Street
Belmont Series Postcard
C.1950