Go-As-You-Please (1923-1968)
These started during the first “Bus War” and were titled as Go-As-You-Please representing remarkably good value offering two days unrestricted travel on the railway for 5/- only, 2/6 for a child. The rates, duration, facilities and even title varied considerably over the years. The 1934 issue was headed Anywhere Ticket and then said “two days 5/- Go-As-You-Please”. The 1936 child issue was simply narked Go-As-You-Please, the central third being white and the other portions green. By 1939 there was a considerable variety. Edmondson tickets were available tor two-day rail travel, white tickets with two blue vertical bands. costing 5/-; three days rail, 6/6 had three vertical deep pink bands and the four day costing 7/6 had four vertical yellow. bands.
Seven day rail tickets were also available. at 10/- but were a slightly larger non-Edmondson style tickets. Combined rail and bus tickets, again non-Edmondsons were available for one day, 5/- green, two days,- 7/6 in a' different shade of green, three days,Child 5/- in red and four days, Child at 5/9 in yellow have been seen, and the child weekly Go-As-You-Please rail/bus a white ticket cost only 7/6. The child tickets in all examples seen was half the adult fare and usually, though curiously not in Fig. 143, a nip was removed from the corner of the ticket.
After the war the tickets became Holiday Runabout and later Two Day Tour tickets; again these were .available on bus and train; non-Edmondsons. Around 1953 they were not available on Saturdays or Sundays but in 1960 Saturday travel was permitted. The faros did increase though certainly not enough to keep pace with inflation. In the post-war era instead of nipping off the corner of child tickets, as well as including the word “Child” in the text, tho tickets had the same basic printing but “Child” in bold capitals set between two lines in red diagonally across the ticket.
In 1968 under Lord Ailsa existing stocks of 1939 and also undated but otherwise identical two day Go-As-You-Please tickets were used. Inflation was catered for by amending the tickets by hand to 15/- and 7/6 respectively. Since the closure of the Ramsey and Peel lines in September 1968 the facility was allowed to lapse although in more recent times the equivalent Explorer ticket has taken its place, initially a scratch card with various dates which could be selected by the passenger, now replaced by the Go Explore smart card in one, three, five and seven day incriments.