Burnley Bus Company

The Burnley Bus Company is a bus operator running services in the boroughs of Burnley and Pendle, and into the surrounding areas including Accrington, Keighley and Manchester. It is a subsidiary of Transdev Blazefield.
History.
The Burnley, Colne & Nelson Joint Transport Committee was established in 1933 to merge the three municipal tramway and bus operations of those towns. The tramway network was progressively being abandoned with the last closing in May 1935. In 1974 as part of the local government reorganisation Colne and Nelson boroughs were amalgamated to form Pendle and thus the transport operation became the Burnley & Pendle Joint Transport Committee.
To comply with the Transport Act 1985, in 1986 the assets were transferred to a new legal entity and the operation rebranded Burnley & Pendle Transport Company. Deregulation opened Burnley & Pendle's routes to competition from other operators, with Blackburn Transport, Tyrer Tours and Victoria Coaches establishing competing services. To stave off the competition five AEC Routemasters were purchased with each named after a character from the television series "EastEnders". Deregulation also saw many Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive services contracted out. Burnley & Pendle successfully tendered a number of routes with their sphere of operation extending to Blackburn, Bury, Manchester, Preston, Rawtenstall, Rochdale and Skipton.
In April 1996 Pendle Council sold its share to Stagecoach North West. Burnley Council was livid, and stated strongly it would never sell its share. Stagecoach put up a multi-million pound investment plan for Burnley and Pendle, but Burnley Council could not meet its share unless it cut other council services. In March 1997 it reversed its policy and sold out to Stagecoach.

Sarah Kelly

Sarah Jean Kelly (born September 13, 1976) is an American contemporary Christian musician from Rockford, Illinois. She was signed to Gotee Records, a Christian label under EMI. Kelly is a two time Grammy Award nominee for albums "Take Me Away" and "Where The Past Meets Today" in the category of Best Rock Or Rap Gospel Album. Her music has compared to mainstream artists Sheryl Crow, Janis Joplin, Norah Jones, Carole King, and Sarah McLachlan. She runs a music school in The Woodlands, TX.
Personal life.
Kelly is married to Jonas Ekman whom she met at a concert in Sweden. They were married in 2008. The couple lives in The Woodlands, Texas and she leads worship at Woodlands Church.
Released albums.
Sarah Kelly has also recorded a cover of "What If I Stumble," by Christian rock/pop group dc Talk, which appears on the compilation album "Freaked! A Gotee Tribute to dc Talk's "Jesus Freak."'
Sarah Kelly was featured on Jars of Clay's single I'll Fly Away from the album Redemption Songs released in 2005
Sarah Kelly has recorded a cover of "Stand Up For Jesus," which was written by Adam Watts and Andy Dodd.