Bus nostalgia

[Banjax]

is this the bus thread then? i wondered where everyone was 

[Seth]

The 'die-hards' are still here Banjax mate!

Am presently beavering away behind the scenes, and searching-out some more interesting gems for this thread.
Lizzie's now on board, so 'watch this space', as they say!

[splott]

Dare i even say it..................

Is that you and one of your family  behind the wheel then, Crazydad

[splott]

is this the bus thread then? i wondered where everyone was 

Yep we are all here Banjax

[Seth]

Lizzie's railway contribution has reminded me that the GWR were the forerunners of the Western Welsh operations.

This was particularly so in the West Wales and Brecon areas.
In fact, many staff at these depots were NUR members. I remember that Brecon depot was 100% NUR, until closure 20-odd years ago.

Well done Ms Zoom!  

[Seth]

Took me ages to search-out the links regarding the earlier-posted ditty on Leathers' Bedford OB.

Anyone actually clicked/read 'em? :-?

[splott]

The 'die-hards' are still here Banjax mate!

Am presently beavering away behind the scenes, and searching-out some more interesting gems for this thread.
Lizzie's now on board, so 'watch this space', as they say!

Got to say that Lizzie's and Sethsmate's threads were very informative
Enjoyed them

I'm off to Llandudno now, to see the Victorian Festival. There are many old buses and Charabancs on display. 
Plus working steam engines

[Seth]

The 'die-hards' are still here Banjax mate!

Am presently beavering away behind the scenes, and searching-out some more interesting gems for this thread.
Lizzie's now on board, so 'watch this space', as they say!

Got to say that Lizzie's and Sethsmate's threads were very informative
Enjoyed them

I'm off to Llandudno now, to see the Victorian Festival. There are many old buses and Charabancs on display. 
Plus working steam engines

Lucky so & so ...... 

[Lizzie_Zoom]

The 'die-hards' are still here Banjax mate!

Am presently beavering away behind the scenes, and searching-out some more interesting gems for this thread.
Lizzie's now on board, so 'watch this space', as they say!

Got to say that Lizzie's and Sethsmate's threads were very informative
Enjoyed them

I'm off to Llandudno now, to see the Victorian Festival. There are many old buses and Charabancs on display. 
Plus working steam engines

Lucky so & so ...... 

I should say so!!

Too far away from me though

[Lizzie_Zoom]

A latter day 'railway bus service' was the Western National Sealink route between British Railways Weymouth Station and Weymouth Quay for the Channel Island shipping services during the late 1960s into the 1970s.

Here is BDV 259C (others fill in the makers details etc please........... ) in the Sealink / Western National  colours:



8-) 8-)

[Seth]

'Tis a 30ft Bristol Lodekka FLF with ECW body Ms Zoom!

The example depicted here has the Cave-Brown-Cave heating system - see the apertures either side of the destination box.

Passed my PSV (all types) driving test on a similar (though rear-entrance) Bristol FL.
Built like tanks!

[Lizzie_Zoom]

'Tis a 30ft Bristol Lodekka FLF with ECW body Ms Zoom!

The example depicted here has the Cave-Brown-Cave heating system - see the apertures either side of the destination box.

Passed my PSV (all types) driving test on a similar (though rear-entrance) Bristol FL.
Built like tanks!

Great stuff! 8-) 8-) 8-)

You certainly know your buses Sm like I know my steam engines!

[The Red Baron]

seem to remember blackpool had a whole load of bristols, lodekka i think.

[Lizzie_Zoom]

Of course before the railways was the highly uncomfortable and dangerous stage coaches, that had to negoitiate dreadful deep rut filled roads and the ocassional highwayman!

This is an example of one during Jane Austens time, with the last one officially running in 1840, with the train taking just hours to complete a relatively smooth journey, instead of days in a stage coach:



By then the streets of all major British cities were filled with horse drawn buses, or "omnibus"  The first "omnibus" ran from Paddington Green to the Bank, on 4th July 1829 and introduced a new type of vehicle to the roads of Britain. This date is generally regarded as the start of omnibus history in Great Britain.   They generally appeared like this:

A late 19c Omnibus:




This is an early 20th century picture of an omnibus with an unidentified railway scene in the background:





This is an omnibus of 1926/7:



Riding the rear of an omnibus:




Although the horse drawn omnibus continued to be used in many cities, the last London Omnibus actually ran on the London Bridge to Moorgate route on the 25th October 1911:



After that the London omnibus became combustion engined driven and a plain "bus":



This example is an "S" type of 1928:






On the 13th June1931 the last urban horse drawn bus ran on it's routeof  Newcastle-upon-Tyne to Gateshead

[The Red Baron]

interesting piece of history there lizzie.
just as a note, the sentinel steam bus at whitby is now sponsored by the vintage spirit magazine.