Deepdene Boy
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Cliff Ton, yes that's the one. I was only 10 at the time and for all these years I have believed it was the Edwalton area rather than Tollerton.
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Reminds me of the alleged sightings of a big cat in the Edwalton area back in the summer of 1976.
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Mark Gatiss, George Wendt (Norm from Cheers), Arthur Miller, The Kray Twins, Harry Carpenter
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Could it be the new Art Installation, that lets steam into the air? The same one that people have mistaken for a building being on fire.
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I bet the driver wasn't "Glad all over"
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Catfan, all the HTO-D batch of Fleetlines were rubbish. Didn't they have the air assisted gearchange, which when worn would spray fluid up your arm?
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Steve Maclaren looks a good shout. (to this 'pie anyway).
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Didn't the late comedian, Charlie Williams, always use "Flower" in his act. I am sure that before a became a comedian he was a professional footballer for Doncaster Rovers
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Chulla, square one was the centre circle. Hence after a goal was squared, the ball went back to square one.
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Nottingham's trams were not painted green and white,they were maroon. The green and cream livery was introduced in 1927 with the first trolleybuses, so I think it is more likely that this is a diorama of Nottingham Road, Derby, as I believe that Derby's trams were painted green and white.
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Catfan, I didn't know that 36 & 41 were run out of Bilborough in '74, I thought that it was a Parliament Street Depot rota. It certainly was back in 1972 when it was the first group of services converted to Autofare operation.
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46-63 (46-63NAU) were the Park Royal bodied Daimler Fleetlines, in 1962, which were followed by 64-94 in 1963, except for 73, which came in 1964. The 64-94 batch were bodied by Northern Counties. 73 arrived later as it was used to develop a modified ventilation system. The Park Royal bodied buses were initially allocated to Parliament Street depot, whilst 64-78 went to Bilborough and 79-94 to Bulwell.
The first Leyland Atlanteans 401-422 arrived in 1964 and were initially allocated to Parliament Street, but were re-allocated to Trent Bridge in early 1965 when the 43s were converted from trolley bus to motorbus operation. 402 had a reputation for high speed running and became known as the Trent Bridge flyer.
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If my old man was stuck behind an overly hesitant driver waiting to pull out of a junction he would say, "Are you waitin' for a bleedin invite"
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Couldn't get back for this year's Goose Fair, so I popped to the local chippy, had myself a tub of mushy peas, and put mint sauce on 'em when I got home. My missus, not a Nottingham girl, thinks I've gone soft in the head.
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It is certainly a Derby City Transort bus behind Camm's ex Potteries Leyland Leopard
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The 53 gas powered buses will be replacing life expired diesel buses, so if new cleaner, greener and cheaper technology is available, it makes perfect sense to embrace it.
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Mick, really interesting to read your posts, particularly concerning the two batches of Atlantean PDR1A/1s at Sherwood depot. The first batch 501-522 (PTO 501-522G) were not well liked especially when they were brand new and allocated to Parliament Street. They suffered with problems with the automatic brake shoe adjusters, on hilly routes the drums would expand when hot and the adjusters would not return to the correct position as the brakes cooled. Dad had a nasty accident in 516 coming down Derby Road inbound on a 4 or 5 towards the junction with Middleton Boulevard, when it was a traffic light controlled crossroads. An Austin 1100 was stopped at a red light, and Dad applied the brakes in plenty of time. After some initial retardation the brakes faded away to nothing and he shunted the 1100 across the junction. After that he hated the buses in this batch with a passion. There were many other drivers at Parliament Street who experienced the same problem and they were delighted when they were sent off o Sherwood depot in1970 to replace AEC Regent Vs when the Sherwood routes were converted to OMO.
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This "Loonie" would watch a bus spotting live programme, but I have many other interests too, having just spent three days at Silverstone. I am also preparing for my eleventh season as a football referee.
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I must say the modern Scania, 676, looks superb in the traditional livery. How about Nottstalgians campaigning NCT to adopt this as the standard livery, instead of the cheap looking route branding colour schemes used at present. Nottingham, would look a whole lot better with its fleet painted back into green and cream, not forgetting the red wheels.
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Elsewhere in this thread it mentions that the Kirks are one of the oldest families in Nottingham. My mother's side of the family were Tomlinsons and my uncle has been able to trace the Tomlinson line back to 1649 using the Lambley parish records, so they too must have a good claim to being one of the oldest families in the area. I know that I am very proud to have Notts heritage dating back nearly 370 years.
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Mick, yes you are right, they had the Duple Dominant E type body, which included sliding top vents to the windows and bus seats, in an otherwise standard Duple Dominant coach body.
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Mick, the bus that you mention impaling itself on the lamp post was 727. Following repair it re-entered service in a mainly cream livery with green stripes, somewhat similar to the dual purpose Leopards 741-764, which in my opinion was a vast improvement over the original livery carried by the Nationals.
As an aside, there is news today on the Nottingham City Transport Fleet News Facebook page, that AEC Renown 366 has been purchased for restoration. It was widely believed that, following the devastating arson attack at Ruddington which destroyed 370, the only member of this batch to survive was 372, which is being used as a mobile home and is currently residing in Colwick.
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When first delivered the Leyland Nationals suffered from a lack of front wheel adhesion, particularly in wet/damp conditions. NCT rectified this to a certain extent, after TGWU representations (Dad and Harry Ball looking after their members again), by moving the batteries to a more forward position, thereby putting greater weight on to the front axles.
Probably the most unusual vehicle to work on the free services was AEC Regent V 273 in January 1976, there is a picture of this on Flickr VRS323's photostream.
www.flickr.com/photos/william-walker/16515858343/in/photostream/
When the Conservatives took control of the council in 1976 they forced NCT to stop the Park and Ride services and to sell 14 of the 18 Lilac Leopards which were eagerly snapped up by the Maidstone Council operation. The remaining four Lilac Leopards were then more often than not used on the 45 (Wollaton Park - Wolds Estate [stanhope Square]).
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The end of this month, 30th June, will be the 50th anniversary of the last trolleybus to run in public service in Nottingham. Wouldn't it be fitting if we could persuade NCT ro re-paint one of the yellow liveried 68/69 Scanias into the green and cream livery worn by the trolleybuses to mark the occasion.
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"Almost exactly." No, no, no you retard, something is either almost 1000lbs or it is exactly 1000lbs.