DaveN 1,118 Posted December 10, 2014 Report Share Posted December 10, 2014 15 photos of buses through the years http://www.nottinghampost.com/pictures/pictures/pictures-25526455-detail/pictures.html 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,466 Posted December 10, 2014 Report Share Posted December 10, 2014 Even by the Post's usual standards, that's a bit pathetic. If you really want Nottingham buses through the years, look at this which I've linked before. https://www.flickr.com/photos/8050359@N07/sets/72157603923450406/ 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MELTONSTILTON 452 Posted December 10, 2014 Report Share Posted December 10, 2014 Here's an interesting flikr page, about Barton's Buses, http://www.flickr.com/groups/1759402@N25/pool/ 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PeverilPeril 3,281 Posted December 11, 2014 Report Share Posted December 11, 2014 Wot no trolley buses? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Enigma. 1,533 Posted December 11, 2014 Report Share Posted December 11, 2014 collection of trams - trolleybuses etc photo here too https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.126414467557929.1073741838.124695851063124&type=1 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PeverilPeril 3,281 Posted December 12, 2014 Report Share Posted December 12, 2014 Thanks Enigma 1st. 90% of my trips as a youngster were on #43 and 44 trolley buses. The poles fell off quite often at the Bentick Rd / Alfreton Rd junction. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,466 Posted December 12, 2014 Report Share Posted December 12, 2014 For more Nottingham trolleybuses, try here. http://www.trolleybus.net/index3.htm When you click on it, it will come up with Maidstone which is probably not what you really wanted. Look down the left side of the page and you will see Nottingham as an option. Click on that and there are 3 pages of material - and a map of the system. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PeverilPeril 3,281 Posted December 12, 2014 Report Share Posted December 12, 2014 Cheers. Another nice pic of the 43. We used to call them trackless buses, presumably because they replaced the tracked vehicles. I wonder why that was, when we have now gone back to tracked buses? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,091 Posted December 13, 2014 Report Share Posted December 13, 2014 Lovely pics of the 41 at Cinderhill, and the wall we'd scramble over to get to Fowler's Pond. What a wonderful time we grew up in, and never thought it would change so. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scriv 168 Posted December 13, 2014 Report Share Posted December 13, 2014 Sorry if this sounds picky, but shouldn't this thread (and perhaps the "Trainspotting" one) be in the "Nottingham Transport" page? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,091 Posted December 13, 2014 Report Share Posted December 13, 2014 No sooner said, than done, me duck. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TBI 2,351 Posted December 13, 2014 Report Share Posted December 13, 2014 Yes, nice pictures of the 43. I rode it on many a Sunday morning, from Trent Bridge to my Grans in Bulwell. I seem to recall the poles used to come off at the gas works crossroads too. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scriv 168 Posted December 13, 2014 Report Share Posted December 13, 2014 No sooner said, than done, me duck. Thanks Katy. I'm getting to that age when remembering where things are (or why I was looking for them in the first place) becomes more difficult! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Merthyr Imp 729 Posted November 4, 2015 Report Share Posted November 4, 2015 Not sure if this is the right thread for this photo, but here it is. The connection with Notts is that it is a former Mansfield District Bristol Lodekka, seen here after its transfer to United Counties. I thought the photo might be of interest for the cars of the period. Photo was taken in the early 1970s immediately before I was run over. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TBI 2,351 Posted November 4, 2015 Report Share Posted November 4, 2015 Photo was taken in the early 1970s immediately before I was run over. That's a good 'un, Merthyr. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted November 4, 2015 Report Share Posted November 4, 2015 Took out the back winda of a viva?,great shot Merthyr; where is it heading for? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Merthyr Imp 729 Posted November 5, 2015 Report Share Posted November 5, 2015 The back window of either a Triumph Herald or a Vitesse (can't remember which it was at that time). I forgot to say the location was somewhere in Bedfordshire - bus was heading for Luton. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted November 5, 2015 Report Share Posted November 5, 2015 Is a great shot though..right up my alley!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StephenFord 866 Posted November 5, 2015 Report Share Posted November 5, 2015 565 ERR was one of five Bristol Lodekkas from this neck of the woods, bought by United Counties in 1971 - this one from Mansfield District, and two each from Midland General and Notts & Derby. I think they (and others from elsewhere) were brought in as stop-gaps to cover for inadequacies in the recently acquired Luton Corporation operation. Even on a good day with a following wind, Luton's buses didn't fit in with United Counties, which, like all the nationalised "Tillings"/BTC companies, standardised on Bristols. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Merthyr Imp 729 Posted November 5, 2015 Report Share Posted November 5, 2015 Interestingly, Luton did have a few Dennis Lolines which passed to United Counties - what you might call imitation Lodekkas. This one, with bodywork by Neepsend of Sheffield, was probably photographed on the same day (whenever that was!) in Luton. Not that this has got anything to do with Nottingham. iandawson - I have got a few shots taken through the front window of the car (passenger side) on various occasions, but I think that was the only rear window photo I took. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted November 5, 2015 Report Share Posted November 5, 2015 Thanks Merthyr, funny I know very little about buses really- I find Stephen and yourself brilliant at info/detail/photos...and really appreciate the relaying of such.. I have since a kid..loved buses,especially Midland General. gorgeous seat fabric,different bell ring,match striker was fancy,gear change sound was fab,cream ceiling with little round bulbs etc..Even the Barton 14 seemed to tear up to my school on Ruddington Lane.They had some growl pulling off.Probably a bit daft as a 15 year old..to some!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Pianoman 1,535 Posted November 5, 2015 Report Share Posted November 5, 2015 Wasn't a Dennis Lowline just a re-badged Bristol? Dished up as a Dennis so as to make them available to non-Tilling group companies. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Merthyr Imp 729 Posted November 5, 2015 Report Share Posted November 5, 2015 Well, the Loline was manufactured by Dennis Bros. of Guildford (as the firm used to be - I believe there's been loads of takeovers, mergers, etc since then). It was the Lodekka design 'built under licence' by them. It was provided with a Gardner engine as were the majority, but by no means all, of Lodekkas. Dennis's bus chassis manufacturing business was in something of a decline in the mid-1950s and I think they saw it as a way of increasing sales without developing a new design of their own. But despite the Lodekka being so popular (bearing in mind it was that or nothing for the Tilling/BTC/THC companies) sales of the Loline never really took off. Of course that may have been due to limited manufacturing capacity at Dennis compared to Bristol, or I'm not sure whether Lolines were more expensive than other designs of the time. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StephenFord 866 Posted November 5, 2015 Report Share Posted November 5, 2015 True Merthyr - but its a funny old thing that Dennis, which always seemed a small time player in those days, survived. AEC? Leyland? Daimler? Guy? - even Bristol? - and as for Gardner engines - oh dear. They just refused to move with the times, and the market eventually walked away from what was a brilliantly rugged and reliable engine from about 1930 to 1970, but unfortunately by then it had just had its day (several times over). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Merthyr Imp 729 Posted November 5, 2015 Report Share Posted November 5, 2015 Yes, all this has happened since 'my day'. I haven't a clue about the present day scene - all these Optares and Wrights and what-not mean nothing to me! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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