Compo 10,328 Posted November 17, 2015 Report Share Posted November 17, 2015 I regularly used the buses in Nottingham during the 1950s and 60s and to a lesser extent the 70s. As I recall, nearly all of my journeys seemed to cost either 1d, 3d or 6d and rarely anything else. Here is a picture I found on another site showing the old tickets: Let's not forget the Ultimate ticket machine that dispensed them; or of course the clippies who, with a flick of the wrist, could produce either a single or double ticket with ease 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted November 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 17, 2015 I seem to recall that this particular type of machine (Setright) was the one of choice for the Trent bus company: 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
taxi ray 170 Posted November 17, 2015 Report Share Posted November 17, 2015 I think it is £2.00, a journey now or you can buy an all day ticket for £3.50. Some buy an all day ticket and different people use it during the day. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted November 17, 2015 Report Share Posted November 17, 2015 Yep i always give mine to someone else, why waste paper ! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Pianoman 1,532 Posted November 17, 2015 Report Share Posted November 17, 2015 Midland General used Setright. I don't know about Trent Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted November 17, 2015 Report Share Posted November 17, 2015 #3 PAY? I have a bus pass .....................But I still pay on the tram .....................usually a £4 all day ticket Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BeestonMick 263 Posted November 17, 2015 Report Share Posted November 17, 2015 I have a bus pass n'all, best thing since sliced bread. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Pianoman 1,532 Posted November 17, 2015 Report Share Posted November 17, 2015 #6. Get a Mango card. £3.50 daily cap on the tram. £5 daily cap on Trent/Barton should you wish to use it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Deepdene Boy 642 Posted November 17, 2015 Report Share Posted November 17, 2015 Midland General, Trent, Bartons and South Notts all used the Setright ticket machines. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chulla 4,946 Posted November 17, 2015 Report Share Posted November 17, 2015 I remember before the Ultimate ticket machines, where the clippies had a rack of tickets - different colour for each price, held in the rack by a spring wire. Down the side of the ticket were stage numbers. The tickets were punched/clipped in a 'machine' to show what stage you had got on. When you got on the bus there were inward-facing bench-type seats. These were called 'Anniversary' seats. Anyone know why? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Deepdene Boy 642 Posted November 17, 2015 Report Share Posted November 17, 2015 Chulla, I can't provide the answer to your question regarding "Anniversary seats", but in between NCT using punch tickets and Ultimates, they used a machine called T.I.M.,(Ticket Issuing Machine) which printed tickets on to a plain white roll approx 2 inches wide. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,599 Posted November 17, 2015 Report Share Posted November 17, 2015 Compo, when I saw the pictures #1 of old bus tickets, they looked SO familiar, my heart 'lurched'. I obviously haven't seen any of them for several decades but they must have a permanent place in my brain! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted November 17, 2015 Report Share Posted November 17, 2015 Great pics Compo! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scriv 168 Posted November 27, 2015 Report Share Posted November 27, 2015 As an aside; the son of the inventor of those Setright machines has his own place in transport history; he was the noted motoring journalist and author, L.J.K Setright. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TBI 2,351 Posted November 27, 2015 Report Share Posted November 27, 2015 Me and my mate often tried to get into town on the 43 without paying. We'd scoot up on the top deck, run to the front seat and duck down. It usually worked but one day the inspector got on, he must have been the bloke they based Blakey on. Even though there was no-one else upstairs, he'd walked right up to the front to check and looked down at us. He marched us downstairs and started tearing the conductor off a strip. The conductor must have been having a bad day, so he started giving it large back to the inspector. While they were going hammer and tongs, we nipped off quick. Had to get off a stop early though. 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted November 27, 2015 Report Share Posted November 27, 2015 TUT TUT ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted November 27, 2015 Report Share Posted November 27, 2015 I don't think many tickets are issued these days with bus passes & other plastic. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SPIKEISLAND9 46 Posted November 27, 2015 Report Share Posted November 27, 2015 Those tickets at #1 still look so familiar Compo. I remember the longer shape before those as well, mid-forties onwards. We used to plunge our hands into the used ticket slot on the platform to get handfuls to play with. Our usual bus was an 18, but I once caught a 6 from its terminus on Arnold Rd., to go a short distance to my grandma`s on Gainsford Cresc. I was about nine. At the top of the curve on Gainsford, the engine backfired with an enormous bang. The driver stopped the engine, got out, came speaking to the conductor, looking quite shaken. He said he`d try it again, I got off, saying "I`m not going on it again, I want my money back." I think the fare was an `ap`ny.` The conductor said he couldn`t give it me back as he`d issued the ticket. I said I`d walk the rest. I could still instantly pick out his face from photos even today. What a Barton`s bus from a nine year old! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Blondie 1,392 Posted November 27, 2015 Report Share Posted November 27, 2015 the person who invented bus passes for pensioners should be knighted................ 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,599 Posted November 27, 2015 Report Share Posted November 27, 2015 SPIKEISLAND, your post reminded me when I was 10 and went on the bus from Mapperley to town by myself for the first time. I was going to my Ballet lesson which was usually at a place down Exchange Walk, but occasionally somewhere on Glasshouse Street (no, not THAT place). Well, on this particular day, I was supposed to get off at the station, cross over the bridge and go to G Street, but I must have been daydreaming and missed the stop. When I got off the bus at the Market Square, I didn't dare walk back to the station in case I got lost, (remember, I was only ten and didn't know the city very well) and I would have been late anyway, so I got on the next bus home and told my mum I'd got a headache and hadn't gone to the lesson because of it. Don't know why I didn't tell the truth - my mum would have understood how I felt. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted November 27, 2015 Report Share Posted November 27, 2015 I think at that age Margie..small things seem huge. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Michael Booth 7,364 Posted November 27, 2015 Report Share Posted November 27, 2015 Yes, I know what you mean, ian. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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