Beefsteak 305 Posted January 8, 2009 Report Share Posted January 8, 2009 So as not to hijack Bambers thread. Any one remember there age for their first solo bus ride , I was seven and went from Carlton Square to my Mamas in Lenton on the old 39 (In 1968) that included what seemed like a massive walk down Lenton Boulevarde Via Johnson road to Cycle Road!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,592 Posted January 9, 2009 Report Share Posted January 9, 2009 I remember I would be about 8/9years old and went from the 68 terminus at Clifton to Clifton bridge to go fishing in the Trent about where the Fairham brook runs into it, I also lost me watch on that fishing trip but found it again in the brook the following day, It was still working. Bus fare on that day was 3d Rog Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hippo girl 1,995 Posted January 9, 2009 Report Share Posted January 9, 2009 i was 7 and went on the 86 bus from allerton in liverpool to the library 4 stops down....in nottingham it was the sandiacre 4a and i was 11! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
firbeck 859 Posted January 9, 2009 Report Share Posted January 9, 2009 Probably tuppence worth on the Midland General B2 from Balloon Woods to Trowell Station so we could do a bit of train spotting when I was 7 or 8, I had permission from me mother too, as long as there were a gang of us. It always seemed a long way at the time, nowadays it only takes minutes by car. I can't remember the first train trip, probably to Grantham when I was about 11. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted January 9, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2009 Go on then add trains too , Mine would have been with schoolmates to the footie at Meadow lane circa 72 making me about 11 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bip 88 Posted January 9, 2009 Report Share Posted January 9, 2009 You're not exspecting me to remeber when too........? Bip. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ube 38 Posted January 9, 2009 Report Share Posted January 9, 2009 9 or 10 ish....me dad was a bookie and i used jump on on the 31 into complete with package wrapped in newspaper n laggybands every sat morning....it wasnt till i was much older and had stopped doing the "Run" that i found out it was the shops weekly takings/robbings.....lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BAZZER 10 Posted January 18, 2009 Report Share Posted January 18, 2009 6 or 7 I guess. We'd catch the 39 Trolley from Hooten Road to'n'from School at Carlton Square = 1d. Mind you - it was almost as bad getting up to Hooten Road from Campbell Drive as walking along the flat Foxhill Road (past Beefies). A year or so after that - it would have been two buses to visit aunts in Bilborugh & Strelly. I wouldn't let my kids that nowadays. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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Guest Posted November 30, 2016 Report Share Posted November 30, 2016 Where's that, Leeds? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted November 30, 2016 Report Share Posted November 30, 2016 #11 Killjoy! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted February 24, 2020 Report Share Posted February 24, 2020 Sorry it's not Nottingham, Ain't it great? by the artist Allen Tortice http://www.gunnsgallery.co.uk/artists/15/allen-tortice 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oztalgian 3,278 Posted February 24, 2020 Report Share Posted February 24, 2020 Brilliant RR slight echoes of LS Lowry in this one. So much of interest. Looks to me like a Yorkshire mill town workers trip as all the buses are going to Filey. I think the sign says East Ardsley Labour Club. The Ogden's cigarette sign reminded me that my grandad sometimes smoked Ogden's Flake tobacco. Just had a look through the paintings on his website, would love one but sadly beyond my means. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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