catfan 14,793 Posted September 2, 2017 Report Share Posted September 2, 2017 On 8/28/2017 at 6:50 PM, plantfit said: I know it's not Nottingham but I didn't know where to put this one,Did you ever have this on a destination board on your bus Mick? Rog No Rog, we just went & had a kip on the back seat ! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted September 2, 2017 Report Share Posted September 2, 2017 Motor buses & trolley buses used wooden chocks on hills & certain terminai to stop the bus rolling away Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,464 Posted September 3, 2017 Report Share Posted September 3, 2017 On 01/09/2017 at 1:31 PM, katyjay said: I rode the 22 all the time. I remember the chock being used at Hanley Street. Before Photobucket started messing everyone around, there was a photo on here of the 22 parked on Hanley street with a chock under the wheel, IIFC. katyjay has now re-discovered the photo and asked me to re-post it. The chock is under the front nearside wheel. 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,091 Posted September 3, 2017 Report Share Posted September 3, 2017 Thanks Kev, you're a star! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted September 3, 2017 Report Share Posted September 3, 2017 My, my. Nice and clean, no gaudy advertising, but with clear number and destination! Not like today's ramshackle fleet ! And what's 'City Loop' supposed to be. That's not much use to a stranger ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,091 Posted September 3, 2017 Report Share Posted September 3, 2017 The number 1 bus seems all wrong. For one thing, the driver would change his destination back to Aspley as soon as he arrived at Hanley Street. And going into town it would say Hanley Street, not City. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,305 Posted September 3, 2017 Report Share Posted September 3, 2017 I remember catching the bus from Hanley Street. We had a number of choices which passed the bottom of Bobbers Mill Road over the years: 1, 7, 16, 22, possibly 32 and 74 but not sure about those, it's a long time ago! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted September 3, 2017 Report Share Posted September 3, 2017 And the 16A too Jill. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,305 Posted September 3, 2017 Report Share Posted September 3, 2017 There was a number 2 which, supposedly, ran along Gregory Boulevard and passed the Manning but it was no good relying on it because the damned thing either never turned up at all or was late! So, I used to walk instead. There was always a queue for that bus, mainly adults presumably going to work. Manning girls had more sense than to risk it due to the sanctions imposed on latecomers! I don't know where the 2 went after reaching the end of Gregory Boulevard. Outer space, perhaps, because it took a month of Sundays to reach the start of Gregory Boulevard again! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted September 3, 2017 Report Share Posted September 3, 2017 I think it was a service extra if I remember rightly Jill, the crews on those knew how to dodge work,all being usually on the old timers sick, lazy & idle rota ! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Merthyr Imp 729 Posted September 3, 2017 Report Share Posted September 3, 2017 2 hours ago, FLY2 said: My, my. Nice and clean, no gaudy advertising, but with clear number and destination! Looks as if KTV98 could have been brand new in that photo which would date it to 1949. I expect it soon had an advertisement on the side! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,305 Posted September 3, 2017 Report Share Posted September 3, 2017 26 minutes ago, catfan said: the crews on those knew how to dodge work,all being usually on the old timers sick, lazy & idle rota ! Sounds about right. I don't think it was scheduled to run very often anyway but certainly didn't turn up as often as it was scheduled! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted September 3, 2017 Report Share Posted September 3, 2017 If there were a shortage of buses or crews then those service extras were used on service routes. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,305 Posted September 3, 2017 Report Share Posted September 3, 2017 If we'd tried explaining that to Miss Colthorpe, we'd have had detention for two weeks for being insolent! Just wasn't worth it...so we walked, in all weathers! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mess 617 Posted September 3, 2017 Report Share Posted September 3, 2017 5 hours ago, Jill Sparrow said: There was a number 2 which, supposedly, ran along Gregory Boulevard and passed the Manning but it was no good relying on it because the damned thing either never turned up at all or was late! So, I used to walk instead. There was always a queue for that bus, mainly adults presumably going to work. Manning girls had more sense than to risk it due to the sanctions imposed on latecomers! I don't know where the 2 went after reaching the end of Gregory Boulevard. Outer space, perhaps, because it took a month of Sundays to reach the start of Gregory Boulevard again! My dad and I used to catch the number 2 service on Saturdays to go to the football. Sometimes it was single decker! It was often late and if we missed it we'd walk up Noel St by the side of the Forest and catch it when it came along Bentinck Rd onto Mount Horton Rd. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted September 5, 2017 Report Share Posted September 5, 2017 One for Catfan! I think not? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,592 Posted September 5, 2017 Report Share Posted September 5, 2017 Bloody heck, he could start using the tram if they are going to plaster that all over the buses Rog 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bamber 128 Posted September 18, 2017 Report Share Posted September 18, 2017 Aah the No2, it was one of those oddity routes like the 8, 26 and 51that ran only once in a blue moon. If I remember correctly it was a weekdays only service leaving Goldsmith St at 8.20am for Waverley St, Mount Hooton, Gregory Boulevard, Hucknall Road and Valley Road. There was a return service in the afternoon at about 4pm. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted September 18, 2017 Report Share Posted September 18, 2017 On 05/09/2017 at 1:11 PM, radfordred said: One for Catfan! I think not? A waste of a good bus ! 2 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted September 18, 2017 Report Share Posted September 18, 2017 I'd rather walk home and get soaked to the skin on a sleeting February night that get on that ! 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,429 Posted September 18, 2017 Report Share Posted September 18, 2017 If I were a bus driver I'd hate to be told by management that I had to drive it. I'd quit rather than do that. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,871 Posted September 19, 2017 Report Share Posted September 19, 2017 As an ex bus driver for NCT I suspect that this bus will have more "breakdowns" and develop more faults, leading to a change of bus. 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,592 Posted September 19, 2017 Report Share Posted September 19, 2017 Perhaps it don't know which side of the road it should be on Rog 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted September 19, 2017 Report Share Posted September 19, 2017 Always very simple to find or manufacture a defect 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Deepdene Boy 642 Posted September 19, 2017 Report Share Posted September 19, 2017 Mick, share some of your "trade secrets" then. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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