Willow wilson 894 Posted March 29, 2018 Report Share Posted March 29, 2018 Chain, Rog. They did the job properly. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted March 29, 2018 Report Share Posted March 29, 2018 Quite correct WW. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,872 Posted March 31, 2018 Report Share Posted March 31, 2018 The Alton family ran Redhill stores. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
notty ash 370 Posted April 1, 2018 Report Share Posted April 1, 2018 Delaine is still running, an amazing survivor. I remember seeing their buses in the 1960s in Peterborough. They always looked very smart in their blue and cream livery. Quite a contrast to the boring Tilling red of Eastern Counties. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,872 Posted April 2, 2018 Report Share Posted April 2, 2018 I think 397 and 398 were slightly lower. Did they go along Wilford Lane? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,466 Posted April 2, 2018 Report Share Posted April 2, 2018 In the early days when I were a lad, the buses to Clifton were 61, 61a, 66, 67 and 68. They could go either over Clifton Bridge or Trent Bridge, you had to read the small print, or the colour of the bus. Â In later years (possibly the 80s), the Clifton Bridge buses became 67 and 68 while the Trent Bridge versions were 47Â and 48. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Deepdene Boy 642 Posted April 2, 2018 Report Share Posted April 2, 2018 51 minutes ago, IAN123. said: Thanks, this would have been in the 80's..Siverdale was a nice estate then. Ian, I can date the picture quite accurately. The Clifton services were numbered into separate series wef 14th June 1980. 41, 46,47,48 via Clifton Bridge, 61A, 67 & 68 via Trent Bridge. The batch of lowheight Leyland Atlantean PDR1/3s, 395-400 (VAU395-400J), were withdrawn in February 1981. So the picture was taken sometime within that period.All bar 397 were exported to Hong Kong. This batch was bought to operate the Clifton services that went via Trent Bridge and had to negotiate the former GCR bridge on Wilford Lane. After this was removed in 1974 these buses were used on either of the routings to Clifton. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,466 Posted April 2, 2018 Report Share Posted April 2, 2018 14 minutes ago, Deepdene Boy said: Ian, I can date the picture quite accurately. The Clifton services were numbered into separate series wef 14th June 1980. 41, 46,47,48 via Clifton Bridge, 61A, 67 & 68 via Trent Bridge.  Well I was almost right !!  Just got the numbers the wrong way round. I was driving my own car by then so didn't use buses so much. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,872 Posted April 3, 2018 Report Share Posted April 3, 2018 I drove buses on the Clifton route 1979-1980 that's when they had conductors. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AfferGorritt 868 Posted April 6, 2018 Report Share Posted April 6, 2018 Anybody remember a MGO conductor called Roland who used to sing Gilbert & Sullivan on the bus? He used to lag himself with newspaper under his uniform in winter, and once got to Eastwood and changed the destination number he had been showing all the way from Nottingham, much to the consternation of his passengers! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Pianoman 1,535 Posted April 6, 2018 Report Share Posted April 6, 2018 The picture of the MGO National above is not at Langley Mill. I think Underwood had closed long before NBC had appeared Stand corrected if proved wrong) The red National at the side of it is a Trent one. I feel that the picture is most likely Alfreton depot. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Deepdene Boy 642 Posted April 6, 2018 Report Share Posted April 6, 2018 1 hour ago, The Pianoman said: The picture of the MGO National above is not at Langley Mill. I think Underwood had closed long before NBC had appeared Stand corrected if proved wrong) The red National at the side of it is a Trent one. I feel that the picture is most likely Alfreton depot. I might be wrong, but I think that the photo of Midland General Leyland National 416 is a little misleading. This particular bus in now in preservation in this livery, and the red one alongside looks to be more like a preserved Midland Red example. Midland Red applied local identity branding (eg Chaserider for services around Cannock chase) on white vinyls above the windows. I cannot recall Trent ever doing this. Therefore, I believe that this picture was taken at a bus rally rather than outside Alfreton depot, but I cannot say where the rally would have been. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Pianoman 1,535 Posted April 6, 2018 Report Share Posted April 6, 2018 You may well be right. Late on Trent did paint their Nationals red with a broad cream stripe along the side of the roof above the windows but the stripe was painted to fit the panel ends. The one in the picture doesn't as they are cut of square at the ends. I don't remember ever having seen a national in MGO livery at all - but that doesn't mean there wasn't any. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Deepdene Boy 642 Posted April 6, 2018 Report Share Posted April 6, 2018 Pianoman you may be right about the preserved Trent liveried National. In which case if there was a rally/open day at Alfreton depot, then that could well be the location. Â 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Deepdene Boy 642 Posted April 6, 2018 Report Share Posted April 6, 2018 Could have been a bus rally in Newark. I certainly don't think that these two were in normal service when the photo was taken. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
notty ash 370 Posted April 7, 2018 Report Share Posted April 7, 2018 The MG Leyland National photo is on this site https://showbus.com/gallery/wm/mgoc5.htm tagged as In t  The early days of the National Bus Company companies whose livery was blue based applied a blue and white scheme in corporate style. Hence Midland General's Leyland National 415 (XRB415L), seen at the Trent Centenary, is preserved in the scheme. It was not long though, with blue liveries in the minority, NBC HQ eliminated the blue option. With Midland General then under the wing of poppy red Trent, the blue gave way to red. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Pianoman 1,535 Posted April 7, 2018 Report Share Posted April 7, 2018 Thanks. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,597 Posted April 7, 2018 Report Share Posted April 7, 2018 There is some Nottingham buses,Trent,Barton,Gash,Corporation at about 6 minutes   Rog 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,466 Posted April 7, 2018 Report Share Posted April 7, 2018 Even if you aren't bothered about buses, it's full of fascinating street scenes showing life in the 1950s.  And a mistake in the commentary in the Nottingham section....at 6:15 it's described as "non-stop action at Mansfield bus station" which is actually Mount Street. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
notty ash 370 Posted April 7, 2018 Report Share Posted April 7, 2018 Notts & Derby and Nottingham trolleybuses briefly on this one   1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oztalgian 3,294 Posted April 9, 2018 Report Share Posted April 9, 2018 On ‎08‎/‎04‎/‎2018 at 3:19 AM, plantfit said: There is some Nottingham buses,Trent,Barton,Gash,Corporation at about 6 minutes Some great shots there Plantfit. At about 6 minutes the narrator talks about a Barton bus at Mansfield bus station? I can never remember Barton running buses to Mansfield and at that time Mansfield did not have a central bus station and buses to various parts of the area had different termini. Buses to Sutton and Huthwaite stopped on Queens Street near the Co-oP and the Queens Head and buses to Newark, Bilsthorpe , Blidworth, Bingham, and the B8 MGO left from near the Midland Hotel at Mansfield railway station. I did not recognise any or the street views as Mansfield either. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,597 Posted April 9, 2018 Report Share Posted April 9, 2018 Correct Oz, as CT points out it was Mount street not Mansfield  Rog Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Deepdene Boy 642 Posted April 9, 2018 Report Share Posted April 9, 2018 17 hours ago, IAN123. said: ...is this Clifton? It most certainly is. It is Green Lane/Langstrath Drive, terminus of the 67, for many years. This was my local stop for nine years between September '68 and October'77 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
alan s 156 Posted April 21, 2018 Report Share Posted April 21, 2018 In case you bus fans didn’t know...  http://northpointproductions.co.uk/ruddington/event/april-road-transport-event/?instance_id=4757 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,466 Posted April 22, 2018 Report Share Posted April 22, 2018 Coming off Cavendish Road (in the background) and onto Coningswath (in the foreground). 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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