catfan 14,793 Posted May 15, 2018 Report Share Posted May 15, 2018 The service 40 Wilford Road trolley bus destination blinds made it to easy plus I lived down there as a teenager ! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Deepdene Boy 642 Posted May 15, 2018 Report Share Posted May 15, 2018 10 hours ago, IAN123. said: There were a few National stations in the mid...to late sixties, Ransom Rd.and the largest one i recall was Bluecoat St. For a while the one near The Savoy Cinema...but that changed every few years.Burmah and Chevron. Strange..when i first looked at the first photo..i thought it was Nottm Rd. Ian there was one in Clifton on Southchurch Drive, just down from the parade of shops, almost opposite the swimming pool. It became a JET station around 73/74 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
roger peatman 337 Posted May 15, 2018 Report Share Posted May 15, 2018 I remember the one near Burton Joyce crossroads - I think it's a housing estate now. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,872 Posted May 16, 2018 Report Share Posted May 16, 2018 IT is, recognise the flats on the left. Drove that route for ten years. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,510 Posted May 16, 2018 Report Share Posted May 16, 2018 My first proper boyfriend’s Auntie May lived in those flats. I think about him every time I go past there!! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,510 Posted May 16, 2018 Report Share Posted May 16, 2018 Yes, a touch of Art Deco ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Pianoman 1,535 Posted May 20, 2018 Report Share Posted May 20, 2018 Bus will be about 1954/5 registered. Photo is later than that. It'll be winter at about 11.25! 3 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Deepdene Boy 642 Posted May 20, 2018 Report Share Posted May 20, 2018 12 hours ago, The Pianoman said: Bus will be about 1954/5 registered. Photo is later than that. It'll be winter at about 11.25! Before September 1968 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Pianoman 1,535 Posted May 20, 2018 Report Share Posted May 20, 2018 Yes. Looking again, it was before July/August '66. Trolleybus wires are still up. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted May 20, 2018 Report Share Posted May 20, 2018 Lewis & Grundy Ironmongers on Victoria Street with an ornamental blacksmith hammering an anvil clock ! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Willow wilson 894 Posted May 21, 2018 Report Share Posted May 21, 2018 In the Picture above. Spare a thought for the linemen who occasionally worked at the top of that telephone distribution pole just beyond Peach Tree roof (I guess that's Forman st/Trinity Square corner) and the other big telephone poles found in the city. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nnsc 131 Posted May 21, 2018 Report Share Posted May 21, 2018 Trams and Trolleys in a oner! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Pianoman 1,535 Posted May 22, 2018 Report Share Posted May 22, 2018 Bedford VAL 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Deepdene Boy 642 Posted May 22, 2018 Report Share Posted May 22, 2018 20 hours ago, IAN123. said: just about everything squeezed into a photo i love.Midland General..nice Zephyr..park Drive Tipped were for softies! Thought the TK Bedford was Springfield Hosiery. The Barton is lovely. Malcolm knows the full title of that model..totally forgotton. The NCT bus is of interest as it is one of the ex WBUDC AEC Regents, fleetnumber possibly 281 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Pianoman 1,535 Posted May 22, 2018 Report Share Posted May 22, 2018 2 hours ago, IAN123. said: Malcolm..thanks for that...last time you gave details about it...great bus- did you ever have the luck to drive one? No, never drove one. they were obsolete before I had a licence. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mercurydancer 1,104 Posted May 23, 2018 Report Share Posted May 23, 2018 I was given, as a gift this Christmas, a Leeds city transport Crossley DD2 model. It looks very similar to buses I recall going from Trent Bridge to Hyson Gree. Is it the same type of bus or something different? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Pianoman 1,535 Posted May 23, 2018 Report Share Posted May 23, 2018 On my holidays in the 60's and 70's at Portsmouth and Sunny Southsea the only buses I remember seeing of Portsmouth City Council were Leyland PD2's. Even the two open top ones that ran the sea front service were Leylands. They were pre-war reg RV **** one of which is preserved. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oztalgian 3,296 Posted May 24, 2018 Report Share Posted May 24, 2018 On 5/23/2018 at 6:19 AM, IAN123. said: Bay 2 was for where? In earlier days platform 2 was for Barton buses and after they moved some services to Mount Street Trent used to use it, almost exclusively except for the Mansfield District Traction Bus to Southwell. Most of the buses I caught from Huntingdon Street used platform 6 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Deepdene Boy 642 Posted May 24, 2018 Report Share Posted May 24, 2018 22 hours ago, mercurydancer said: I was given, as a gift this Christmas, a Leeds city transport Crossley DD2 model. It looks very similar to buses I recall going from Trent Bridge to Hyson Gree. Is it the same type of bus or something different? MD, NCT never operated Crossleys, and, being Leeds City Transport, I presume that the bodywork would have been built by Roe, a bodybuilder NCT only favoured for trolleybuses, until a batch of 10 Leyland Atlanteans (471-480, NNN471-480W) in 1981 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Deepdene Boy 642 Posted May 24, 2018 Report Share Posted May 24, 2018 19 hours ago, IAN123. said: Fares pplease!! She can punch my ticket! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,872 Posted May 25, 2018 Report Share Posted May 25, 2018 This might be true, it might not. A rowdy passenger was asked by a conductor for his fare, passenger said " my face is my ticket" conductor said ok let me punch it. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted May 27, 2018 Report Share Posted May 27, 2018 Fare stage ! A request stop meant that, if you wanted the bus then stick yer hand out ! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Deepdene Boy 642 Posted May 27, 2018 Report Share Posted May 27, 2018 Compulsory stop signs were red. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Deepdene Boy 642 Posted May 27, 2018 Report Share Posted May 27, 2018 The picture of 727 must have been taken before it was impaled on the lamp post at Sneinton Hermitage because it came back in the white livery worn by the Leyland Leopards after repair. AEC SWift NAL545F was the last bus delivered to WBUDC before the takeover. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,872 Posted May 27, 2018 Report Share Posted May 27, 2018 Yitney, not heard that for years. Translation, scaredey pants, coward, yellow, etc. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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