TBI 2,351 Posted August 3, 2018 Report Share Posted August 3, 2018 Great pic, love the moped rider, cork helmet and gauntlets. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Deepdene Boy 642 Posted August 3, 2018 Report Share Posted August 3, 2018 Mick, used to use Strensham services regularly when taking my daughter back and forth to Hartpury College. The "proper" Cornish pasties, sold in a kiosk just outside of the main entrance (Southbound) are "to die for". Some of the best food I have ever encountered at a motorway service station. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
IAN123. 9,325 Posted August 4, 2018 Report Share Posted August 4, 2018 Barton Bedford SB..in Derbyshire? 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Deepdene Boy 642 Posted August 4, 2018 Report Share Posted August 4, 2018 Modern mini buses were often referred to as bread vans. This one looks more like an ice-cream van. Too small for an SB probably a J2 or an OLAZ 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Commo 1,292 Posted August 7, 2018 Report Share Posted August 7, 2018 My old friend John Pearson was head teacher at Rosehill school for many years. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,871 Posted August 7, 2018 Report Share Posted August 7, 2018 Mr Maddison was head Master in the eighties, nice bloke. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,115 Posted August 7, 2018 Report Share Posted August 7, 2018 4 hours ago, catfan said: Rose Hill was a school for dsft kids ! I remember when that used to be an insult. ‘What school did you go to - Rose Hill’ ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted August 7, 2018 Report Share Posted August 7, 2018 You have such a cruel tongue these days catfan. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,871 Posted August 7, 2018 Report Share Posted August 7, 2018 5 hours ago, catfan said: Rose Hill was a school for dsft kids ! Â They did teach them to spell though. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,115 Posted August 7, 2018 Report Share Posted August 7, 2018 To be fair, a is next to s on a keyboard. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted August 7, 2018 Report Share Posted August 7, 2018 5 hours ago, philmayfield said: To be fair, a is next to s on a keyboard. Sty on eye. Can.t ser very well. Bleddy smartphone. Belting along at 50 mph on the back seat of a coach ! Take yer pick ! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,139 Posted August 7, 2018 Report Share Posted August 7, 2018 Lad i lived next door to when growing up on Andover road went to Rose Hill......he certainly was'nt a Daft lad,,he suffered from chronic Asthma'' used to baby sit me,and died at only 18............David Olpin was his name,,and i'm still mates with his brother Nev'' former very good football referee.......and still lives on Andover.......... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted August 7, 2018 Report Share Posted August 7, 2018 5 hours ago, carni said: You have such a cruel tongue these days catfan. NS is a site about nostalgia & those were the terms used in those days before PC madness set in. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted August 7, 2018 Report Share Posted August 7, 2018 29 minutes ago, catfan said: NS is a site about nostalgia & those were the terms used in those days before PC madness set in. You still have a cruel tongue. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,115 Posted August 7, 2018 Report Share Posted August 7, 2018 1 hour ago, catfan said: Sty on eye. Can.t ser very well. Bleddy smartphone. Belting along at 50 mph on the back seat of a coach ! Take yer pick ! Looks like you could do with a holiday. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,599 Posted August 7, 2018 Report Share Posted August 7, 2018 Catfan, I love Eastbourne - Paul and I used to 'host' Christian Guild Holidays for many years at a hotel there. We"ve been on a coach holiday to Eastbourne as well.  Loved seeing the sun come up over the horizon each morning.  Eastbourne is on the South coast but it actually faces towards the East!  2 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,115 Posted August 7, 2018 Report Share Posted August 7, 2018 Dover for the Continent. Eastbourne for the incontinent! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,599 Posted August 7, 2018 Report Share Posted August 7, 2018 That's a bit unkind, Phil... have you experienced this in Eastbourne?  In the eighties and nineties when Paul and I were working there,  we used to go out with the young staff and guests at the hotel and have great times.   One New Year, we'd had a party at the hotel, but then they  wanted to go down the town......  it was about 12.30am and some of the teenagers went paddling and then slipped over fully dressed in the sea (not me - I was supposed to be supervising!). And all this without anyone having had any alcohol!  Happy times... 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,139 Posted August 7, 2018 Report Share Posted August 7, 2018 Late 90s was working near Eastbourne and stayed a couple of nights BB.....lovely old dear landlady...no where to be seen at breakfast time,and no one else staying,,left a note,...''just help yourself'' i'm out for the day.''.......thought how nice....... 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,115 Posted August 7, 2018 Report Share Posted August 7, 2018 The problem with Eastbourne is the danger of being run over by a wheelchair! 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
IAN123. 9,325 Posted August 7, 2018 Report Share Posted August 7, 2018 The 45 at a wet Trent Bridge. 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TBI 2,351 Posted August 7, 2018 Report Share Posted August 7, 2018 Great pic, stood there many, many times. Looks like a WBUDC single decker waiting behind, a Swift? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Deepdene Boy 642 Posted August 8, 2018 Report Share Posted August 8, 2018 TBI it is an AEC Swift behind the Regent V at Trent Bridge. However it is not one of the ex WBUDC East Lancs bodied examples. It is one of the Northern Counties bodied batch 707-712 (PTO 707-712G). The give away is the large white painted front bumper bar that is just visible. The ex WBUDC examples did not have this feature. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
IAN123. 9,325 Posted August 8, 2018 Report Share Posted August 8, 2018 Thanks for that info Deepdene..i was wondering. Had these two tagged for ages'low level' the photo is titled..is that why they are long..past the rear axle? Ian. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TBI 2,351 Posted August 8, 2018 Report Share Posted August 8, 2018 Yes, thanks for info Deepdene.  I remembered the single decker as a Clifton route, perhaps used because of the railway bridge at the end of Wilford Lane?  The GEM ad on those Broadmarsh buses made me chuckle. Shop and save... mam did the saving but I got lumbered with the shopping, used to get sent off on me bike with a list. Wobbled back with a saddlebag full and a bag hanging off each handle-bar. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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