roger peatman 337 Posted April 23, 2018 Report Share Posted April 23, 2018 Happy days - no speed humps on Cavo' !! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PeverilPeril 3,268 Posted April 26, 2018 Report Share Posted April 26, 2018 One for Catfan - did you know Eric Biddulph? Retired NTC driver 1985. If so I have a book you may be interested in. You may be interested in it anyway. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted April 26, 2018 Report Share Posted April 26, 2018 If it's the same Eric then yes ! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PeverilPeril 3,268 Posted April 26, 2018 Report Share Posted April 26, 2018 34 minutes ago, catfan said: If it's the same Eric then yes ! Eric Biddulph lived on Birrell Rd. 'Young Eric' was Eric's son and my cycling mate. There used to be a Transport Dept Band and Eric played the Saxophone and his mate Mr Rice played the clarinet. Eric was on the Bulwell run mainly and there are references to several bus routes. Ian will be interested in this book too. I will bring it to the next meeting.  1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Deepdene Boy 642 Posted April 28, 2018 Report Share Posted April 28, 2018 Six Leyland Atlantean PDR1/3s with Northern Counties bodywork. 395 - 400 (VAU395 - 400J). 395 spent some time as an overall advert for Big Chef, an eatery on Wilford Road. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NewBasfordlad 3,599 Posted April 28, 2018 Report Share Posted April 28, 2018 Had a good one yesterday, the lady and a lot of other people were waiting in Arnold for a well late bus. Â When it finally arrived a passenger getting off said "Don't get on at the driver he is having a really bad day". Turns out he left Nottingham in a new electric bus which ran out of charge he arrived in Arnold in a diesel. Nearly as bad as the trams....... 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Willow wilson 891 Posted April 29, 2018 Report Share Posted April 29, 2018 Round about 1960-ish on a Saturday we would get on one of these in town, after we'd been to the Gaumont and had lunch in Woolies cafe and waiting for the coffee bar crowd to gather in the evening, and ride out to Daybrook/Valley road. It cost 2d. We'd sit on the bus at the terminus then ride back, another 2d. We'd do the same on the trolley routes as well. It was a sightseeing education. A relative of mine did it often and regularly for a couple of years on every route in town and was on first name terms with the conductors and inspectors. Which is just as well really, the said relative was only 11 or 12 at the time. What is this life if, full of care, we have no time to ride on a bus and stare. (Apologies to Eng. Lit. Fans) 5 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Deepdene Boy 642 Posted April 29, 2018 Report Share Posted April 29, 2018 Yes it was, the only one of the batch that wasn't exported to Hong Kong. It was the subject of an unsuccessful preservation attempt. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
notty ash 370 Posted April 29, 2018 Report Share Posted April 29, 2018 I tthink we agreed in another post that this is a Makemson bus, hence MB where the route number should go. They owned 2 double deckers, also used for the Bulwell to Bestwood route according to Internet searches. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NewBasfordlad 3,599 Posted April 30, 2018 Report Share Posted April 30, 2018 Someone put the 'boot' in the head lamp Ian? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted April 30, 2018 Report Share Posted April 30, 2018 In my early days at NCT (Piccadilly) just up the road from Mekemson it was a normal & regular thing to climb out of a Corpo bus at Piccadilly & then walk across the road & climb in a "Macko's" bus & do a bit more. It was quite usual until NCT put the blocks on that & forbade any employee from doing any work for the opposition, even working while on holiday from NCT. A lot of drivers did a lot of work for Pat Camm of Camm's Coaches. Never affected me, I went wagon driving on my days off etc. Makemson also had a couple of coaches.  Macko's old garage today.  https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@52.9944366,-1.1901369,3a,75y,28.1h,87.45t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sR8NXTk1p2wo5iyv69HImvQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en  2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
notty ash 370 Posted April 30, 2018 Report Share Posted April 30, 2018 IIRC Makemsons also did a service from Hucknall to Bestwood Pit at one time. I kind of remember going on it with my grandfather once, probably in the early 1960s. It was pay day and he was on holiday so he had to go to the pit just to pick up the money. That was a half-cab single decker with a conductor, who was totally bemused by the fact that a youngster was travelling on the service. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PeverilPeril 3,268 Posted May 1, 2018 Report Share Posted May 1, 2018 I used to use that bus to go fishing at Farndon. Happy days. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted May 1, 2018 Report Share Posted May 1, 2018 On 4/29/2018 at 11:26 AM, Willow wilson said: Round about 1960-ish on a Saturday we would get on one of these in town, after we'd been to the Gaumont and had lunch in Woolies cafe and waiting for the coffee bar crowd to gather in the evening, and ride out to Daybrook/Valley road. It cost 2d. We'd sit on the bus at the terminus then ride back, another 2d. We'd do the same on the trolley routes as well. It was a sightseeing education. A relative of mine did it often and regularly for a couple of years on every route in town and was on first name terms with the conductors and inspectors. Which is just as well really, the said relative was only 11 or 12 at the time. What is this life if, full of care, we have no time to ride on a bus and stare. (Apologies to Eng. Lit. Fans) This bus or one similar was parked in the Market Square for bus crews to use as a mobile canteen at one time. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Deepdene Boy 642 Posted May 1, 2018 Report Share Posted May 1, 2018 Mick, the one used as a canteen was a pre-war AEC Regal, the one in Willow's picture is one of the four postwar AEC Regal IIIs  Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Deepdene Boy 642 Posted May 1, 2018 Report Share Posted May 1, 2018 I am not certain, but I think that there was just the one, it could also be found at times at Trent Bridge/Victoria Embankment. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted May 1, 2018 Report Share Posted May 1, 2018 27 minutes ago, Deepdene Boy said: Mick, the one used as a canteen was a pre-war AEC Regal, the one in Willow's picture is one of the four postwar AEC Regal IIIs  To me a bus is a bus is a bus ! Just a device to earn a weekly wage. I never really took much interest in em, more like an older version of plug'n'play ! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Deepdene Boy 642 Posted May 2, 2018 Report Share Posted May 2, 2018 Having donned my anorak, Phil Groves excellent 1978 history of NCT shows that two of the pre-war AEC Regals wre converted to mobile canteens and were numbered 801 & 812 in the ancillary fleet. As only NCT service 25 used Huntingdon Street, I wouldn't have thought that there was any great call for one of the canteens to have spent much time there.Slab Square and Trent Bridge/Victoria Embankment would certainly have provided rich pickings for the mobile canteens 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted May 2, 2018 Report Share Posted May 2, 2018 Before Newcstle Chambers. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,869 Posted May 3, 2018 Report Share Posted May 3, 2018 Canteens in the City, I remember Newcastle chambers, it then moved to downstairs in the old Kardoma on King st. Now it's somewhere on Angel row. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted May 3, 2018 Report Share Posted May 3, 2018 Newcastle Chambers was a grimy, smelly greasy place, awful. After nipping in there for a cup of tea & leaving 15 minutes later you smelt like a chip pan ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Deepdene Boy 642 Posted May 4, 2018 Report Share Posted May 4, 2018 Ian, yes it is the Autofare sticker. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
roger peatman 337 Posted May 5, 2018 Report Share Posted May 5, 2018 First vehicles to have "Spring brake actuators" - I remember having to overhaul them . - first time we saw them on the bench we said - blimey (or words to that effect) - how does that tiny circlip hold the two halves of the chamber together when it took 1 ton of pressure to relieve the tension on it !! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted May 5, 2018 Report Share Posted May 5, 2018 On my HGV test the examiner asked what "Spring Brakes" were ? I was tempted to say May, Easter etc but thought otherwise & gave the correct answer ! 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,377 Posted May 5, 2018 Report Share Posted May 5, 2018 Saw a safety video showing what happens if you don't wind the spring before taking the circlip off. It was a bit spectacular/ 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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