Surviving Leeds city transport buses

Phill_d · Post by **Phill_d** » Thu 08 Nov, 2007 8:15 pm

Hey Terry thats a fascinating insight of how things used to be. I like how you can recall what make & series of bus worked different routes. Did you work at Seacroft long? I've always been fascinated by that garage as it was the one nearest where i lived.. I was only a very young lad when the old back loaders were running. We used to catch the 67 Monkswood bus on Boggart hill always a solid back loader duty in the early 70's I just loved getting on them, Then one day my excitment of getting on one of these buses was thwarted (This stays vivid in my mind to this day) This very square, shiny box turned up & stopped, what is this thing? people went to the back, big confusion were to get on.. When we got on i immediately hated these things, There were of course the Atlanteans. I can still hear my mam say to the conductor 'ohhh aren't these nice & clean?' yes he said.. there the new buses were getting up there , the only trouble is love i'll be out of a job soon. Then it happened... instead of a back loader turning up every time you started to get them less & less on the run as they were getting withdrawn... I can recall Seacroft depot still had 2 back loaders dumped around the very back of the garage down an access road with some early model Atlanteans wedging them in. This was in the early 80's. they were all minus seats & canbalised for parts e.t.c.

Post by **cnosni** » Fri 09 Nov, 2007 2:49 pm

Can anyone pop up some photos of the backloaders i would have used during the early seventies up until their withdrawal please

roundhegian · Post by **roundhegian** » Fri 09 Nov, 2007 3:09 pm

cnosni wrote: Can anyone pop up some photos of the backloaders i would have used during the early seventies up until their withdrawal please Service 41 to Colton ?

Phill_d · Post by **Phill_d** » Fri 09 Nov, 2007 5:33 pm

There's a good collection here matehttp://www.flickr.com/groups/leedscitytransport/pool/

wiggy · Post by **wiggy** » Fri 09 Nov, 2007 9:35 pm

it was 2d to town on the 77 from coldcotes circus,or on the 16 or 15 from the fairway,long before the 50 started from gipton,which turned in to the 42 in the late 70s. and long before the flyover at st pats was built.what they did to lct and their buses is akin to what the council...or corporation did to the city in the 60s and 70s......urban destruction!!

Post by **cnosni** » Sat 10 Nov, 2007 3:30 am

wiggy wrote: it was 2d to town on the 77 from coldcotes circus,or on the 16 or 15 from the fairway,long before the 50 started from gipton,which turned in to the 42 in the late 70s. and long before the flyover at st pats was built.what they did to lct and their buses is akin to what the council...or corporation did to the city in the 60s and 70s......urban destruction!! the chuffing 77!!,what about the 14,wasnt that from Seacroft?It was magic getting on a bus then,not now ,pile of toss.Any way wiggy i thought you were east end park,not upper class Compton/foundry Lane like myself ,ahem..

Post by **cnosni** » Sat 10 Nov, 2007 3:34 am

roundhegian wrote: cnosni wrote: Can anyone pop up some photos of the backloaders i would have used during the early seventies up until their withdrawal please Service 41 to Colton ? That my friend is an "Orm Bus",because i saw the radiator grill as a sort of mouth,and these particular buses looked like they were opening their mouth as high as possible,almost like a yawn.All those backloaders had a special personal nickname when i was a kid,there was also GRRRR buses and Bull bses.I was little at the time!!

Post by **cnosni** » Sat 10 Nov, 2007 3:39 am

Just found a GRRRR bus,who has got this lads? Would like to see it in the flesh,and its Compton Road 15,im not a bus spotter but i know i would bust into tears seeing this!Got on many of these then wiggy?http://www.flickr.com/photos/8050359@N0 ... nsport/The link does not work on its own for some reason,just copy and paste if you want to see it.

Post by **cnosni** » Sat 10 Nov, 2007 3:48 am

Bull bus, Bull Bus!!!Im Pathetic!http://www.flickr.com/photos/7437180@N0 ... transport/

roundhegian · Post by **roundhegian** » Sat 10 Nov, 2007 11:06 am

cnosni wrote: wiggy wrote: it was 2d to town on the 77 from coldcotes circus,or on the 16 or 15 from the fairway,long before the 50 started from gipton,which turned in to the 42 in the late 70s. and long before the flyover at st pats was built.what they did to lct and their buses is akin to what the council...or corporation did to the city in the 60s and 70s......urban destruction!! the chuffing 77!!,what about the 14,wasnt that from Seacroft?It was magic getting on a bus then,not now ,pile of toss.Any way wiggy i thought you were east end park,not upper class Compton/foundry Lane like myself ,ahem.. Spent the first eighteen years of my life living within 100 yards of Compton Road library . Not sure what my reaction is on learning that it was upper-class !Do remember travelling on a bus from Compton Road on the first day they replaced the trams .