The dreaded FIRST BUS!

raveydavey · Post by **raveydavey** » Mon 19 Jul, 2010 9:17 pm

Riponian wrote: Just heard they're sticking the Green Zone ticket up to £12 a week, a mere 20% increase, I'll seriously look at walking up to Armley again. That's taking the piddle. That will be the same Green Zone they made such a fuss about extending when they put the prices up the other week.They must think we're all idiots. Bigger Green Zone, slight pause, fares up to ensure profits remain scandalously high.The sooner Centrebus start to stick it up them the better.

beast · Post by **beast** » Mon 19 Jul, 2010 10:09 pm

re. the purple slugs. A mate of mine who works for First said a lot of the FTR drivers have been sh*****g the conductresses or whatever they are called !!Where does this happen ? the terminus at either end !!! ??

dogduke · Post by **dogduke** » Mon 19 Jul, 2010 10:46 pm

beast wrote: re. the purple slugs. A mate of mine who works for First said a lot of the FTR drivers have been sh*****g the conductresses or whatever they are called !!Where does this happen ? the terminus at either end !!! ?? Sould they be driving with such bad eyesight ??

BLAKEY · Post by **BLAKEY** » Tue 20 Jul, 2010 9:28 am

beast wrote: re. the purple slugs. A mate of mine who works for First said a lot of the FTR drivers have been sh*****g the conductresses or whatever they are called !!Where does this happen ? the terminus at either end !!! ?? Oh - so THAT'S why they often run through Town in pairs instead of leaving the terminus on time - I did think of ending that remark with rather more ribald words but I daren't !! LOL LOL

raveydavey · Post by **raveydavey** » Tue 20 Jul, 2010 8:29 pm

beast wrote: re. the purple slugs. A mate of mine who works for First said a lot of the FTR drivers have been sh*****g the conductresses or whatever they are called !!Where does this happen ? the terminus at either end !!! ?? Has this mate of your been watching 'On The Buses' re-runs?

Crazy Jane · Post by **Crazy Jane** » Mon 26 Jul, 2010 7:17 pm

if anyone wants a worst ticket, i have a whole spool of them i found this morning just off leeds and bradford road:not actually near a stop, or maybe a driver was trying to change the spool and it rolled off out of the cab and down the hill

Trojan · Post by **Trojan** » Mon 26 Jul, 2010 7:26 pm

There was a ticket machine for sale at the collectors fair at Pudsey yesterday. I wish I'd bought it now

Post by **tyke bhoy** » Mon 26 Jul, 2010 10:08 pm

Well I spotted my first 3 buses by Centrebus today. Hard to miss really in their blue and predominantly orange livery. All three were Y reg single deckers (with apologies to Blakey and co builders and engine details are beyond me). They also still carry contact details of the "White Rose" bus company (can't fault them for that) of Leicester

BLAKEY · Post by **BLAKEY** » Mon 26 Jul, 2010 11:29 pm

Most of the ones drafted in for the new services are Dennis Darts of varying ages from several sources - without being unkind, they are certainly "past their prime."

BLAKEY · Post by **BLAKEY** » Mon 26 Jul, 2010 11:38 pm

Trojan wrote: There was a ticket machine for sale at the collectors fair at Pudsey yesterday. I wish I'd bought it now This is a Setright "Speed" machine Trojan. They were superb reliable very light machines and were a pleasure to use. They were enormously popular with operators large and small. I have used them at Samuel Ledgards and West Yorkshire Road Car Co in my conducting days - and I still own SL40 which was with me at Ledgard's Otley Depot. As a fringe benefit for the Company they had at the rear a dial called a "statistical counter." This was set frequently in secret at a particular fare of the Company's choice and showed how many tickets of that one value were sold. Fiddlers beware - it was sometimes set at a fare which didn't exist on a particular route, or at all, and woe betide any Fiddler who sold any tickets of that value - this little device has seen many a foolish conductor taking a single journey to the Labour Exchange !!