Surviving Leeds city transport buses

Ollie · Post by **Ollie** » Tue 15 Jul, 2008 2:46 am

XJSC wrote: Where is 101 preserved. I doubt it will do me much good but when I visit UK in the future it would be one of my like-to-see again locations.Is it in the original Earls Court livery with the gold pin stripes or in one of the replacement strips??When I was a kid when the Fleetlines first arrived in Leeds it always used to annoy us that they only ran on the 11 Swinnow/Gipton route. I lived in Hunslet in the '60s and so never got to see them until I went into the city - however, I had to cross the City every day to go to St Thomas Aquinas school in Meanwood and would see one of the XXXLNW most days. The Fleetline/Atlantean style was such a novelty in those days, I even got on one of the "West Riding" (10 Kettlethorpe) buses and earned the wrath of the conductor when he had to let me off in Low Road, Hunslet. I believe they were not allowed to drop any passengers off within the confines of the LCT boundaries....Lot of water under the bridge since then.All the best from Sydney, Australia... My uncle used to work out of Torre Rd Depot as an Inspector...he started of years before on the trams (conductor/driver) then onto the buses (conductor/driver)..then finished up as Inspector, last I saw of him was back in the sixties..Walter Keedy was his name..Coincidence you mentioned your school, I went to St John Bosco when it first opened...only went there for the first six months then time to leave and earn a quid..

BLAKEY · Post by **BLAKEY** » Tue 15 Jul, 2008 8:45 am

OLLIE WROTE :-My uncle used to work out of Torre Rd Depot as an Inspector...he started of years before on the trams (conductor/driver) then onto the buses (conductor/driver)..then finished up as Inspector, last I saw of him was back in the sixties..Walter Keedy was his name..Coincidence you mentioned your school, I went to St John Bosco when it first opened...only went there for the first six months then time to leave and earn a quid.............................................................Ollie, I worked with Walt Keedie when I was an inspector. Correct me if I'm wrong (memory you know !!) but I think he was a very pleasant fairly small chap with greyish moustache and gold rimed glasses ??

LS1 · Post by **LS1** » Tue 15 Jul, 2008 8:59 am

Hi Blakey, Nothing thread related, but if you find the post you want to quote, (like the last one) and then click on "quote", which is along the same line as the poster's name it will save you having to do the dots, and copy and paste the quote yourself..... hope it helps

BLAKEY · Post by **BLAKEY** » Tue 15 Jul, 2008 9:32 am

XJSC wrote: Where is 101 preserved. I doubt it will do me much good but when I visit UK in the future it would be one of my like-to-see again locations.Is it in the original Earls Court livery with the gold pin stripes or in one of the replacement strips??.........................................................................................................Not sure where 101 is preserved at present, going on holiday tomorrow but if you remind me in a fortnight, in the absence of anyone else knowing, I'll try and find out for you. in the meantime - here is 101 on the elusive 11 route in its heyday !!

BLAKEY · Post by **BLAKEY** » Tue 15 Jul, 2008 9:35 am

LS1 wrote: Hi Blakey, Nothing thread related, but if you find the post you want to quote, (like the last one) and then click on "quote", which is along the same line as the poster's name it will save you having to do the dots, and copy and paste the quote yourself..... hope it helps Many thanks for that tip LS1 - the "dots" method is one I use on another unrelated Forum and, as they say, "old habits die hard."Will use this method on here in future - thanks again.

amber · Post by **amber** » Tue 15 Jul, 2008 9:54 am

BLAKEY wrote: OLLIE WROTE :-My uncle used to work out of Torre Rd Depot as an Inspector...he started of years before on the trams (conductor/driver) then onto the buses (conductor/driver)..then finished up as Inspector, last I saw of him was back in the sixties..Walter Keedy was his name..Coincidence you mentioned your school, I went to St John Bosco when it first opened...only went there for the first six months then time to leave and earn a quid.............................................................Ollie, I worked with Walt Keedie when I was an inspector. Correct me if I'm wrong (memory you know !!) but I think he was a very pleasant fairly small chap with greyish moustache and gold rimed glasses ?? Good description Blakey. Ollie I had a couple of days training with Walt as a trainee Inspector a bit fussy but a real nice bloke

LS1 · Post by **LS1** » Tue 15 Jul, 2008 1:18 pm

BLAKEY wrote: LS1 wrote: Hi Blakey, Nothing thread related, but if you find the post you want to quote, (like the last one) and then click on "quote", which is along the same line as the poster's name it will save you having to do the dots, and copy and paste the quote yourself..... hope it helps Many thanks for that tip LS1 - the "dots" method is one I use on another unrelated Forum and, as they say, "old habits die hard."Will use this method on here in future - thanks again. anything to try and make life easier

Ollie · Post by **Ollie** » Tue 15 Jul, 2008 1:32 pm

amber wrote: BLAKEY wrote: OLLIE WROTE :-My uncle used to work out of Torre Rd Depot as an Inspector...he started of years before on the trams (conductor/driver) then onto the buses (conductor/driver)..then finished up as Inspector, last I saw of him was back in the sixties..Walter Keedy was his name..Coincidence you mentioned your school, I went to St John Bosco when it first opened...only went there for the first six months then time to leave and earn a quid.............................................................Ollie, I worked with Walt Keedie when I was an inspector. Correct me if I'm wrong (memory you know !!) but I think he was a very pleasant fairly small chap with greyish moustache and gold rimed glasses ?? Good description Blakey. Ollie I had a couple of days training with Walt as a trainee Inspector a bit fussy but a real nice bloke Blakey/Amber...yes that was Uncle Walter, he was married to my fathers sister, Aunt Stella..they lived over in Victoria Ave behind the Co-op in York Rd, still in contact with their daughter, my cousin. Made a trip back to Leeds in 1999 from NZ..everything was still the same in that area, apart from the size of York Rd...He was always a spic and span man and a bit fussy.. must have been from his days in the RAF during the war...a decent bloke.

blackprince · Post by **blackprince** » Tue 15 Jul, 2008 1:33 pm

XJSC wrote: Where is 101 preserved. I doubt it will do me much good but when I visit UK in the future it would be one of my like-to-see again locations.Is it in the original Earls Court livery with the gold pin stripes or in one of the replacement strips??When I was a kid when the Fleetlines first arrived in Leeds it always used to annoy us that they only ran on the 11 Swinnow/Gipton route. I lived in Hunslet in the '60s and so never got to see them until I went into the city - however, I had to cross the City every day to go to St Thomas Aquinas school in Meanwood and would see one of the XXXLNW most days. The Fleetline/Atlantean style was such a novelty in those days, I even got on one of the "West Riding" (10 Kettlethorpe) buses and earned the wrath of the conductor when he had to let me off in Low Road, Hunslet. I believe they were not allowed to drop any passengers off within the confines of the LCT boundaries....Lot of water under the bridge since then.All the best from Sydney, Australia... G'day Another pic of 101 outside the corn exchange can be found at http://www.sct61.org.uk/ld101.htmSome nostalgic LCT photos on the rest of the site.http://www.sct61.org.uk/ixoldth.htm

BLAKEY · Post by **BLAKEY** » Tue 15 Jul, 2008 6:26 pm

[quotenick="blackprince"] XJSC wrote: Where is 101 preserved. I doubt it will do me much good but when I visit UK in the future it would be one of my like-to-see again locations.Is it in the original Earls Court livery with the gold pin stripes or in one of the replacement strips??G'day Another pic of 101 outside the corn exchange can be found at http://www.sct61.org.uk/ld101.htmSome nostalgic LCT photos on the rest of the site.http://www.sct61.org.uk/ixoldth.htm Well blow me down !! - I never remembered the opening windows being fitted to 101 at all. Mind you it was an essential modification and unfortunately not applied to any others as far as I know - even to the huge number of Atlantean and Fleetline dual doorway motors and the last of the one door ones. The panoramic windows were, if I recall, the brainchild of the General Manager Thomas Lord. After many complaints in the press from near suffocated passengers, and they WEREN'T exaggerating, he made a public statement that in exceedingly hot weather drivers could run with the front doors open - this colossal and illegal clanger was soon retracted in the press and I should think so too !!