You Wait Ages For A Bus

somme1916 · Post by **somme1916** » Fri 09 Mar, 2012 4:21 pm

chameleon wrote: somme1916 wrote: err....don't think that works either. Last time I looked this was a county and the area we live in Please re-read original comment....it was in that context (i.e.West Yorks council)....that such an entity didn't exist.Or the county,as a body...... Anyway....I'll go away and take a chill pill.No offence......signed:Victor Meldrew

jim · Post by **jim** » Fri 09 Mar, 2012 5:30 pm

"West Yorkshire......came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974........West Yorkshire County Council was abolished in 1986.....However, the metropolitan county continues to exist in law and as a geographic frame of reference......"Jim (barrack room lawyer)

somme1916 · Post by **somme1916** » Fri 09 Mar, 2012 5:38 pm

jim wrote: "West Yorkshire......came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974........West Yorkshire County Council was abolished in 1986.....However, the metropolitan county continues to exist in law and as a geographic frame of reference......"Jim (barrack room lawyer) All true enough.........never denied it,just that it(as a geographic reference) would be unable to legislate on transport issues......Don't worry.....pill beginning to work now.Will go away and look at other threads.This one played out for me.Cheers..........Vic

jim · Post by **jim** » Fri 09 Mar, 2012 5:48 pm

somme1916 wrote: it(as a geographic reference) would be unable to legislate on transport issues...... Quite true Vic. That would be consultation with wymetro.Cheers, Jim.

raveydavey · Post by **raveydavey** » Fri 09 Mar, 2012 6:52 pm

Radio Leeds mentioned an open day at Dewsbury Bus Museum this weekend. Star of the show is a South Yorkshire Motors (as in Pontefract) bus from 1948.http://www.dewsburybusmuseum.co.uk/#/op ... 06407Might be of interest to some.

Post by **chameleon** » Fri 09 Mar, 2012 7:31 pm

somme1916 wrote: chameleon wrote: somme1916 wrote: err....don't think that works either. Last time I looked this was a county and the area we live in Please re-read original comment....it was in that context (i.e.West Yorks council)....that such an entity didn't exist.Or the county,as a body...... Anyway....I'll go away and take a chill pill.No offence......signed:Victor Meldrew Hi somme, I read it quite differently, as referring to the county of, particularly as councils don't operate bus services anyway. Serves to mke the point that what we write can inadvertantly lead to misunderstandings - at least this is only a friendly banta.Perhaps Big N might clarify what he intended us to think by what he said - I'm always open to being corrected

Riponian · Post by **Riponian** » Fri 09 Mar, 2012 9:52 pm

I hope that Blakey didn't think that West Yorkshire had any AEC Regents, though LCT had them, WYRCC mainly went for Bristols. I think it's a confusion with ye olde MetroBus as was.

BLAKEY · Post by **BLAKEY** » Fri 09 Mar, 2012 10:27 pm

raveydavey wrote: Radio Leeds mentioned an open day at Dewsbury Bus Museum this weekend. Star of the show is a South Yorkshire Motors (as in Pontefract) bus from 1948.http://www.dewsburybusmuseum.co.uk/#/op ... 06407Might be of interest to some. A magnificent vehicle raveydavey and, yes, I CAN use that often misappropriated word "unique" to describe it !! TWY 8 started life as an Albion single decker coach but was rebodied by Roe as the double decker we see today at the same time as two near identical bodies were fitted to a pair of brand new Leyland PD2 double deckers TWY 6 and 7. The Albion is in first class order considering that it has been in preservation for around forty years - it is additionally interesting in being of lowbridge design with the infamous "head cracking" offside sunken gangway and all the upper saloon seats in rows of three and four on the nearside.

BLAKEY · Post by **BLAKEY** » Fri 09 Mar, 2012 10:33 pm

Riponian wrote: I hope that Blakey didn't think that West Yorkshire had any AEC Regents, though LCT had them, WYRCC mainly went for Bristols. I think it's a confusion with ye olde MetroBus as was. Fear not Riponian on that score, although as a "36" patron you may be amazed to hear that West Yorkshire DID have some Mark 1 AEC Regents, on loan at least. During WW2 several London Transport "ST" class petrol engined Regents were loaned to West Yorkshire and were used regularly on the 36 Leeds to Harrogate and on 34 Leeds - Otley - Ilkley. Later, in York, three more but this time on loan from Brighton Hove and District were operated, nominally to cover for prewar Bristols away for rebodying at Eastern Coachworks in Lowestoft.Oh and your bonus for ten !! - West Yorkshire also had ten Mark 5 Regents when they took Ledgard's over - these became of course DAW 1 - 10

BLAKEY · Post by **BLAKEY** » Fri 09 Mar, 2012 10:46 pm

geoffb wrote: [Cheer Blakey, ask and you will not be disappointed. The knowledge on this site is immense. These buses probably weren't in service when you were a driver, but maybe my dad drove one in the early 1950s. Did West Yorkshire have any of the AEC Regents No geoffb - I actually just missed the Mark 1 Regents, but your Dad may well have driven them. The majority were withdrawn by 1949/50 but still a considerable number survived into the early/mid 1950s - reprieved to an extent by the tramway replacements. I have though driven a heck of a lot of the Mark 3s, both at Ledgard's and at Leeds City Transport. The Mark 3s were closely derived from their prewar forbears, main difference in general being that they had improved air operated brakes and preselector gears.