First Buses

[Riponian]

Setrights were used by WYRCC and others but LCT used Ultimates. Just to get in this before the scores of retired drivers jump onto this.For those, go on, what followed them?

[jim]

For several years I used to repair Almex machines on BR. I think that some of the local bus companies used them, but I was a motor cyclist for a lot of years and can't be certain. Are these the ones that followed in your question?

[amber]

jim wrote: For several years I used to repair Almex machines on BR. I think that some of the local bus companies used them, but I was a motor cyclist for a lot of years and can't be certain. Are these the ones that followed in your question? As Blakey is on holiday I wiil answer the question,yes almex did follow the ultimate andif I'm wrong he will correct me for revenge LOL

[Si]

jim wrote: I was a motor cyclist for a lot of years LJK Setright was also a keen motorcyclist writing for several journals.

[BillyBritvic]

amber wrote: jim wrote: For several years I used to repair Almex machines on BR. I think that some of the local bus companies used them, but I was a motor cyclist for a lot of years and can't be certain. Are these the ones that followed in your question? As Blakey is on holiday I wiil answer the question,yes almex did follow the ultimate andif I'm wrong he will correct me for revenge LOL I was working out of Miggy garage when the Ultimate was discarded, I still have one) and the Almex machines were implemented, a few guards had been using them for a while before we all (opo drivers)were moved on to them, however, I'm sure the setright machines were used on a couple of routes on a trial basis for a short while by LCT/Metro but were never rolled out, perhaps Blakey or Buffaloskinner will be able to verify this.

[BillyBritvic]

Caron wrote: Regardless of how bad mannered or miserable the driver's are I always say Hi with a smile and alight with a Thank You. The worse they are, the more I smile....     I was a bus driver for very nearly 20 years and I used the same approach as yourself, no matter how miserable or rude the passenger was I always made a special point of saying please and thank you, sometimes the miserable ones would be shocked and return the compliment but mostly not.There was a driver out of Miggy who was always laughing and joking, Ken Ripley, a great guy no longer with us, but his favourite saying if a lady passenger was miserable was, "Cheer up Mrs, you might have got your dates mixed up".All the kids knew me as Billy No Brakes cos I used to give them a thrilling ride, not very pc I know, but nevertheless when doing the school runs they would shout "Go round again, we gonna go round again" everytime we approached a roundabout and invariably I would go round twice to much chearing and footstomping! John Peacock, who has been mentione on SL before, used to do the same and as we shared a flat at Cottingley we were in a bit of a competion as to who the kids liked most.When driving down the ring road between the golf course at Middleton I used to shout the famous fairground speedway ditty of "Hold on tight it's a really fast ride, the louder you scream the faster we go" this always got the kids screaming so I would knock the bus into neutral as it would go faster down the hill if you did, and by timing short turns on the wheel you could get the bus swaying from side to side. At the time I was quite ignorant of how dangerous i was being and with reflection should not have behaved in this way but the kids loved it, and me! however it all came to an end one day when, as I approached the roundabout at the top of Belle Isle road the little So and so's upstairs all got to the offside of the upper deck and as I entered the roundabout they all quickly shifted their weight to near side!!! resulting in the bus leaning to left almost on 2 wheels, scared the u no wot out of me, calmed down a bit after that.better stop reminiscing the wifes due home and I havent got the tea ready yet.oh happy times.

[String o' beads]

Talking of bus names, how about this for a sense of humour? The Durham-Honolulu service:http://www.simplygo.com/our-services/wh ... ive-0/Whey aye Five O So what about some suggestions for renaming Leeds routes?38 to Gledhow-yerdoin'?16 to Puds-eyy up64 Gildersummat7 to Primley a bit ParkyYour go.     

[somme1916]

Geordie-exile wrote: Talking of bus names, how about this for a sense of humour? The Durham-Honolulu service:http://www.simplygo.com/our-services/wh ... ive-0/Whey aye Five O So what about some suggestions for renaming Leeds routes?38 to Gledhow-yerdoin'?16 to Puds-eyy up64 Gildersummat7 to Primley a bit ParkyYour go.      Driver to short sighted man at bottom of Dewsbury Rd wanting to go up...."Do you need a No2 or will this bus do ? " sorry,couldn't resist.

[Phill_dvsn]

Geordie-exile wrote: Talking of bus names, how about this for a sense of humour? The Durham-Honolulu service:http://www.simplygo.com/our-services/wh ... ive-0/Whey aye Five O      I have a lady friend who lives along the Whey Aye Five O Durham route at Framewell Gate, I always think the next village along has a really curious name.Pity Me!http://goo.gl/maps/BeZUK

[somme1916]

quote nick="Phill_dvsn"] Geordie-exile wrote: Talking of bus names, how about this for a sense of humour? The Durham-Honolulu service:http://www.simplygo.com/our-services/wh ... ive-0/Whey aye Five O      I have a lady friend who lives along the Whey Aye Five O Durham route at Framewell Gate, I always think the next village along has a really curious name.Pity Me!http://goo.gl/maps/BeZUKHa ha Phill,                you can of course,in the same neck of the woods,visit Toronto,Washington and Quebec without leaving this country !