Surviving Leeds city transport buses

rangieowner · Post by **rangieowner** » Thu 11 Oct, 2007 5:47 pm

phil! kerching and saver strip were the same thing cos 'kerching' was the noise the machine made when it clipped the strip! it was also the advertising slogan from the TV ads!! (if memory serves me correctly)

LS1 · Post by **LS1** » Thu 11 Oct, 2007 6:08 pm

Yeah though that was the case. I seem to remember someone selling them on ebay. I dont think they were very litter concious then either as when you had done the kerching the little square of paper just went on the floor. Like a load of confetti at a wedding!

raveydavey · Post by **raveydavey** » Thu 11 Oct, 2007 10:15 pm

rangieowner wrote: phil! kerching and saver strip were the same thing cos 'kerching' was the noise the machine made when it clipped the strip! it was also the advertising slogan from the TV ads!! (if memory serves me correctly) You are right: "Ker-ching a cheaper, Ker-ching a Saverstrip!" was the slogan.12 trips for the price of ten wasn't it?Cheap fares and bargains on the buses? That would never do nowadays would it?

Phill_d · Post by **Phill_d** » Thu 11 Oct, 2007 10:18 pm

It was even cheaper for some

roundhegian · Post by **roundhegian** » Fri 12 Oct, 2007 12:05 pm

roundhegian wrote: Phill_d wrote: Here's the L.C.T logo on the old blue livery we used to have. Don't know if i'm keen on it. Anyone know when it was phased out? Roe-bodied AEC Regent lll buses ( considered by many the most elegant buses operated by Leeds City Transport ) fleet numbers 601 - 625 were the last new buses to be delivered in blue livery inJune 1950 . This is fleet number 602 . An advertisement from " Transport World " of 4 July 1953 .

roundhegian · Post by **roundhegian** » Fri 12 Oct, 2007 1:29 pm

A picture that might bring back a few memories [the original is not ideal I'll try to find a better photograph .A Roe-bodied centre-entrance AEC Regent lll in the red livery of buses operating on the former West Riding tram routes . The service from Sandal to Leeds terminated at the number one tram curve at Corn Exchange [below the Guinness clock] mentioned in another thread .

Phill_d · Post by **Phill_d** » Fri 12 Oct, 2007 3:28 pm

I was going to invite you to the Flickr bus group http://flickr.com/groups/leedscitytransport/pool/but i see you've joined already Roundhegian. I like the Seacroft pic you've added. Cheers!

BONDGATE BUSES · Post by **BONDGATE BUSES** » Fri 12 Oct, 2007 11:13 pm

ROUNDHEGIAN WROTE : -A Roe-bodied centre-entrance AEC Regent lll in the red livery of buses operating on the former West Riding tram routes . The service from Sandal to Leeds terminated at the number one tram curve at Corn Exchange [below the Guinness clock] mentioned in another thread . After the Corn Exchange curve was closed, West Riding built their own little bus station in York Street (opposite the dreadful abbattoir) for service 10 to Kettlethorpe and 18 to Rothwell.

stevief · Post by **stevief** » Wed 24 Oct, 2007 10:31 pm

Last Saturdays Evening Post had a story about the Samuel Ledgard Society holding an event in Otley the previous Sunday(14th).Didn't say how many buses were there but 2 of the blue/grey livery weretaking passengers round a couple of the old routes-to Horsforth and Ilkley.I wish I'd known about it.

LS1 · Post by **LS1** » Thu 25 Oct, 2007 8:54 am

It was really strange the other week I went to a railway fair at the Davy Social club in Sheffield with my other half. On the way back we were trundling up the M1, only to see a blue Ledgard bus with the destination in Leeds. I think it was Crossgates from memory but can't remember. We were going about 60, and wizzed straight past it. Does anyone know what it would have ben doing there. I thought it was maybe on its way back to Keighley?