tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16539163.post8766615701195655314..comments2024-03-28T11:54:53.075+00:00Comments on Adullamite: The Thursday BusAdullamitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15537659871829290071noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16539163.post-5139167835557159872012-04-16T23:19:08.922+01:002012-04-16T23:19:08.922+01:00This is a Daimler CVG6 of 1949, with MCW body. It...This is a Daimler CVG6 of 1949, with MCW body. It still exists,at the Scottish Vintage Bus Museum, located at Lathalmond by Dunfermline. I actually travelled on it to the very Dunbar Rally advetised on the slipboard, in 1975.<br /><br />Edinburgh had a goodly number of Guy Arabs too.Georgehttp://www.flickr.com/photos/georgeupstairs/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16539163.post-51849162383190674272011-12-18T16:30:35.837+00:002011-12-18T16:30:35.837+00:00I remember buses like that. However the country bu...I remember buses like that. However the country buses from Edinburgh had open back doors.Adullamitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15537659871829290071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16539163.post-63393742047133559002011-12-18T15:33:55.525+00:002011-12-18T15:33:55.525+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.PointyHeelerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18155304260239142137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16539163.post-65732236844380532942011-12-16T21:29:42.991+00:002011-12-16T21:29:42.991+00:00Mike, Maroon & White were always good colours ...Mike, Maroon & White were always good colours for the buses.<br /><br />Fish, Top deck travel is great on country routes!<br /><br />Soub, I am with you there! I think our wee buses were AEC's and the low bridge was the cause of their use.Adullamitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15537659871829290071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16539163.post-59220696146995018472011-12-16T10:49:37.001+00:002011-12-16T10:49:37.001+00:00Buses are such an expression of nostalgia. Like yo...Buses are such an expression of nostalgia. Like you, I remember the old single deckers, ours were in West Yorkshire Road Car Company livery, red with a cream band, I think they were Dennis', the door was, I think, at the front end rather than the back. Our village had them because of the low bridge at Bardsey Bank-Top.<br />The driver sat in his little cabin, I liked to sit in the seat behind and watch him changing gear, turning the huge, almost horizontal steering wheel. The conductor was Alf, usually. My mother would chat with him after getting our tickets. "One and two halves to Wetherby, please, Alf."<br />I liked to see him click the reels on the ticket machine, and wind the handle. Each different fare had a different colour. If Alf was approaching the end of a roll of tickets, he'd give the leftover strips to me and my sister. When you're about five, the simplest things can be great treasures.soubriquethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01151288534629885195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16539163.post-81284050861141867202011-12-16T10:41:44.510+00:002011-12-16T10:41:44.510+00:00I think it would be a real trip (in every sense of...I think it would be a real trip (in every sense of the word) to ride in the second story of a double-decker buss. Oh, and thank you for calling attention to The Edinburgh Reporter. I have added it to the list for a future Sites To See.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16349087080262856079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16539163.post-2958265647161615592011-12-16T08:41:39.467+00:002011-12-16T08:41:39.467+00:00Great photos, Mr H. Lothian Buses are now revertin...Great photos, Mr H. Lothian Buses are now reverting to maroon and white but are painting the roofs different colours to match certain routes e.g. the bus to Dalkeith has a yellow roof. Shame, really as maroon and white looks classy...Mike Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04720759712556479993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16539163.post-37085448360495609152011-12-16T07:29:48.378+00:002011-12-16T07:29:48.378+00:00RDG, Hurry with that gold!RDG, Hurry with that gold!Adullamitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15537659871829290071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16539163.post-43398629756692262332011-12-16T04:17:34.781+00:002011-12-16T04:17:34.781+00:00Oh I love this old style of buses. Never rode a d...Oh I love this old style of buses. Never rode a double decker until I went to England. Of course I had to sit on top in the front row <i>(almost as much fun as sitting in the back seat with my man, misbehaving like kids do)</i>! Something quite sexy about trains and buses .... but not airplanes. They are way to cramped and crowded these days.<br /><br />I promise you if I find that pot of gold first, I'll share half of it with you.<br /><br />xxxred dirt girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12939283533222061484noreply@blogger.com