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 gambler  Kent 16 Apr 17 7.21am |
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Originally posted by Pete53
119 service which was in later days catered for by RM buses - I used to get on at West Wickham and travel to Thornton Heath for home matches - couldn't have been easier. Yeah 119 was the one that came into my mind. Shirley Inn to Thornton Heath for me.
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| Flightsequence 16 Apr 17 7.52am |
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A 36b or a 141 to Catford/Lewisham then a 75 or a 122 to my beloved Selhurst Park for the match. On my own as I had no Palace supporting mates at 13! Had been going with cousins from when I was about 8 until they all drifted off. Edited by Flightsequence (16 Apr 2017 7.53am)
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Henry of Peckham  Eton Mess 16 Apr 17 8.00am |
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Originally posted by Hoof Hearted
The 157 was my favourite bus. It took me from outside the college at Wrythe Green, Carshalton to the top of the Holmesdale Road every Saturday we were at home from 1963 to 1975 when I got my first car. Always liked to sit on the downstairs bench-seat by the the back entrance and say hello to everyone getting on/off the bus. Routemasters were the best buses ever. The routemaster was (still is) a fab bus but it never operated on the 157 route. They were RTs and were eventually replaced by the boxy one man operated DMS. Routemasters did run for a while on route 77 which stopped outside the college but only ran as far as Wallington. I used to go to the Boys school in Croydon Road, Wallington. Always walked to school via Butterhill in the mornings but for some inexplicable reason used to catch a bus home to Wrythe Green from Carshalton High Street in the evenings. Speaking of distance routes ... my favourite was the green 408 (also operated by RTs) that ran from West Croydon to Guildford via Carshalton and Sutton. The 725 Greenline single decker ran from Gravesend to Windsor via Croydon, Carshalton and Sutton. It must have taken all day? Edited by Henry of Peckham (16 Apr 2017 8.16am)
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| Hoof Hearted 16 Apr 17 11.59am | |
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Originally posted by Henry of Peckham
The routemaster was (still is) a fab bus but it never operated on the 157 route. They were RTs and were eventually replaced by the boxy one man operated DMS. Routemasters did run for a while on route 77 which stopped outside the college but only ran as far as Wallington. I used to go to the Boys school in Croydon Road, Wallington. Always walked to school via Butterhill in the mornings but for some inexplicable reason used to catch a bus home to Wrythe Green from Carshalton High Street in the evenings. Speaking of distance routes ... my favourite was the green 408 (also operated by RTs) that ran from West Croydon to Guildford via Carshalton and Sutton. The 725 Greenline single decker ran from Gravesend to Windsor via Croydon, Carshalton and Sutton. It must have taken all day? Edited by Henry of Peckham (16 Apr 2017 8.16am) What's the difference between a Routemaster and an RT then? All I know is that from 1960 onwards when I moved to Wrythe Green I got on the 157 bus which had a bench seat close to the back of the bus entrance which was an open platform with a safety pole.
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| Pete53 Hassocks 16 Apr 17 10.24pm |
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Originally posted by Hoof Hearted
What's the difference between a Routemaster and an RT then? All I know is that from 1960 onwards when I moved to Wrythe Green I got on the 157 bus which had a bench seat close to the back of the bus entrance which was an open platform with a safety pole.
LOL In the top left photo the Routemaster (RM) is on the left. The RT on the right - the RT was a prewar design whilst the RM first appeared in the late 50s and was initially used to replace London's trolleybus fleet.
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Jimenez  SELHURSTPARKCHESTER,DA BRONX 16 Apr 17 11.21pm |
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Originally posted by Henry of Peckham
The routemaster was (still is) a fab bus but it never operated on the 157 route. They were RTs and were eventually replaced by the boxy one man operated DMS. Routemasters did run for a while on route 77 which stopped outside the college but only ran as far as Wallington. I used to go to the Boys school in Croydon Road, Wallington. Always walked to school via Butterhill in the mornings but for some inexplicable reason used to catch a bus home to Wrythe Green from Carshalton High Street in the evenings. Speaking of distance routes ... my favourite was the green 408 (also operated by RTs) that ran from West Croydon to Guildford via Carshalton and Sutton. The 725 Greenline single decker ran from Gravesend to Windsor via Croydon, Carshalton and Sutton. It must have taken all day? Edited by Henry of Peckham (16 Apr 2017 8.16am)
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| Mapletree Croydon 17 Apr 17 12.21am |
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I remember the excitement of the RM taking over from the RT on the number 3 route from Dulwich to Crystal Palace Parade. Didn't like them at first, too new and gawdy.
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| Henry of Peckham Eton Mess 17 Apr 17 2.50am |
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Originally posted by Hoof Hearted
What's the difference between a Routemaster and an RT then? All I know is that from 1960 onwards when I moved to Wrythe Green I got on the 157 bus which had a bench seat close to the back of the bus entrance which was an open platform with a safety pole.
LOL LOL ... I was probably born on public transport. My Dad and Grandad used to drive buses for London Transport and my Grandma had been a 'clippie' since the war years. The RT (AEC Regent) was the original design of the bus you described. It was operated extensively well into the 70s until replaced in the London suburbs by the new generation of one man operated buses. Edited by Henry of Peckham (17 Apr 2017 3.07am)
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| JRW2 Dulwich 17 Apr 17 5.01pm |
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Originally posted by Pete53
In the top left photo the Routemaster (RM) is on the left. The RT on the right - the RT was a prewar design whilst the RM first appeared in the late 50s and was initially used to replace London's trolleybus fleet. Route 157 did replace a trolley bus (route number 654), so it seems that it was an exception to that general move from trolley bus to RM. I recall that trolley buses carried a long pole, presumably in connection with the overhead wires - but precisely what that connection was I either never knew or just can't remember. Nor can I remember where it was kept on the vehicle.
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| Pete53 Hassocks 18 Apr 17 7.49pm |
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Originally posted by JRW2
The pole I believe was kept under the bus and had a hook on the end so that if the trolley arms dewired (and this was not a rare occurrence) the crew had a means of getting the arms back on to the wires. The arms were highly sprung so that when in position they were pushed upwards with some force to keep them on the wires. If they dewired though they flayed around somewhat uncontrollably. I witnessed this happen once when on holiday in Bournemouth in the very early 1960s.
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| lindzay 19 Apr 17 2.49am |
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What about the RT the 75 from west Croydon......always good to get to Charlton games
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| Henry of Peckham Eton Mess 19 Apr 17 6.44am |
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Originally posted by JRW2
Almost ... bus route 154 replaced the trolley bus route 654 but they extended route 157 from West Croydon to Crystal Palace. Trolley buses operated out of Carshalton LT garage in Westmead Rd. The garage (building is still there) closed shortly thereafter. Used to live around the corner from it and loved the swishing noise trolley buses used to make on the pylons as they went by. Must go now and put my anorak in the washing machine!
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