Birmingham buses

[Pedrocut]

Birmingham Gazette August 1940.

 

[paul stacey]

I remember the number eight bus !! great story, my dear old nan always called the tram, "the car", she was Irish though.

 

[Radiorails]

The "car" was a common word for tram, even in England.

 

[Lloyd]

The "car" was a common word for tram, even in England.

It was "caur" in Scotland!

 

[Pedrocut]

The Birmingham Gazette of 27 October 1940 reports Birmingham lending buses to London. Did we ever get them back ?

 

[A Sparks]

I wonder!
It would have been interesting to see the fleet of buses being driven down!

 

[Richard Dye]

I wonder!
It would have been interesting to see the fleet of buses being driven down!

I wonder did Brum ever get them back?

 

[Radiorails]

Yes, they apparently returned at the end of November the same year. They were from a batch of AEC Regents (known as piano fronts) 444 - 483 OV4444 - OV 4483.

 

[DavidGrain]

Yes, they apparently returned at the end of November the same year. They were from a batch of AEC Regents (known as piano fronts) 444 - 483 OV4444 - OV 4483.

So they would have been buses London bus drivers would have been familiar with as London Transport had many AEC vehicles

 

[Lloyd]

The Birmingham Gazette of 27 October 1940 reports Birmingham lending buses to London. Did we ever get them back ?

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The immaculately restored one at Transport Museum Wythall, no 486 (OV4486) was one of these.

 

[Lloyd]

So they would have been buses London bus drivers would have been familiar with as London Transport had many AEC vehicles

Certainly as far as driving goes - but all the lighting switches etc would have been in different places.

 

[mikeflan]

I moved to West Sussex some 25 years ago and renovating the garden I came across a salt glazed pipe in the way, so removing it revealed a makers name....I Googled the company and they were in Poole Dorset many years ago and the surprise was....they had a fleet of old Birmingham Corporation buses they used to pick their work force up with....don't ask me now what the name was but I found it a most interesting read and seeing all those old buses with Birmingham registrations

 

[castalla]

Has anybody by chance got any photos of the Bus Driver Competition of the year that took place at the NEC in the middle eights ¿, I participated in this representing Hockley Garage, but dont have any photos, thank you.

 

[Rod Liddiard]

I know this post was a long time ago, but I've found the long disappeared advert!View attachment 182731

 

[Rod Liddiard]

Hi LLoyd, I walked (or ran) 4 times a day, Morning, Lunch time twice and home again in the evening. Our house was in Bertha Road off Tomey Road home of the 'James.

 

[Pedrocut]

Trouble on the buses October 1940.
BUS WOMEN WARN "PLEASURe” PASSENGERS

 

[Lloyd]

The attitude of some passengers is no better today (not really a surprise!) and was the main reason I was glad to get out of the job when I did. As for 'dud' money, any shortages were taken out of wages.