i had a gas powerd ldv sherpa van.it was twice as economical a petrol.and nil co2.out the exhaust pipe. in fact the power was better and smoother. but it was , as the comedian said (too risky)
Lovely pics, well be being from Brum my opinion might be one sided but the Birmingham bus with the cream and blue looks the best.
So good to see. I remember the Coventry livery to be less red, more brown. Can we expect a "Midland Red" at some point?
loverly pic.thanks
The inspector would soon have spotted the fraudulent ticket and would more than likely, in the first instance, suspected the conductor of fiddling. Thankfully, nowadays, there are blanket checks on bus routes where revenue inspectors aided by the police can easily catch culprits and in most cases issue them with sometimes hefty fines or even court action. Ticket and travel pass fraud is now a lot more of a serious offence than it was in those days.
Fred Kitchen headmaster, Reggie Urch, Head teacher, and old man Northedge and of course old Joey Wise.
From the late 1920s engines had some form of flexibility in their mountings, more to reduce the shocks from road bumps risking cracking engine castings than anything else. It was soon noticed that flexibly mounting engines reduced the vibration of engines passing to the chassis and therefore being heard and felt by passengers, particularly with diesel engines, so the amount of flexibility was increased.
thanks Lloyd.i was reading that early buses justs had engine pads....and they increased the flywheel size. there must have been loads of vibration...
I was more familiar with this style of ticket. You could save these well, but later types were useless.
These were part of the ticket issuing apparatus.After my post I got to thinking the ticket codes were in fact to check on employee theft or at least a attempt to keep them honest ?,I think the 10d and 11d Workmen's tickets I showed have had the prefix codes hidden for the photo. Most tickets have code letters and numbers which had to be recorded at the start and end of shifts or days. That ensured all monies corresponded with their issue. The details were recorded on waybills (BCT), railways had other methods. Fraud is not only a passenger pastime, staff are also capable of it. It many stores cameras are close to checkouts/tills. They watch the staff as much as the customer. 19/11d and 99p. were often a good way of making sure money went into tills and not pockets as the till had to be opened to give change. It also looks cheaper than 20/- or £1.
