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  • HI folks the server that hosts the site completely died including the Hdd's and backups.
    Luckily i create an offsite backup once a week! this has now been restored so we have lost a few days posts.
    im still fixing things at the moment so bear with me and im still working on all images 90% are fine the others im working on now
    we are now using a backup solution

Restoration of KDZ 5805

hi tim what a lovely post and sound advise as well....tom was most upset when tried but failed to keep the bus himself...just nowhere within his tight budget to store it after he lost his last storage place which he could just about afford...wonderful to know that its still about and being looked after very well by other enthusiasts...

lyn..(toms mom)
 
BernardR said:
Thanks for the update Lloyd. Time I paid a visit to the Museum.
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Our final operating day of the year is always a good event-
SUNDAY 12th OCTOBER - In October 1914 Birmingham Corporation and private bus company Midland Red introduced a non-competition agreement that lasted 60 years. To mark that centenary, we’ll be running many of our Midland Red and blue and cream Birmingham City Transport/ WMPTE exhibits - lots of opportunities for bus rides.
 
Ahh, the better the job the better the end result I say! I will be away for that weekend in October unfortunately.

Great advice Tim, I have another vehicle lined up for preservation, by the time it is withdrawn in a few years I'm pretty sure I'll have the money to buy and care for it! It is a bus that I happen to clean weekly at work, immaculate underneath!

Tom
 
You hang in there Tom, I'm sure that you have what it takes to make it a reality.
The last few years of my working life were spent as a cleaner, which a few in my circle thought was a bit of a comedown but when I look back I think they were some of the best times. You meet many different people, some right up themselves but some were the salt of the earth.
Enjoy your life son and follow that rainbow. Bye the way what is the new apple of your eye?
Ps Luv to your Mom
 
hi tim tom has asked me to apologise for the delay in replying to you he will be on asap...he has been so busy lately but just to let you know that in the last 2 weeks hes has passed his bus theory and hazard perception tests so he is now on the way to hopefully becoming a driver:encouragement:...next step will be the bus training..

all the best

lyn..toms mom...
 
Thanks for the update and good for Tom to be on his way to being a qualified driver.
It's not at all likely that I will ever be back in the UK, but if I do I will see what the chances are of a ride on his bus.
The wife says that I am to stress that it is very ,very unlikely so Tom is not to worry.
Cheers Tim
 
That depends on when (don't say "if"!) you return, Tim. The intention is fully operational, 2-3 years should see it done, as it is fitted in amongst other things.
 
Well as you say Lloyd not may be If but When, 2-3 years will see me coming up for 80 so it could maybe be a rolling party in KDZ 5805!
 
Thanks, have my PCV test at the end of the month. 2/3 years is a good target. Should get a custom destination blind printed for your 80th Tim!

Tom
 
just like to say well done son we are all proud of you....tom has passed his PCV test today..still a way to go yet but hes getting there:encouragement:
 
hey charlie...its just struck me... as tom works for a bus company we wont be stuck for transport in the future for meet ups difficult to get to lol
 
Yes, well done Tom. Hope you have many thousands of happy miles pass under your feet at the wheel!
 
Thank's everyone! I still have one more test which is next Monday and it basically tests you on the daily occurrences of bus driving... should be fine! and a days classroom work on the 26th then I'm all set! Can't wait!

Tom
 
xixtomxix said:
Thank's everyone! I still have one more test which is next Monday and it basically tests you on the daily occurrences of bus driving... should be fine! and a days classroom work on the 26th then I'm all set! Can't wait!

Tom
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You mean having some idiot walking into the road and hammering on the door at traffic lights, hoping you'll let him on, or a useless woman complaining that she has to collapse her wheelchair , containing only her shopping, to let a wheelchair on ?
 
mikejee said:
You mean having some idiot walking into the road and hammering on the door at traffic lights, hoping you'll let him on, or a useless woman complaining that she has to collapse her wheelchair , containing only her shopping, to let a wheelchair on ?
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lol mike..im sure our tom can handle all these little annoying things...having a son with access to coaches and buses could be an advantage...i feel a forum trip to the seaside coming on ha ha..good luck for next week tom..

mom
 
hi folks..well ive waited 7 years to see this...our tom on the road at last (unladen of course until hopefully he passes the next exam on monday) well done son you have worked hard since you were 15 to get this far and your patience is now paying off:encouragement:...just a few pics i took today of him trundling around kingstanding in the routemaster as happy as larry lol...

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That is wonderful, never thought I would be keen to see photo's of a Big Red Bus, mind waited often enough for a Midland Red to Elmdon Heath to see my Mom's folks.
So proud of your boy Lyn and justly so!
Cheers Tim
 
hi tim hope you are well...yes im very proud...tom is getting there now...talking about the midland reds i can remember getting on the 112 (well i think it was the 112) from town to go to my aunts caravan at fradley junction...used to spend weekends there as a youngster...happy days..

lyn
 
It's a big day tomorrow for Tom and our son Charlie.
Charlie is applying for the return of his licence which he lost for Drink Driving. He could have applied long ago but he chose to defer.
Fortunately he was not guilty of causing any accident or injury to anyone, he was stupid and drove when having lost his right to and copped it fair and square.
He now needs to drive as he is the carer of his girl friend who is a victim of crime who was left for dead by her attacker. Eddie will require treatment for the rest of her life and requires the use of a wheelchair which complicates travel by public transport and taxies.
Charlie himself is in poor health so they would really benefit by having a car and incidentally he is 49 and Eddie 52.
So lets hope we all get good results tomorrow.
Thanks for asking Lyn my wife and I are OK (for the state we are in!) and trust this finds you likewise.
Cheers Tim
 
tim eborn said:
It's a big day tomorrow for Tom and our son Charlie.
Charlie is applying for the return of his licence which he lost for Drink Driving. He could have applied long ago but he chose to defer.
Fortunately he was not guilty of causing any accident or injury to anyone, he was stupid and drove when having lost his right to and copped it fair and square.
He now needs to drive as he is the carer of his girl friend who is a victim of crime who was left for dead by her attacker. Eddie will require treatment for the rest of her life and requires the use of a wheelchair which complicates travel by public transport and taxies.
Charlie himself is in poor health so they would really benefit by having a car and incidentally he is 49 and Eddie 52.
So lets hope we all get good results tomorrow.
Thanks for asking Lyn my wife and I are OK (for the state we are in!) and trust this finds you likewise.
Cheers Tim
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tim we are non of us perfect and never to old to learn from our mistakes and move on..i wish your son charlie and his girlfriend eddie all the very best for the future...

lyn
 
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