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The Square Old Square
- Thread starter Aidan
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2 stunning photos of old square colroy....amazing buildings sadly deemed not nice enough to save
and lets face it just like many of our lost treasures they were not exactly crumbling...thank goodness for photographylyn
Old Square (edit 1932) with Lewis's old building in the background. The bus doesn't seem to be at a bus stop (well I can't see one), but the lady still jumps on. Remember that ? Viv.
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Radiorails
master brummie
It was at a bus stop, it was the terminal point for the route. The stop sign is there, on the pole - it was a hexagonal sign for trolley buses as opposed to the usual circular ones for buses. The date is 1932, before the Newberry building was demolished to make way for new Lewis's building.
Trolley Bus OV 4002 entered service in 1931 and was withdrawn in 1940.
So incorrect date labelling of the photo. Shall edit the post. Thanks all.
Radiorails
master brummie
After withdrawal from service, in 1940 due to perceived war-time conditions, the batch of trolley buses 1 - 16 were stored at Sampson Road North for the duration of WW2. They were not used again and sold to dealers. They initially failed the tilt test and the destination box mechanics, among other items, were removed. A paper detaination reading NECHELLS was substituted. This was overcome by about 1937.
Newer trolley buses were ordered in 1934, 1937 and 1940 for the Coventry Road routes. But the writing was on the wall for trolley buses due the BCT having made large purchases, pre-war, of diesel engined motor buses.
Newer trolley buses were ordered in 1934, 1937 and 1940 for the Coventry Road routes. But the writing was on the wall for trolley buses due the BCT having made large purchases, pre-war, of diesel engined motor buses.
Two views of Old Square when the building directly ahead was still Newbury's Departmental Store. Viv.
