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Entries made by earlier visitors to this site will be found below. These are listed in batches of 50 - follow the links at the foot of the page to see more.
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2158 02/3/10 - tim Roberts, corby, northants Passed PSV test in Bristol KSW6B in 1969 with United Counties.Worked there till 1991 and even drove the Routemasters at Corby. Worked for various local operators since then. Over the last 43 years woked on and off on the Market Harboro to Corby service for 5 different operators driving everything from Bristol KSWs to Renault Master minibuses. |
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1357 08/2/10 - Des Wood, Perth , Western Australia Great site. RM1708 is currently with the New South Wales Transport Museum in Sydney. It is in prestine condition. It was brought to Western Australia by Balcatta Primary School and then bought by Don Collins who later sold it on to the Museum. All the best Des Wood |
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2021 29/1/10 - james b jones, widnes, cheshire hi my son loves your buses he is six and bus mad. |
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1014 27/1/10 - david cox, reigate , surrey great to see the vehicles i used to drive |
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1623 13/1/10 - robertbowen, littleport, cambridgeshire this site is quite well presented i do not know of any inaccuracies found in some publications |
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1514 01/12/09 - Peter Skinner, Braybrooke, Northamtonshire I drove RF, RT, RM, DMS, BL Types from Sutton between 1973 and 1977. How I wish I'd kept old photos and other stuff. Still have my badge N99738 and cap badge. I must come to see your superb vehicles next year. Thank heavens they are being so well looked after. |
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1711 25/11/09 - Ronald A F Upton, Glastonbury, Somerset Having passed out through Chiswick in December 1976 and then on to Southall Garage to enjoy about a year on the R T on route 274 Hayes Station to Ealing Broadway via Greenford before converting to D M S One Man Operated untill Southall eventually sufered a major fire which brought forward the garages closure. |
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1216 20/10/09 - vic roby, Australia I drove an RM out of Elmers End Garage till 1978. Great site, keep up the good work |
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1938 14/10/09 - R .Rapson, Herne Bay, Kent I have always had a keen interest in anything to do with London Transport, being brought up in London ,i can remember the the first time i saw an RT on route 35 from Leyton garage,this would have been around 1948-49 ,i was very young at the time ,it could have been an SRT,no number was recorded.London Trolleybuses were also a facination to me ,how bare it was when they took all the wires and traction poles down. |
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0239 04/10/09 - Mick Parsons, Orillia, Canada This is a tale of two quite remarkable people who through the hobby that they enjoy give a lot of pleasure to other people. It all kicked off with myself going into Northampton's heritage day I found them on the old lady that I knew quite well[RF433].I got talking to these two fine people and took a ride with them and aranged to meet up with them in a few weeks time.The day came and I had a most enjoyable day out with this most interesting fellow just talking all things London Transport and a second trip in RF433.The following Sunday it was the best bus show of the year[DUXFORD]and I managed to scrounge a lift to the show on RF433 and a day of real good fun and discussion followed in the company of these two people and others. The bonus was the real hot sunny day which made my round trip from home of 7000 miles to the show a trip to remember for many years. I am now back home with my photographs and a bit more knowledge of bus preservation than I had when I started out on my flight over to the UK. All this passed on to me by three people who are doing a real good job in looking after RF433 and RF486 plus other vehicle's for our future generation's to enjoy.I raise my glass to these people and wish them well in the hobby. The names I will leave it to you to work that out, it should not be to diffuclt, good luck with all you do. |
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1047 14/9/09 - Jeremy Darvill, Tiverton, Devon Hi Guys, Really like your site the humour shines through, we restored and operate two very special AEC Regent V's you can see them at arrowscore.com if your interested. Anyway good luck with it all I will keep an eye on what your up to |
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1426 10/8/09 - Stuart Andrews, Exeter, Devon Hello to all from a new member. I work part time for Quantock Motor Services, which as some of you may know operate many classic buses. I get to drive some of them, particularly a Bristol LD (1956) on the Exmoor Explorer which amongst other steep hills, descends Porlock Hill! I wonder if any of you have any pictures that can be e-mailed to me of RT,s, preferably roof route box ones, taken when operating the LT 132 route. I used to travel on this route regularly to school & it would bring back some memories. The website looks good-keep up the good work! |
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1204 21/7/09 - Ted Nugent, Melbourne, Australia Your site is thought-provoking |
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1852 22/5/09 - Alan Spendiff, Burgess Hill, West Sussex Saw RT 4442 at Shoreham today wonderful to this old AEC Regent again. I remember seeing it many times when in London service. Best of luck with the restoation work. |
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1216 05/5/09 - Peter Osborn, Banffshire I am interested to read Michael Parsons' notes on working the 236. I run the website www.red-RF.com, where we provide details of Central Area routes worked by RFs and publish memories of those who worked them. I wonder if Michael knew Pat Spencer from Tottenham (AR), who provided some notes for the 236 page. If Michael would like to make any notes available for publication, I shall be pleased to hear from him via the site. |
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0943 15/4/09 - ted lay, foxcover wood, cuffesgrange, co kilkenny ireland great site, I was looking for any information on United or Bluebell Coaches of Clapham Road sw9, i lived round the corner as a boy and would spend sunday evening watching the people coming back from seaside day trips, were any of the coaches I remember an OB amongst them, i have found the site for orange luxury of brixton any info appreciated,by the way we live in Bluebelle cottage regards ted |
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2213 14/4/09 - Chris Ivory, Bristol An excellent site, and an interesting read. I was a bus spotter for many years as a child, during the 1970's and kept notebooks and fleet lists, ticking off the ones I spotted on my travels in London. Unfortunately, my books disappeared long ago. Sad to see that so few examples - with the exception of Routemasters, of course, exist today. I am very surprised that no S-reg DMS's survive in the form that they were delivered. Their whinning engines, and rather clever rear end treatment to incorporate the necessary fans, were a favourite of mine. I can still remember the first day DM's operated out of Holloway on the 168a route, replacing RT's, and I walked an extra few miles in order to catch one for the trip home from school. I was lucky enough to be at Syon Park - a trip to the bookshop there, an Alladin's Cave of bus books, cycling all the way from Battersea, a regular ride - when the pre-run Leyland Titan, the future of London's buses - was on display. I'd have not lost my passion and love of old buses, and have recently converted my wife! I'd love to be more involved with bus preservation and maintainance, too, to give back the pleasure I have had over the years, to this day. Ultimately, if ever the Lottery came up, I would love to give a home to one of my four/six wheeled friends. |
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0432 04/4/09 - Michael Parsons, Orillia, Canada Hi to all those enjoy this site,to understand this tale refer back to vistor number 357 on the 2-9-08 It concerns RF 433, a few weeks ago I was lucky enough to acquire eight photographs of RF 433 on looking at them very closely I decided that my late wife and I were on a possible four of them. The photographs were taken on the 10/4/71 and 16/4/71 the one taken on the 10/4/71 I am not to sure about but reasonable certain, the three taken on the 16/4/71 the last day of crew RF, I am 100% certain. I had all the photos blown up in Orillia just the cab area to get more detail. As I am sure that we did the last crew 236 home that night it would seem that 433 was the last crew RF in London.I did not know that these photographs had been taken although I do have a slight memory of my late wife saying something about someone takeing photographs. It is an amazeing thought that the photo'taken thirty eight years ago about a normal days work should surface now, it would be nice to see a few more photo's or borrow them to do some more research,its a good site loads of info regards M Parsons. |
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2222 02/4/09 - john marshall, hammersmith rtw467 group ltd. is now hammersmith not twickenham |
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2217 02/4/09 - john marshall, hammersmith the RFW14 Group is now at Hammersmith not Twickenham |
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1634 02/3/09 - Tony Cook I just googled RTW bus and your site cmae up. Great to look at. Do you have any events in the diary for 2009 yet? |
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1344 22/2/09 - Phil Blair, Winchester, Hampshire I own RTL 1323 which was resident at Cobham in store for over 25 years. This year she will come back to Cobham freshly restored in LT red and Cream. I also own RT 1574 and she will join 1323 at the Cobham party in April. |
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0059 08/2/09 - Ken Faley, Bergenfield, New Jersey, USA Great web pages, really enjoyed them |
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1358 06/2/09 - CLIVE, EASTBOURNE, East Sussex Have just visited your site for the first time, and wonder how i've missed it for so long. Very interesting and informative. Whilst here I wonder if anyone out there has any information on RT999, reg number JXN 27. I have been researching this vehicle for some time but the trail has "gone cold". Many thanks and good luck. |
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1824 31/1/09 - Tim I am the TJ Ward who owned RF 280 in 1976. We had to sell it to a scout troop who were then helping to restore the Kennet & Avon Canal. We had Bristol 994 at the time and couldn't keep two buses. We repainted it and were about to put on transfers (first version) Relieved to see it has last found a good home. |
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2240 26/1/09 - Alan L, Hornsey N8 Love your site and all the effort that goes in.Love London buses from this era. The Rt's, RF's Rm's etc and I go to many rallies. I only drive a 10 seater on a Midas licence. Good luck to anyone below preserving a bus!! |
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1538 14/1/09 - Dave, Norwich, south east france now Found you whilst searching original reg. for OVS337 as I've been given a photo of it in its current form to use on my website dedicated to 'living vehicles' . Noted & agree with last comments about leaving the bus & owner in peace !Been in france with my '66 Albion Chieftain furniture lorry since ' 94 to escape the hassle folks like us get from the rest of society ! Interseting site even for a non-anorak like myself ! www.travellerhomes.co.uk |
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1415 07/1/09 - Jim, Bradford, West Yorkshire Great site BUT not a good place for the uninitiated since if you do not have some previous knowledge you lack references to start your exploration. I have no idea what all the collections of initials and types are. If pushed I can tell the difference between a bus and a coach, and even there the definition is blurred. How about a total beginners page? |
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1230 21/12/08 - Michael Ryan, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex Now I've found you I hope you and/or one of your visitors might want to help me. I am about to try to restore my old RT which has been standing in the open for many years, now under cover we are ready to get it back on the road again. |
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1916 17/12/08 - Mr M J Foster, Brighton, East sussex Found your site through LOTS magazine, good links to other sites very helpful keep up gold work |