Buses

[It's Paul Freeman!]

Thanks Ged for checking that out to me. It was a long time ago but that was the only bus we ever saw at the bottom of Window Lane in them days. It would be right on the corner of Window Lane and either York Street or Vulcan Street as they both crossed Window Lane as one road but with two different names.

BTW: Your work on the Tennies is absolutely fantastic. My memories of them are at Speke Road Gardens. My Auntie Freda & Uncle Eric George were over the moon to move in to them after all those year on York Street.

Keep up all of your great work mate!!

Paul

[SteH]

I went to a transport fair at Llandudno over the weekend and saw these three Wallasey Corportation buses, I understand they were on loan from the Wirral Transport Museum.

[MerseysideTransportTrust]

I went to a transport fair at Llandudno over the weekend and saw these three Wallasey Corportation buses, I understand they were on loan from the Wirral Transport Museum.

They are actually based at the wirral transport Museum in Birkenhead rob

[PhilipG]

The C added to ANY route number indicated that the bus went down Church Street, and D was for Dale Street.

When I first came to Liverpool (1968), the fares were 3d, 6d, 9d, 1/-.
I can't remember what the maximum was.

Ged, does your book say?

[tpoo22]

Whenever I think of Liverpool buses from the MPTE days in the 1970s, I'm always reminded of the almost ubiquitous sign fixed to the windows.

WILFUL DAMAGE TO SEATS, ETC.
THE EXECUTIVE WILL PRESS FOR HEAVIEST PENALTIES AGAINST OFFENDERS

Almost every one of them had been vandalised to read slightly differently! I'm sure most of you will remember what the Executive was intent upon!

[hmtmaj]

Whenever I think of Liverpool buses from the MPTE days in the 1970s, I'm always reminded of the almost ubiquitous sign fixed to the windows.

WILFUL DAMAGE TO SEATS, ETC.
THE EXECUTIVE WILL PRESS FOR HEAVIEST PENALTIES AGAINST OFFENDERS

Almost every one of them had been vandalised to read slightly differently! I'm sure most of you will remember what the Executive was intent upon!

I'm guessing the little scamps scratched out the "ALTIE",
but it's just a guess

[tpoo22]

Pretty close! As I remember it, the sign was invariably altered to read:

WILFUL DAMAGE TO SEATS, ETC.
THE EXECUTIVE WILL PRESS H I S PEN I S AGAINST OFFENDERS

which is a little bit funny to my peurile mind even today, but the extraordinary thing was that almost every single bus in Liverpool had been vandalised in this way. Like a human version of an ant colony, the bus passengers of Liverpool had decided as one mind to deface the notice wherever they found it.

[ayjaykay]

When the company was privatised (as Merseybus) they got new stickers with 'Management' in place of 'Executive'. But people changed 'Management' to 'Man' and the joke still worked

[gregs dad]

Anybody going cockling on Moreton shore?
took this on Woodside today.

[skgogosfan]

Ooh that's a lovely shot! I can see where GM Buses got their idea for their Birkenhead and District escapade's livery from!

Dave.

[LondonBeatlesFan]

I am a huge fan of old buses and travel around the south east visiting various rallies. I wanted to visit Liverpool again and decided that my next visit should coincide with the MTT running day in September. It was a beautiful day and I enjoyed every minute of it. There were some lovely old buses which I'd never seen before. I recommend this event to everyone and will certainly try to attend again next year. I have posted a couple of slideshows of the event on YouTube. Please feel free to take a look. The URL for my page is in my profile.