The Oldies Thread
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The power of AI & Algorithms - or just coincidence?(Could easily go in the Old Photos Thread, but this thread came up first)
Shock Horror The Corpy using a 'Crosville' style bus on the 5 route from the genteel southern suburbs - what foul wool inspired fiendishness is this?
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Fear not.
In the early 60s The Corpy held trials for a bus to replace some or all of the aging fleet.
5 candidates took up the challenge E1, (shown, E for Experimental) E2, E3, E4 & E5.
The E2 Leyland Atlantean, with its then unprecedented rear engined configuration got the nod...did the Council forsee that with direct access to the driver due to no engine money could be saved by getting rid of all the conductors???
Anyway, many other Councils soon followed suit and the rear engined bus is now ubiquitous around the world...unlike bus conductors.
Leyland Trucks made an even bigger fortune only to squander it - with help from various Governments by taking over the ailing British Motor Industry - that worked out well
10 or so years later there was hardly a bus conductor to be seen.
IMO, it was the slippery slope towards the end of decent public transport*
And a Public Service slowly became a money maker for shareholders...see trains, gas, electric, water.
* tbf, other factors didn't help.
Today a youtube Vid appeared in my feed from apparently no where
Short version;
Leyland made 2 rear engined Atlantean prototypes
One with both engine AND door at the back, then decided - wtf were we thinking, then built the proper one and more or less gave it to Wallasey in 1958
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bcblue1878
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bcblue1878
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Yep and "I'll wipe that smile off your face" plus:
"don't come running to me when you break your leg"
BITTER TWISTED & BLUE
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I was often threatened with “I’ll give you a go longer” don’t know if I ever got one.
notrevE5
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summerisle
The rain, it raineth every day
Anybody do 'Bob a job'? I wonder if it's allowed nowadays ?
BITTER TWISTED & BLUE
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I did with my best mate when we were in the Cubs.
Quite lucrative.
davids
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One of my pocket money jobs was filling and lighting the little paraffin lamp that was used to stop the water pipe from freezing in the Winter. 1962 was a tough year.
….almost still smell the paraffin of the old heaters, ‘63 was a very bad winter too.
gonetomorrow
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You can get retro toilets installed just like that now down in West London. Cost you thousands. It's called Northern Chic.