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Post by busman on Jun 29, 2018 16:04:26 GMT
Nice to see the 6 and 36 plying their trade at Queen’s Park. Hackney Wick and Hither Green. Crazy times eh?
Wow, that second clip really brings back a lot of memories of Oxford Street. One memory was T1000 with the dot matrix display turning up on the N207 (or could have been an old N89) as a New Years Eve extra. I can tell that the person taking this video really didn’t like the Optare deckers that started to run on the 3. Any time one showed up the camera pans away or the clip is cut 🙁 Those Optare were one of my favourite deckers in the post-M era due to how unusual they were in London. I loved seeing the crazy variety of routemasters that used to run on the 15. Great videos.
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Post by busaholic on Jun 29, 2018 20:32:04 GMT
Nice to see the 6 and 36 plying their trade at Queen’s Park. Hackney Wick and Hither Green. Crazy times eh? Wow, that second clip really brings back a lot of memories of Oxford Street. One memory was T1000 with the dot matrix display turning up on the N207 (or could have been an old N89) as a New Years Eve extra. I can tell that the person taking this video really didn’t like the Optare deckers that started to run on the 3. Any time one showed up the camera pans away or the clip is cut 🙁 Those Optare were one of my favourite deckers in the post-M era due to how unusual they were in London. I loved seeing the crazy variety of routemasters that used to run on the 15. Great videos. I loved those Spectras too, but the one-piece windows at the front didn't last too long, except on one bus (I think it was no. 15 in the series) which somehow kept it intact for weeks after all the others had succumbed. How they got broken I don't know, but I almost found out the hard way when the buses were new. I got off one at the stop in Lower Regent Street, having travelled from West Dulwich in the front offside seat. I then had a coffee in an Italian café and came out, to see a Spectra stood at the traffic lights at Piccadilly Circus with traffic weaving around it. On closer inspection, it was the bus I'd got off fifteen minutes before, now with a hugely cracked window just where I'd been sitting! No evidence of any other vehicle involved, and definitely no arborial contact, so a mystery! |
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Post by galwhv69 on Jul 13, 2018 21:27:39 GMT
Not from the 80's but from the 50's
Overhaul - Extended Unseen Original Footage 1957 British Transport Film Golden Age British Buses
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Post by galwhv69 on Jul 17, 2018 19:46:51 GMT
90's find this time about the Routemaster
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Post by Deleted on Jul 17, 2018 19:53:09 GMT
90's find this time about the Routemaster Excellent find! I had this on VHS in the early 90s  I remember the 40 year celebrations around the Royal Docks (towards end of video) long before it was developed and Excel built! |
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Post by galwhv69 on Jul 17, 2018 19:55:40 GMT
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Post by moz on Dec 4, 2018 20:47:47 GMT
Another new bus vid - this time it's boring old Titans around Bexleyheath. (Hides behind sofa)
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Post by busaholic on Dec 4, 2018 22:11:09 GMT
Another new bus vid - this time it's boring old Titans around Bexleyheath. (Hides behind sofa) Boring, maybe, but at least they weren't all-red! |
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Post by vjaska on Dec 4, 2018 23:00:48 GMT
Another new bus vid - this time it's boring old Titans around Bexleyheath. (Hides behind sofa) I take it you weren’t a fan unlike myself? |
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Post by moz on Dec 5, 2018 13:31:08 GMT
Another new bus vid - this time it's boring old Titans around Bexleyheath. (Hides behind sofa) I take it you weren’t a fan unlike myself? I drove them a few times - Metros were far and away superior. Moz |
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Post by moz on Jan 2, 2019 14:58:52 GMT
Another new upload from the Soi channel. This is an absolute gem...
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Post by snoggle on Jan 2, 2019 15:19:42 GMT
Another new upload from the Soi channel. This is an absolute gem... Agreed that it's very good. Amazing variety across the routes with three of the route 170 evaluation buses. The most notable thing for me is how incredibly busy route 15 is compared to today. Nearly every bus at least 2/3s full. Amazing how things change. |
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Post by sid on Jan 2, 2019 15:53:41 GMT
Another new upload from the Soi channel. This is an absolute gem... Great video, I even spotted a driver on the 68 I used to know, that was when it was a busy cross town trunk route rather than the watered down supplementary service that it is today. |
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Post by moz on Jan 2, 2019 18:26:20 GMT
Another new upload from the Soi channel. This is an absolute gem... Agreed that it's very good. Amazing variety across the routes with three of the route 170 evaluation buses. The most notable thing for me is how incredibly busy route 15 is compared to today. Nearly every bus at least 2/3s full. Amazing how things change. Just rewatched it and he lucked out by ctaching not one, but two NX RMLs on the 171 - quite rare for that route. Moz |
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I remember the 40 year celebrations around the Royal Docks (towards end of video) long before it was developed and Excel built! 
