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Post by capitalomnibus on Jun 11, 2020 10:49:54 GMT
We do but as we have mentioned BLM was set up as police brutality against the general public. |
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Post by MetrolineGA1511 on Jun 13, 2020 6:50:34 GMT
Bristol must have been the biggest city not to have had its own municipal bus company, at least not for many years, as it was pure NBC territory prior to deregulation.
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Post by busman on Jun 15, 2020 8:59:10 GMT
Bristol must have been the biggest city not to have had its own municipal bus company, at least not for many years, as it was pure NBC territory prior to deregulation. I think that was to its detriment. When I lived there in the early 90’s I was shocked at how poor and expensive the bus services were for such a large city. |
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Post by busaholic on Jun 16, 2020 15:21:56 GMT
Bristol must have been the biggest city not to have had its own municipal bus company, at least not for many years, as it was pure NBC territory prior to deregulation. I think that was to its detriment. When I lived there in the early 90’s I was shocked at how poor and expensive the bus services were for such a large city. Same in the mid '80s when I was a student there. A very poorly planned network with little apparent rhyme and reason, ludicrously expensive, but then they had a monopoly and no local authority input. |
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Post by wirewiper on Jun 16, 2020 16:06:45 GMT
I think that was to its detriment. When I lived there in the early 90’s I was shocked at how poor and expensive the bus services were for such a large city. Same in the mid '80s when I was a student there. A very poorly planned network with little apparent rhyme and reason, ludicrously expensive, but then they had a monopoly and no local authority input. I think Bristol's bus service was poor for decades, beset with staff shortages and operating in a city with dire traffic congestion, and little political will to do anything about it. It's only in recent years that a combination of investment in bus infrastructure, plus a determined effort by First to turn their operation around, has seen a marked improvement. |
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Post by wirewiper on Oct 1, 2020 9:45:17 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Oct 1, 2020 11:41:47 GMT
Nice of them to wait until a token month to celebrate him. They could have done it any other time of the year. |
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Post by wirewiper on Oct 1, 2020 11:47:30 GMT
Nice of them to wait until a token month to celebrate him. They could have done it any other time of the year. They could. They could also do what most of the media do, and ignore him. |
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Post by vjaska on Oct 1, 2020 12:39:04 GMT
Nice of them to wait until a token month to celebrate him. They could have done it any other time of the year. They could. They could also do what most of the media do, and ignore him. But won't they do that once this month ends and he'll go back to George Stephenson who? They painted a load of post boxes gold in places where someone tasted Olympic success which were left in situ for ages (wouldn't surprise me if they're still gold) but have only painted four post boxes black for this month in recognition of certain black people, one of which is on Acre Lane in Brixton close to the museum situated in Windrush Square. There is surely more than four important black people to be recognised? |
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Post by wirewiper on Oct 1, 2020 13:04:33 GMT
They could. They could also do what most of the media do, and ignore him. But won't they do that once this month ends and he'll go back to George Stephenson who? They painted a load of post boxes gold in places where someone tasted Olympic success which were left in situ for ages (wouldn't surprise me if they're still gold) but have only painted four post boxes black for this month in recognition of certain black people, one of which is on Acre Lane in Brixton close to the museum situated in Windrush Square. There is surely more than four important black people to be recognised? There are. Did you see the mural celebrating black acting talent that was erected near Peckham Library a few years back?  Underexposed by Julian Walker, on Flickr  47/365 - a photo a day for 2015 by Julian Walker, on Flickr |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 1, 2020 13:06:03 GMT
They could. They could also do what most of the media do, and ignore him. But won't they do that once this month ends and he'll go back to George Stephenson who? They painted a load of post boxes gold in places where someone tasted Olympic success which were left in situ for ages (wouldn't surprise me if they're still gold) but have only painted four post boxes black for this month in recognition of certain black people, one of which is on Acre Lane in Brixton close to the museum situated in Windrush Square. There is surely more than four important black people to be recognised? It’s all just virtue signalling to show how woke they are. As a person of mixed heritage I am honest when I say I don’t like black history month. Teaching black history shouldn’t be confined to one month a year and it shouldn’t be talked about by the media once a year. Confining black history to one period a year just doesn’t help show how far we have come and I hope one day it will be part of mainstream culture rather than one month a year. |
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Post by vjaska on Oct 1, 2020 14:49:43 GMT
But won't they do that once this month ends and he'll go back to George Stephenson who? They painted a load of post boxes gold in places where someone tasted Olympic success which were left in situ for ages (wouldn't surprise me if they're still gold) but have only painted four post boxes black for this month in recognition of certain black people, one of which is on Acre Lane in Brixton close to the museum situated in Windrush Square. There is surely more than four important black people to be recognised? There are. Did you see the mural celebrating black acting talent that was erected near Peckham Library a few years back? Underexposed by Julian Walker, on Flickr 47/365 - a photo a day for 2015 by Julian Walker, on Flickr No because Peckham is a dump and I try to avoid it as much as possible but also because presumably, it wasn't spoken about too much? |
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Post by wirewiper on Aug 3, 2022 17:26:09 GMT
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Post by wirewiper on Aug 31, 2023 17:50:48 GMT
Reviving an old thread. To commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Bristol Bus Boycott in 1963, and Bristol Omnibus Company backing down and employing Black and Asian drivers and conductors from August of that year, First West of England has unveiled a commemorative vehicle which will operate in service in Bristol for at least twelve months. The special commemorative design features Black people who were prominent campaigners, as well as some of the pioneering Black workers. The vehicle is 39401 (YN17 OHP), a biogas-fuelled Scania N280UD/ADL Enviro400 City. www.route-one.net/news/bristol-bus-boycott-60th-anniversary-marked/ |
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