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Post by snoggle on Sept 18, 2014 22:48:13 GMT
An excerpt from the Commissioners Report for September 2014.
In support of our London Poppy Day activities we have so far secured sponsorship from Bombardier, Thales, Balfour Beatty, Cleshar and Laing O Rourke. The sponsorship will fund activities such as train wrap, poppies on the front and rear of trains, Poppy Day themed Tube maps in all stations, dressing in Westminster, Canary Wharf and Liverpool Street stations and Poppy Day hoardings at Bond Street station. Work is continuing and we expect to secure further support in the coming weeks.
We have also successfully agreed funding to wrap a fleet of 10 buses from Stagecoach, Arriva, Metroline, Go-Ahead, Tower Transit and Abellio. One of the wrapped new Routemasters will take part in the Lord Mayor’s Show on Saturday 8 November. Two Clear Channel bus shelters outside South Kensington Tube and the Albert Hall will also carry the Royal British Legion poppy design.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 19, 2014 21:02:34 GMT
Wrap the buses? Does that mean an all-over livery?
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Post by l1group on Sept 19, 2014 21:22:01 GMT
Wrap the buses? Does that mean an all-over livery? Yep (except front), but using vinyl wrap, so it ends up looking a tad like this: (design might change though, this is last year's one) www.flickr.com/photos/wltmauc/10522388973 |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 19, 2014 22:12:53 GMT
Wrap the buses? Does that mean an all-over livery? Yep (except front), but using vinyl wrap, so it ends up looking a tad like this: (design might change though, this is last year's one) www.flickr.com/photos/wltmauc/10522388973Looks quite nice, hopefully this year's one will be similar. |
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Post by southeastlondonbus on Oct 7, 2014 22:20:12 GMT
Reports of Loada Trash 54 (LT54) painted white parked in SW so safe to presume this is one of this year's buses.
Now it really is a white elephant LOL
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Post by twobellstogo on Oct 11, 2014 8:35:14 GMT
Reports of Loada Trash 54 (LT54) painted white parked in SW so safe to presume this is one of this year's buses. Now it really is a white elephant LOL LT255 at Bow is also now white (ex. Adidas). |
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Post by twobellstogo on Oct 11, 2014 19:09:24 GMT
Reports of Loada Trash 54 (LT54) painted white parked in SW so safe to presume this is one of this year's buses. Now it really is a white elephant LOL LT255 at Bow is also now white (ex. Adidas). Well, looks like 255 won't get poppies, unless the YouTube ad it now carries is a short term contract... |
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Post by twobellstogo on Oct 15, 2014 17:43:20 GMT
Reports of Loada Trash 54 (LT54) painted white parked in SW so safe to presume this is one of this year's buses. Now it really is a white elephant LOL No poppies for LT54 either : that too is a YouTube bus now, as is Metroline LT102. I hope someone at TfL has a bit of sentiment and decides, for anniversary-like reasons, that Metroline's LT14 is worthy of receiving poppies. |
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Post by twobellstogo on Oct 20, 2014 11:21:33 GMT
First Poppy bus now running : LT269 on route 8 from Bow. Slightly different livery for this year : the poppies are bigger, there seem to be less of them per bus, and the evocative slogan 'in Flanders Fields the poppies blow..' is displayed between decks. Again, a fine livery.
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Post by DT 11 on Oct 20, 2014 11:23:38 GMT
1. LT269 LTZ269 - BW
2. 2460 SL14DDY - QB
3. DW239 LJ59AEL - BN
4. 10183 SN63JWL - T
5. DN33782 SN12AVY - X
6. DW289 LJ59LVU - BN
7. WHV15 LJ61GXO - Q
8. ADH13 SN60BYJ - S
9. VPL594 LK04NNC - HT
10. TEH915 SN08AAO - W
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Post by vjaska on Oct 22, 2014 13:13:42 GMT
1. LT269 LTZ269 - BW 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. One of 2460 or 2470 has the Poppy livery, saw the bus on the 3 earlier. |
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Post by jay38a on Oct 24, 2014 11:18:01 GMT
Mentioned on the Go-Ahead London drivers portal, on the 30th October there will be two announcements being played over ibus, by Brian Blessed and Joanna Lumley. They will be as follows:
Brian Blessed: "Hi its Brian Blessed and I’m supporting London Poppy day with Transport for London as we mark the centenary of the First World War. Let’s give generously to those who gave up so much for us. Thank you Ladies and Gentleman"
Joanna Lumley: "Hello its Joanna Lumley here and I'm supporting London Poppy Day with Transport for London. Please will you give generously to the collectors who are all over London as we mark the centenary of the First World War. The Royal British Legion needs to continue to help those who have sacrificed so
much. Thank you very much indeed"
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Post by snoggle on Oct 24, 2014 14:54:08 GMT
Mentioned on the Go-Ahead London drivers portal, on the 30th October there will be two announcements being played over ibus, by Brian Blessed and Joanna Lumley. They will be as follows: Brian Blessed: "Hi its Brian Blessed and I’m supporting London Poppy day with Transport for London as we mark the centenary of the First World War. Let’s give generously to those who gave up so much for us. Thank you Ladies and Gentleman" Joanna Lumley: "Hello its Joanna Lumley here and I'm supporting London Poppy Day with Transport for London. Please will you give generously to the collectors who are all over London as we mark the centenary of the First World War. The Royal British Legion needs to continue to help those who have sacrificed so much. Thank you very much indeed" I hope someone has exercised some volume control with Mr Blessed. Can you imagine the fright factor if he was at full whack?   |
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Post by ThinLizzy on Oct 25, 2014 9:05:41 GMT
Mentioned on the Go-Ahead London drivers portal, on the 30th October there will be two announcements being played over ibus, by Brian Blessed and Joanna Lumley. They will be as follows: Brian Blessed: "Hi its Brian Blessed and I’m supporting London Poppy day with Transport for London as we mark the centenary of the First World War. Let’s give generously to those who gave up so much for us. Thank you Ladies and Gentleman" Joanna Lumley: "Hello its Joanna Lumley here and I'm supporting London Poppy Day with Transport for London. Please will you give generously to the collectors who are all over London as we mark the centenary of the First World War. The Royal British Legion needs to continue to help those who have sacrificed so much. Thank you very much indeed" I hope someone has exercised some volume control with Mr Blessed. Can you imagine the fright factor if he was at full whack? haha think they should use him as the next voice for ibus |
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Post by snoggle on Oct 25, 2014 9:19:55 GMT
I hope someone has exercised some volume control with Mr Blessed. Can you imagine the fright factor if he was at full whack? haha think they should use him as the next voice for ibus Dear god NO [1]. He'll be ranting about tomatoes and mayonnaise in between saying the route number and the stop name.   [1] just added some Blessed over emphasis there.  |
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