http://rvpt.org/MyBB/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:23:14 +0000 MyBB http://rvpt.org/MyBB/showthread.php?tid=377 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:11:06 +0000 http://rvpt.org/MyBB/showthread.php?tid=377
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Jonathan.]]>
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Jonathan.]]> http://rvpt.org/MyBB/showthread.php?tid=374 Sat, 06 Mar 2010 15:05:52 +0000 http://rvpt.org/MyBB/showthread.php?tid=374 Thank you,
Mike from Norwich]]> Thank you,
Mike from Norwich]]> http://rvpt.org/MyBB/showthread.php?tid=370 Sun, 21 Feb 2010 20:31:50 +0000 http://rvpt.org/MyBB/showthread.php?tid=370
I am from Lancaster and in 1969 I became a student in Leeds. Whilst I usually made visits home by train, I can vaguely recall one fine, probably early summer, evening in 1970 using the X88. Now I had thought I had travelled over on a West Yorkshire Bristol coach (probably an MW) but the journey was made in the early evening and would have arrived in Lancaster around about 8-9 p.m. This would seem a late arrival for a driver to make a return journey to Leeds. However, on reading an old Ian Allan BBF 16, it describes the X88 as being "joint with West Yorkshire Road Car", so perhaps after all these years my memory is playing tricks and it was actually a Ribble vehicle I travelled on. I certainly recall a short break at a pub called the Cross Streets in Austwick, on the A65.

What I was wondering, is how long after 1970 did this service continue?

Certainly after bus deregulation, Lancaster City Transport started a service to Leeds (200, I think) which was later extended to Doncaster. After LCT sold out to Stagecoach, the service continued for a while - perhaps curtailed to Leeds again - and I reckon I last saw it in about 1994.

If any one has any recollections about the X88 in particular, I would be interested to hear them.]]>
I am from Lancaster and in 1969 I became a student in Leeds. Whilst I usually made visits home by train, I can vaguely recall one fine, probably early summer, evening in 1970 using the X88. Now I had thought I had travelled over on a West Yorkshire Bristol coach (probably an MW) but the journey was made in the early evening and would have arrived in Lancaster around about 8-9 p.m. This would seem a late arrival for a driver to make a return journey to Leeds. However, on reading an old Ian Allan BBF 16, it describes the X88 as being "joint with West Yorkshire Road Car", so perhaps after all these years my memory is playing tricks and it was actually a Ribble vehicle I travelled on. I certainly recall a short break at a pub called the Cross Streets in Austwick, on the A65.

What I was wondering, is how long after 1970 did this service continue?

Certainly after bus deregulation, Lancaster City Transport started a service to Leeds (200, I think) which was later extended to Doncaster. After LCT sold out to Stagecoach, the service continued for a while - perhaps curtailed to Leeds again - and I reckon I last saw it in about 1994.

If any one has any recollections about the X88 in particular, I would be interested to hear them.]]> http://rvpt.org/MyBB/showthread.php?tid=369 Sun, 21 Feb 2010 15:42:11 +0000 http://rvpt.org/MyBB/showthread.php?tid=369 Is there any more info on the above event, which would be of interest?
I have provisional accomodation booked that w/end near Picadilly Mcr.
Are there any other events that w/end - bus or tram?
Thank you,
Mike from Norwich]]> Is there any more info on the above event, which would be of interest?
I have provisional accomodation booked that w/end near Picadilly Mcr.
Are there any other events that w/end - bus or tram?
Thank you,
Mike from Norwich]]> http://rvpt.org/MyBB/showthread.php?tid=368 Sun, 21 Feb 2010 11:07:11 +0000 http://rvpt.org/MyBB/showthread.php?tid=368 http://rvpt.org/MyBB/showthread.php?tid=367 Thu, 18 Feb 2010 19:32:00 +0000 http://rvpt.org/MyBB/showthread.php?tid=367
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Jonathan.]]>
Jonathan.]]> http://rvpt.org/MyBB/showthread.php?tid=359 Mon, 07 Dec 2009 21:04:03 +0000 http://rvpt.org/MyBB/showthread.php?tid=359
This is my first post on your Forum. I am researching Alfred Wainwright's first visit to the Lake District in 1930. I know that he journeyed to Windermere from Blackburn on Saturday 7th June 1930.

My questions are:
1. Would he have travelled on a Ribble bus?

2. Does anyone know whether timetables still exist from the time? If so, where can this information be found?

3. Do any photographs exist of the kind of bus he may have used?

I realise that this is a very obscure request but hope that somebody can give me any information about this bus journey.

Thanks

derek]]>
This is my first post on your Forum. I am researching Alfred Wainwright's first visit to the Lake District in 1930. I know that he journeyed to Windermere from Blackburn on Saturday 7th June 1930.

My questions are:
1. Would he have travelled on a Ribble bus?

2. Does anyone know whether timetables still exist from the time? If so, where can this information be found?

3. Do any photographs exist of the kind of bus he may have used?

I realise that this is a very obscure request but hope that somebody can give me any information about this bus journey.

Thanks

derek]]> http://rvpt.org/MyBB/showthread.php?tid=354 Thu, 03 Dec 2009 23:32:14 +0000 http://rvpt.org/MyBB/showthread.php?tid=354
1455 is a Burlingham bodied Leyland Titan PD2/12 which was new to Ribble in July, 1956 and withdrawn
in November 1971. She entered preservation in 1996 and became part of the RVPT collection in 1999.

She passed to the Lancastrian Transport Trust in 2003 but failed to enter their restoration programme.
LTT recently decided that 1455 did not fit their collection criteria and RVPT member Gerard Butler agreed
to buy her.

[attachment=865] [attachment=866] 1455 seen at Freckleton on 02.12.09.

The intention is that she will be re-furbished and be ready for the start of the 2010 rally season.
(This is, of course, subject to survey and a suitable work programme).]]>
1455 is a Burlingham bodied Leyland Titan PD2/12 which was new to Ribble in July, 1956 and withdrawn
in November 1971. She entered preservation in 1996 and became part of the RVPT collection in 1999.

She passed to the Lancastrian Transport Trust in 2003 but failed to enter their restoration programme.
LTT recently decided that 1455 did not fit their collection criteria and RVPT member Gerard Butler agreed
to buy her.

[attachment=865] [attachment=866] 1455 seen at Freckleton on 02.12.09.

The intention is that she will be re-furbished and be ready for the start of the 2010 rally season.
(This is, of course, subject to survey and a suitable work programme).]]> http://rvpt.org/MyBB/showthread.php?tid=352 Thu, 03 Dec 2009 19:50:30 +0000 http://rvpt.org/MyBB/showthread.php?tid=352
Incidentally Fishwicks 23 GRN895W was on the 115 college trip last week, despite being semi retired. Perhaps this now may take the title as the last Atlantean in service with its original owner.

Thanks
Paul]]>
Incidentally Fishwicks 23 GRN895W was on the 115 college trip last week, despite being semi retired. Perhaps this now may take the title as the last Atlantean in service with its original owner.

Thanks
Paul]]> http://rvpt.org/MyBB/showthread.php?tid=351 Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:56:37 +0000 http://rvpt.org/MyBB/showthread.php?tid=351
Chris]]>
Chris]]> http://rvpt.org/MyBB/showthread.php?tid=350 Thu, 03 Dec 2009 10:40:34 +0000 http://rvpt.org/MyBB/showthread.php?tid=350 MEMBERS WHO ARE DISABLED CAN PARK AT THE DEPOT.
FULL DETAILS ARE GIVEN IN THE LATEST NEWSLETTER, HOWEVER MY CONTACT LANDLINE NUMBER IS WRONG. THE CORRECT NUMBER IS SHOWN HERE. IF YOU WISH TO ATTEND THE MEETING PLEASE PHONE ME ON 01772 733976 OR 07837 790591 OR EMAIL johngreen900@btinternet.com.

I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU

JOHN GREEN.]]> MEMBERS WHO ARE DISABLED CAN PARK AT THE DEPOT.
FULL DETAILS ARE GIVEN IN THE LATEST NEWSLETTER, HOWEVER MY CONTACT LANDLINE NUMBER IS WRONG. THE CORRECT NUMBER IS SHOWN HERE. IF YOU WISH TO ATTEND THE MEETING PLEASE PHONE ME ON 01772 733976 OR 07837 790591 OR EMAIL johngreen900@btinternet.com.

I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU

JOHN GREEN.]]> http://rvpt.org/MyBB/showthread.php?tid=349 Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:24:01 +0000 http://rvpt.org/MyBB/showthread.php?tid=349 ]]> ]]> http://rvpt.org/MyBB/showthread.php?tid=347 Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:07:35 +0000 http://rvpt.org/MyBB/showthread.php?tid=347 1481, Doreen Lowe, Rhona McCullough, Nathan Dodd, Dave and Freda Moss represented RVPT at this event on Sunday 29th November. They left St Helens Museum and headed for Liverpool along the old Ribble route 317 - St Helens to Liverpool. The buses assembled on Pall Mall and paraded in convoy to St George's Plateau. The Christmas Fayre in St George's Hall attracted visitors, some of whom would not normally stroll, in the rain, down a line of parked buses. 1481 and RVPT displays were photographed several times throughout the day by visitors from foreign shores. Photographs courtesy of Doreen Lowe.]]> 1481, Doreen Lowe, Rhona McCullough, Nathan Dodd, Dave and Freda Moss represented RVPT at this event on Sunday 29th November. They left St Helens Museum and headed for Liverpool along the old Ribble route 317 - St Helens to Liverpool. The buses assembled on Pall Mall and paraded in convoy to St George's Plateau. The Christmas Fayre in St George's Hall attracted visitors, some of whom would not normally stroll, in the rain, down a line of parked buses. 1481 and RVPT displays were photographed several times throughout the day by visitors from foreign shores. Photographs courtesy of Doreen Lowe.]]> http://rvpt.org/MyBB/showthread.php?tid=345 Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:13:08 +0000 http://rvpt.org/MyBB/showthread.php?tid=345
Two of my friends are in the early stages of evaluating material for possible inclusion in the provisionally titled "Colours around Merseyside". If you have, or know of anyone else who has colour slides of buses and coaches in the area enclosed by Southport, Ormskirk, St. Helens, Warrington and Chester, they would be interested in hearing from you. Images must be well lit, sharply focussed, taken no later than the end of 1969 and preferably some years before that. Slides from the 1950s are understandably rare but do exist and there is a particular need to find images of rarer types such as members of small batches or utility bodied buses The fleets to be covered are the companies Ribble, Crosville, Lancashire United; the municipals Birkenhead, Chester, Liverpool, St. Helens, Southport, Wallasey, Warrington, Widnes; other express service/coach operators.

If you think that you may have suitable material and would like to offer it for consideration, contact me off-forum at jonathan.cadwallader@googlemail.com]]>
Two of my friends are in the early stages of evaluating material for possible inclusion in the provisionally titled "Colours around Merseyside". If you have, or know of anyone else who has colour slides of buses and coaches in the area enclosed by Southport, Ormskirk, St. Helens, Warrington and Chester, they would be interested in hearing from you. Images must be well lit, sharply focussed, taken no later than the end of 1969 and preferably some years before that. Slides from the 1950s are understandably rare but do exist and there is a particular need to find images of rarer types such as members of small batches or utility bodied buses The fleets to be covered are the companies Ribble, Crosville, Lancashire United; the municipals Birkenhead, Chester, Liverpool, St. Helens, Southport, Wallasey, Warrington, Widnes; other express service/coach operators.

If you think that you may have suitable material and would like to offer it for consideration, contact me off-forum at jonathan.cadwallader@googlemail.com]]> http://rvpt.org/MyBB/showthread.php?tid=341 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:00:37 +0000 http://rvpt.org/MyBB/showthread.php?tid=341 What is the story behind bus grants - and in particular, why did it change to having the entry in front of the front wheels, as oppose to behind? Thank you
Mike from Norwich]]> What is the story behind bus grants - and in particular, why did it change to having the entry in front of the front wheels, as oppose to behind? Thank you
Mike from Norwich]]> http://rvpt.org/MyBB/showthread.php?tid=338 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:51:23 +0000 http://rvpt.org/MyBB/showthread.php?tid=338 http://rvpt.org/MyBB/showthread.php?tid=337 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:03:35 +0000 http://rvpt.org/MyBB/showthread.php?tid=337 http://rvpt.org/MyBB/showthread.php?tid=336 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:28:10 +0000 http://rvpt.org/MyBB/showthread.php?tid=336
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?V...0472973391

Jonathan.]]>
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?V...0472973391

Jonathan.]]> http://rvpt.org/MyBB/showthread.php?tid=335 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 19:58:58 +0100 http://rvpt.org/MyBB/showthread.php?tid=335
A small poser for anyone who is interested and can answer them.
1) Ribble bought two coaches non standard, second hand, they were used for excursions, they were given a nickname, probably only know locally, can you give this nickname?
2) The same two coaches had another unique one off applied, any ideas what this was?
3) They spent most of their time at one depot, which?
4) From where were they bought?

I'll leave this with you all and will post the answers at a later date unless someone manages to give them, I tend to look on the forum most days so will see the answers given and will reply accordingly.



Davat.]]>
A small poser for anyone who is interested and can answer them.
1) Ribble bought two coaches non standard, second hand, they were used for excursions, they were given a nickname, probably only know locally, can you give this nickname?
2) The same two coaches had another unique one off applied, any ideas what this was?
3) They spent most of their time at one depot, which?
4) From where were they bought?

I'll leave this with you all and will post the answers at a later date unless someone manages to give them, I tend to look on the forum most days so will see the answers given and will reply accordingly.



Davat.]]>