Double Decker Buses

[amethyst]

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I always thought they could get blown over many times going round a tight bend i kinda felt this bus is gonna tip over thats why sometimes i stayed in the lower deck.

Some dble deckers where open top and some were not.

Some places do city tours with the open top buses,London obviously York Cardiff etc

[darren]

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I always thought they could get blown over many times going round a tight bend i kinda felt this bus is gonna tip over thats why sometimes i stayed in the lower deck.

Some dble deckers where open top and some were not.

[Roxxy]

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Still in use in London, Birmingham and other big cities. When I was very small and growing up in Birmingham, they were still using open-platform buses (they were'nt Routemasters, some other make) but in '73 the Daimler Fleetline was introduced and these were the replacements. Rear-engined, they were hugely powerful- my Mum & I used to get the no.12 into the City Centre because my Dad always had the car to go to work. I used to enjoy sitting on the top front as well and looking down at the driver on the mirror!
We moved to Worcestershire in '86 when the Metrobus was in turn phasing out the Fleetlines, although the latter remained in service up until around 1990. Now even the Metrobus has been superceded, the last one went to a transport museum a couple of years ago.

[darren]

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oh yes great memories.
i sure do remember getting the tickets in the eighties as i was a regular on buses and dble deckers.

never see dble deckers now.

Who remembers bus conductors? I can just remember them and the little square yellow tickets. 5p for a child's fare! Payment to the driver was well established by the early 80's where I lived.

[Adam]

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These are the kind of double deckers that used to operate in my area during the 70s and 80s:
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The Bristol VR's where by far the most mumious deckers about, Every NBC companey used them. In my dads opinion they the best deckers ever built. He should know after twenty years of driving them

[Trickyvee]

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Who remembers bus conductors? I can just remember them and the little square yellow tickets. 5p for a child's fare! Payment to the driver was well established by the early 80's where I lived.

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EYMS has quite a lot of them. Even more so than single deckers. Mainly Wrightbus Eclipse Geminis.

John

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My school bus was an old double decker bus in the early 70s and we used to go up a really steep hill called Ossett Lane. It would charge up the hill with a good run up but a few times a year it would get stuck if it lost momentum because of traffic. The engine would start smoking and the bus would start rolling back down for another go unless a car was behind us then we would all have to get off and walk up the hill beside it so it could get up. We would all get back on at the top. It was always entertaining but we were simple folk.

Thats funny.

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Plenty in Reading. We've got ones with 'free WI-FI' access for mobiles or laptops or.....[I]tablets...[I] (ugh).

[Richard1978]

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There's plenty here in Stockport.

I also used to think that DD buses would either fall over or scrape the sides of building when turning.

Getting the seats at the front was fun, especially the one in front of the driver's periscope.

[darren]

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i never see double decker buses now.

anyone here still see them where they live.

the few times i was on them it was scary because when you went round corners you thought the bus was going to topple over.
especially if a strong wind hit it at the right angle.

[Grosh62]

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Anyone in the Salford/Manchester area should go to the bus museum. We were even let on the buses (upstairs and down). It brought back so many memories that I had forgotten. I will put on some pictures when I get the chance

There is a Bus Museum in Ravensthorpe, Dewsbury too. Where is the one in Salford, Kersalflats?

[kersalflats]

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Anyone in the Salford/Manchester area should go to the bus museum. We were even let on the buses (upstairs and down). It brought back so many memories that I had forgotten. I will put on some pictures when I get the chance

[stuckinthe80's]

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I'm 37 and the OK service was always the 724 as far back as I can remember. Asked my mum and she says she's never heard of the '700' only the 724.

[Bristol RE]

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In the 70s it was the 700 (OK) & 724 (United/Northern). The main difference was the OK bus went straight up the old A1 at Nevilles Cross and didn't go into Durham City Centre. The 724 went into the bus station.

Must have changed mid 80s?