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by chason
09:06 Tuesday 12th February 2019
Forum: Fleet Discussion
Topic: Bus & car crash
Replies: 4
Views: 7074

Re: Bus & car crash

The journalist's maxim I believe is "Never let the truth get in the way of a good story."
by chason
09:54 Sunday 10th February 2019
Forum: Services, Routes and Timetables
Topic: Disabled and pensioner concessionary passes under threat
Replies: 8
Views: 11540

Re: Disabled and pensioner concessionary passes under threat

I think Adam's got a good point here but I am not sure that you could persuade enough to pay to make a significant difference. There is a feeling amongst people of my age group that they have paid their taxes over the years to enjoy a few concessions in their declining years. I have to admit that, a...
by chason
00:42 Monday 4th February 2019
Forum: Services, Routes and Timetables
Topic: Disrupted services
Replies: 21
Views: 32433

Re: Disrupted services

It seems the bus industry is in crisis with passenger numbers falling, reduced subsidies leading to cuts and/or higher fares and not being able to attract sufficient staff to maintain services even at their present levels. The wages offered are clearly inadequate to attract staff, particularly in ti...
by chason
08:25 Tuesday 29th January 2019
Forum: Services, Routes and Timetables
Topic: Service 23... A lovely double-deck route
Replies: 11
Views: 24948

Re: Service 23... A lovely double-deck route

Excellent. I think the company will issue you with a Forest - English dictionary so you can understand the local vernacular. Ow bist? :twisted: Quite. My wife's family hail from the Forest and to hear the way they used to talk about it, you'd think it was a foreign country. Even the rest of Glouces...
by chason
23:10 Sunday 27th January 2019
Forum: Diamond Bus (Rotala)
Topic: Diamond in and around Bromsgrove.
Replies: 44
Views: 100064

Re: Diamond in and around Bromsgrove.

Yes, the new livery is a great improvement..........but then I think almost anything would be. The old one is not up to much when newly applied and clean but after a short time in service, it's one of the worst I have ever seen.
by chason
18:25 Thursday 24th January 2019
Forum: Johnsons / Whittles
Topic: New Coaches On Order
Replies: 7
Views: 32913

Re: New Coaches On Order

Along with 500 others on ten coaches, I attended the launch of Johnsons new holiday brochure at the National Memorial Arboretum yesterday. During the presentation, director John Johnson revealed that two new coaches had been ordered for delivery next April. He didn't say what make but the recent in...
by chason
09:17 Tuesday 25th December 2018
Forum: Trains
Topic: December 2018 in Worcester area
Replies: 2
Views: 5227

Re: December 2018 in Worcester area

Thanks Tim - I always enjoy your pictures, both rail and bus.
by chason
23:07 Sunday 9th December 2018
Forum: Preservation
Topic: Random Photos from the Back of the Shed
Replies: 8
Views: 11310

Re: Random Photos from the Back of the Shed

Many thanks for the pure nostalgia in this terrific selection of unusual photos. Sad to see the condition of some of the bits and pieces but at least they have survived and, who knows, one day they might just come in useful!
by chason
15:46 Wednesday 28th November 2018
Forum: Miscellaneous Operators
Topic: Clearway/Wheelers of Catshill.
Replies: 19
Views: 31614

Re: Clearway/Wheelers of Catshill.

Had lunch today in the new wine bar opposite the Bromsgrove Waitrose car park. Good old PEZ must have passed half a dozen times on its way to and from Charford.
by chason
14:14 Monday 26th November 2018
Forum: Fleet Discussion
Topic: FMR Mercedes Citaro acquisitions
Replies: 291
Views: 323163

Re: FMR Mercedes Citaro acquisitions

Could it have been The Opposite Lock in Gas Street Basin just off Broad St., Birmingham? That sounds familiar, but I am going back over forty years - saw ELO which was a revelation at the time; rock and roll plus strings. Yes, my era too, I'm afraid. Saw Bev Bevan from ELO and The Move on stage at ...

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