Part of my youth too them there green buses. I used to get the bus from Eastville to Clifton to go to school on my own at the age of 7. There's no way I'd allow any of my boys to take the bus from Glenfrome Road to Queens Road on their own at that age now! I vividly remember the first time I took the bus on my own - it had self-closing doors which was particularly new-fangled at the time. I wasn't sure if I was on the right bus so I loitered in the doorway until the doors closed on me and I burst into tears. The drive got up, asked me where I was going, sat me down behind him and didn't charge me a penny, so I spent my bus fare on sweets in the newsagent!
Not as old as P49, but pretty old compared to young whipper-snappers such as yourself CJS - mind you, I have young kids, so that keeps me young....or insane!
in a few months time i have to start ticking the box for the next age group! i been ticking 25-29. soon i be ticking the 30 plus
'Scuse me!......but true. Catching the 10/21/21A/36/4/4A to Knowle West we rarely paid full fare. The phrase was: 'Keep the ticket' If the fare was 1/- (one shilling) you'd give the driver 6d (six pence). He'd pocket it and not issue a ticket. Winners all round! If you saw an inspector getting on you'd just get off!
........and the Routemasters with open access were great. If you just missed the bus you'd run along behind it until you got level, grab the bar and leap on. You could get off wherever you wanted....just hop off whenever the bus stopped! Health and Safety?
Just think 5 years later, and you would of bought yourself 10 number 6 good cigerette they were and players number 10 You see in them days CJS the kids coud go and buy cigerette's whenever they wanted. The old lady when she used to smoke (worse ex smoker if there ever was one ) send me to th shop to get her cigerette and keep the change for sweets
When I was a bit older and growing up in Frenchay there was a little shop off of Frenchay Park Road called Pullins. Outside was a *** machine where you put 30p into the coin slots, pull a lever and out popped a packet of eight Embassy filters - little short ones. That got used well. Mind you, it has a lot to answer for 'cos 32 years later I'm still puffing away!
