On The Buses Lovering’s car showroom is very obvious near the sea front at Combe Martin, and, as was often the case, the company was he local bus and coach operator. Here is their OWB parked on the road the leads up the hill (left) to Ilfracombe. The company ran excursions, as here to Plymouth … … and a selection…
About 57 Years Ago It was in 1966 that the first Red Arrow route began from Waterloo Station. From memory (as unreliable as ever!) It ran a route for commuters at peak times and a revised route for shoppers inter-peak. fbb remembers excitedly clutching his tanner (sixpence, two and a half new pence in the new dispensation) and pushing his…
“Golden” Holiday Memories Above: the beach at Combe Martin; below a couple of coastal scenes snapped by sons on their local walks, locations not known. (Immediately below, Valley of the Rocks??) It was wonderful countryside. Dateline Tuesday 26th April Arlington Court Given by its spinster owner Rosalie Chichester … … to the National Trust in 1949, the house is more…
Whatever Happened In Macclesfield? Readers may have been mystified that, about a week ago, fbb promised to tie up the consequences of Arriva’s closure of its Macclesfield depot. The replacement services from D&G/Centrebus took some time to resolve as the negotiations with the bit of Cheshire doing the tendering were somewhat protracted. These were eventually resolved and a splendid new…
The Logo Returns fbb thinks it used to stand for Est Ouest Ligne Express and was the initial brand for Paris R E R line E, the fifth such to be created. The name was dropped once the line opened in 1999 and it became simply RER E. But the “L” now seems to mean “Liaison”, “link”. That is because…
Paris Proposed “Prolongement” Proceeds That blue blob (above map upper left) is at Mantes-la-Jolie, a community about 55km from central Paris – about the same track distance as Guildford is from London. Here is its station from days past … … and Station Square opposite with the arrival of the evil and terrifying motor vehicles! The caff above on the…
But First At 1500 yesterday Evri has managed to “got” the parcel, presumably “not got” on Monday, when it was handed over, due to the proliferation of Public Holidays in May. The sender is based in Haywards Heath, so the sender’s “local depot” might well be in Birmingham! But it is happening and fbb is looking forward to “gotting” it…
Va à l’Ouest Jeune Homme Assuming that our readers’ ability to understand spoken French is not of the highest standard, let us look at the “Ouest” extension of RER E without linguistic challenges. Stage One is from Haussmann St Lazare to La Defense in tunnel and coming up for air at Nanterre-la-Folie. A station is being built under the roundabout at…
But First … It duly arrived at 1215 yesterday … … thanks Paul. Also sent via e-mail was a before … … with the consequences of some fbb mishandling and after … …with the new screen firmly in place. No 3 son also sent a couple of shots of the innards of the laptop … … and (possibly, fbb has…
Powering Up Britain document concentrates disproportionately on energy matters with transport relegated to the sidelines Rishi Sunak visited Culham Science Centre last week Powering Up Britain. And Levelling Up too. So much weight on one preposition. So many hopes. So much disappointment. Powering Up Britain, the document, published by the government last week setting out their plans to…