{"id":2683,"date":"2023-05-07T01:29:07","date_gmt":"2023-05-07T01:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/sunday-variety-2\/"},"modified":"2023-05-07T01:29:07","modified_gmt":"2023-05-07T01:29:07","slug":"sunday-variety-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/sunday-variety-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday Variety"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wonderful, Wonderful Copenhagen<\/span><\/p>\n

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Thus sang David Daniel Kaminsky, better known as Danny Kaye.\u00a0<\/div>\n\n

The City has\u00a0 an extensive Metro …<\/p>\n

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… with new lines and extensions planned. It dates from as recently as 2002!<\/span><\/div>\n

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It also has a substantial network of suburban full-sized train lines (S-bahn).<\/div>\n
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The government of Denmark has recently announced a big stock replacement plan …<\/div>\n
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… to include making the whole caboodle driver-less!<\/div>\n

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How are London’s rail transport improvement plans going?<\/span><\/div>\n

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Fewer Stands, Less Room, Less Shelter?<\/span>\n
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Guess what?<\/span><\/div>\n
The new Ryde (Isle of Wight) bus station opens on Tuesday. It has just four stands for eight routes<\/span> …<\/div>\n
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… two of which are summer only. One of the stands (D) is, effectively a roadside layby.<\/div>\n
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Here are a couple of shots from Alan; first looking towards to old sheltered area, cordoned off pending demolition.<\/div>\n
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Note the minimalist shelters, far too small, especially in the busy summer months. The other picture shows the new escape route direct to George Street and the town centre.\n
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For years buses have had to take a necessitous run along the Esplanade for a U-turn and back. The new layout should dave a few dribbles of diesel and a few minutes of running time.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Remembering Being 17<\/span><\/div>\n
Not yet another reminscence of fbb’s long lost youth, but …\n
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… a past life for Stagecoach X17, soon to be increased to half hourly between Chesterfield and Matlock, continuing hourly to Wirksworth.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Correspondent Julien kindly sent a timetable poster from 1950.\n
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… which shows the route running from Matlock along the A6 to Matlock Bath – not a huge journey but on Saturdays it was half hourly all the way; such was the lure of Chesterfield Market!<\/p>\n

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The Fish Pond Hotel always was a popular stop …<\/p>\n

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… and it looks a bit posher now, but structurally it is much the same.<\/p>\n

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Opposite the pub was the Grand Pavilion and .,. tada …<\/p>\n

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… and the eponymous pond. The pavilion is now a less grand lead mining museum and an “events venue” but the pond is now a fish ditch!<\/p>\n

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On Sundays to Fridays the service was half hourly to Kelstedge and hourly on to Matlock and Matlock Bath.<\/p>\n

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fbb is not able to speculate on the frequency in National Bus days …<\/p><\/div>\n

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… but the extension to Matlock Bath had long goynr, obliterated by the widening of the A6 and the demolition of substantial amounts of riverside property. A single decker in red bus days shows a short working to Kelstedge, however.\n
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fbb would not expect the forthcoming half hourly service to last once the BSIP grany noag of shiny shillings is empty!<\/p><\/div>\n

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But, of course, back in 1950, bus companies published timetables including those in poster form to fill the timetable frames at key stops.<\/div>\n
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A New Word For fbb’s Extensive Vocabulary?<\/span>\n
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A recent on-line article, introducing your blogging old bloke to the word, reported on Drax Power Station, fed by environmentally (in)friendly “biomass” (a k a crushed trees from America).<\/p>\n

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The concept is that proponents of the “Saving The Planet” philosophy cover their projects with a fake wash of “green” whilst the operation in question is hugely detrimental to the environment. As with Drax.<\/div>\n
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fbb wonders how “green” these trains in Australia might be.\n
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\u00a0Next Variety blog : Monday 8th May\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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