{"id":8289,"date":"2024-09-11T01:29:21","date_gmt":"2024-09-11T01:29:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/the-lengthy-one-the-321-three\/"},"modified":"2024-09-11T01:29:21","modified_gmt":"2024-09-11T01:29:21","slug":"the-lengthy-one-the-321-three","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/the-lengthy-one-the-321-three\/","title":{"rendered":"The Lengthy One, The 321 – Three"},"content":{"rendered":"
\u00a0Luton To Uxbridge In 1977 (1)<\/span><\/p>\n Bute Street Bus Station<\/span><\/p>\n … and before that it was a gloomy and unpopular bus station.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n This was mainly populated by United Counties services.<\/p>\n London Transport had a depot in Park Street West …<\/p>\n … a back street off the more recogniseable\u00a0 Park Street whence buses repaired for staff layover and facilities. There is no sign of a bus depot on today’s Park Street West.<\/p>\n fbb can find no external reference to “Lantern Fields” and Slip End is not signposted at its turn. But that is the only turn to Slip End off the 321 route. (See map below, bottom right)<\/p>\n Traveline now calls it Luton Hoo Hotel …<\/p>\n …which looks a bit posh!<\/p>\n And it is VERY posh …<\/p>\n It isn’t\u00a0Kinsbourne<\/span> Green Harrow, but is actually\u00a0Kinsboutne Green<\/span> Harrow. It is Kinsbourne that is green not the harrow!<\/p>\n Harrows can be green, of course, but this was a very old pub …\u00a0<\/p>\n … at Kinsbourne Green.<\/p>\n It survived for quite a long time …<\/p>\n … then became the unphotograhed Peppercord and finally …<\/p>\n … Charlies Bar and Restaurant.<\/p><\/div>\n … with the stop now renamed as Luton Road opp The Common.<\/p><\/div>\n … and completely hidden from its eponymous bus stop today. Perhaps it was more obvious in 1977. It dates from 1890.<\/p>\n <\/p><\/div>\n The only item of note today is the road sign.<\/p>\n A bit different, eh?<\/p><\/div>\n … (streetview pictures – it wasn’t sunny!) for a coffee gave fbb the chance to sit on a wall and snap a few buses.<\/p>\n Astoundingly, Arriva has a map! (click on the graphic for an enlargement<\/span>) so along came a route 12 (PINK<\/span>) to Rhyl, every 12 minutes.<\/p>\n Aiming for the coast every hour, route 13 (LIGHT BLUE<\/span>) runs via Llandudno Junction.<\/p>\n fbb snapped a 15 (ORANGE<\/span>) to Llysfaen striking inland from the coast which with its chum route 14 runs every 30 minutes. In the other direction these run to Conwy.<\/p><\/div>\n … is route 5 (PURPLE<\/span>) to Bangor and Caernarfon.<\/p><\/div>\n Route branding?<\/p><\/div>\n