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Posted by damsonjamqueen (U2828847) on Sunday, 19th October 2008
Is there one? With all this sustainable village/lentil knitting etc Pat does, how come there is not an arrangement for getting to and from Phelpersham and the other outlying villages in the Tea Club?
Damson
in reply to damsonjamqueen in message 1
William used to get the early bus from Meadow Rise, and another back to Meadow Rise, before Caroline lent him the money for the car. He said it went all round the villages, and took a long time. Presumably there will be a bus from Borchester to Felpersham?
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Posted by Dusty Substances (U1474929) on Sunday, 19th October 2008
PSV licence or artistic licence?
It's one or the other.
Dx
Sun, 19 Oct 2008 14:14 GMT, in reply to damsonjamqueen in message 1
the other outlying villages in the Tea Club?Â
The first rule of TEA club: You don't talk about TEA club. (...in outlying villages)
It's an Ambridge-only scheme.
It's only just over a year since Will met Nic on a bus (his car being in the garage for servicing/repairs?) That one certainly was going by a very roundabout route.
Mon, 20 Oct 2008 09:34 GMT, in reply to Mr Snowy in message 5
Probably because Neil was driving.
Indeed it was - the Hollerton Circular (no, really...)
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What an interesting spelling of Felpersham. It reminds me of when Walter and Ned were looking at some old documents and Ned referred to the city as 'Selpersham', because Walter had told him that in old documents the 'S' was printed as an 'F'.
By the way, whatever happened to the PostBus which used to operate?
Not really and interesting way to spell Felpersham - I was actually forgetting the real way it was spelt because there is a poster in the Bull and on the cricket threads who calls herself Phelpa Sham. Slip of the fingers really.
Didn't Walter drive the village bus until his diabetes and eyesight caught up with him?
Damson
Walter was indeed "the village carrier" in the 1950s, which may be an indication of an inadequate bus service even then. In those days "private hire" regulations were considerably less rigid than today and 'private hire vehicle insurance' would have been sufficient to set a full driving holder up in business legally. I well remember Ambridge folk referring to "Walter's bus", which was, of course a mini-bus.
<-n reply to Gene Bailey in message 10
Harry Booker had the Post Bus, too, didn't he?
[Damn, packed archers ref books, cannot check]
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Posted by Gene Bailey (U2924633) on Wednesday, 22nd October 2008
Harry Booker did indeed drive the post bus, Rosie. The AE states that he "showed initiative in swinging the post bus across a field to avoid an attempted robbery....." The AE indicates that he drove the school bus and was a taxi-driver before "training as a postman in 1974....."
Well remembered.....I bet you can't wait to get your ref. books unpacked?
reply to Gene Bailey in message 12
Yep.
At least we don't have a hamster to lose, like Daniel Hebden did.
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Posted by RogerJMBrown (U13229189) on Saturday, 1st November 2008
There must be be a regular one both fast and slow as when Nic went up to the barn and met Clarie she asked if she could walk down to the bus stop with her and that she liked to catch a specific bus as that went the quick way.
So I wonder which bus company would serve the area would it be West Midlands Travel, Stage Coach, First Group or Arriva. In teh old days it would have been Midland Red as there is a picture of a Midland Red Bus at the Bus Stop on the Green.
Oh didn't something happen in the Bus Shelter a while back?
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Posted by Urban 'Reg' Chronotis (U2338993) on Thursday, 6th November 2008
Thu, 06 Nov 2008 22:43 GMT, in reply to RogerJMBrown in message 14
So I wonder which bus company would serve the area would it be West Midlands Travel, Stage Coach, First Group or Arriva. In teh old days it would have been Midland Red as there is a picture of a Midland Red Bus at the Bus Stop on the Green.Â
Is there? The only picture I've seen is of an old Birmingham Corporation bus outside "The Old Bull", which is quite wrong, wherever one decides that Ambridge is!
Since deregulation in 1986, many rural bus services have passed from the big monopolies such as the old Midland Red to smaller independent concerns. Operators listed for Inkberrow are Diamond Bus, Dudleys and Cresswell, none of which I've ever heard of. As there is an entire fictitious county between Glos and Worcs, there is scope for plenty of fictitious bus companies too.
Reg
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