... But First Some Answers to Quiz Time Number 1
1. The symbol for a roundabout is wrong.
It should be a cicle of arrows.
2. As the junction in the full picture confirmed ...
... the symbol on the sign should be a cross (x) for crossroads.
3. It is a one way street ...
... with no admittance. So there should not be a bus stop. In the 1930s contraflow bus lanes had not been invented!
4. Another error round about roundabouts!
Traffic should gyrate in a clockwise direction.
5. The sign is for road narrows ...
... and it doesn't! Or maybe fbb has missed something else.
6. The side road is marked NO ENTRY ...
... but the dark coloured car has passed the sign.
7. On rhe "school" sign (the "torch of education") ...
... the red triangle is upside down.
8. This one strained the memory ...
... but some urban traffic lights were partially controlled by switches under rubber "mats" set in the road surface. The "mat" above is after the junction, so not much use!
9. The large sign would be at the top of a steep downhill section ...
... not at the bottom for uphill traffic!
10. A correct crossroads sign ...
... but with the circle plus triangle topper from a "Halt, major road ahead" sign.
Bonus : It is amazing how stupid the elderly can be; fbb looked at this one for ages and could find nothing.
... but in the 1930s (and today!) traffic lights went ted, amber, green from the top to the bottom.
Big Bother At Baslow?
The tale begins just over a year ago when, in a move that shocked bus watchers, Alf Crofts (owner of Hulleys) took over GoCoach of Sevenoaks. Here are some extracts from the fbb blog at the time.
The boss of GoCoach stayed on as fleer manager of both companies which remained separate entities.
As 2024 began to come to a close, things did not look right at Hulleys. Here is a report from the Derbyshire Times of 17th December.
As late as 27th December notes were appearing every day on social media.
At the same time rumours were circulating amongst bus watchers in Sheffield that several vehicles in the fleet (or TWO vehicles or ONE vehicle, rumours vary as usual) had been repossessed by the Lessor as lease fees remained unpaid.
The rumour was that the difficulties were caused by a shortage of buses.
Rumours are never 100% reliable.
The conclusion reached was that Hulleys was in a bit of financial bother.
Then employees of GoCoach received this letter. 
It cannot be easily read on-screen as it is a picture not a PDF.
In essence, it reports that cash had been leeched away from GoCoach to fund Hulleys and the directors of GoCoach had regained control of their company.
Austin Blackburn would revert to his position as boss of GoCoach and sever the links with Hulleys.
The letter also apologised for the fact that there would be no Christmas Bonus for GoCoach employees this year because of the "problems".
So it does rather look like bad tidings of no joy for the Baslow operation.
It is known that Stagecoach wanted to buy Hulleys when Alf Crofts did his deal, so might we see Stagecoach buses trundling along the leafy lanes of Derbyshire later in the new year?
Hmmm?
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"NOT the Advent Calendar", but ...
The
CHRIST -mas
Criss-muss
Confusion
Critique 29
Always Missing From the Christmas Story
But it should be there!
As well as Anna, the aged prophetess, this man was lurking in the Temple when Mary and Joseph took Jesus to the ceremony of "Purification"
At that time there was a man named Simeon living in Jerusalem. He was a good, God-fearing man and was waiting for Israel to be saved. The Holy Spirit was with him and had assured him that he would not die before he had seen the Lord's promised Messiah. Led by the Spirit, Simeon went into the Temple. When the parents brought the child Jesus into the Temple to do for him what the Law required, Simeon took the child ...
If that happened today, the police would be called!
But Simeon, convinced that this particular child was the one, had important things to say.
And they were very disturbing things for Joseph and Mary
They were not pretty at all
To be concluded.
Please note : due to incompetence, the Advent non-Calendat started late. It will conclude on Twelfth Night, the official end of Christmas.
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Tales of a Tunnel blog : Mon 30th Dec
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