Via Headingley - Looking Back
The above rather fuzzy map shows the tram route via Otley Road.
The tram above is passing Headingley Hill Congregationsl Church en route between Headingley and Leeds City Centre. The building still stands and is (a) magnificent and (b) ...
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... was closed.
The small remaining congregation merged with another church in 1978 and moved to the centre of Headingley. A Pentecostal congregation moved in, but it, too, declined and closed. The building (listed) will be converted int flats but retain its frontage.
Leeds obtained some Feltham trams from Londin Transport ...
... here serving route 1 to Laenswood via Headingley. The route bore that number from 1929 onwards. See map above.
When the tram service was replaced by buses, the number remained as route 1...
... but buses ran through the city to Beeston.
Headingley itself had the privilege of "short workings".
When fbb attended Yorkshire area Crusader bible class Leaders meetings at Headingley, he noted that the No 1 bus stood right outsidet Leeds City station and would take him directly to the door. His senior co-leader, however, insisted on driving so fbb never enjoyed a ride on the Corporation route 1.
The service fell into the hands of First Bus and was later extended to new development at Holt Park.
Yes, there is a number "1" nearly hidden at the left hand edge of the "blind" display but thanks to the joys of dot-matrix technology, it is hard to read.
Whilst Bradford, Huddersfield and Halifax retain their standard First Bus route maps ...
... the bus passenger Loiners were provided with something different. Somebody (PTE, City Council???) had a better idea. Instead of easy to follow separate colours for each main city route, the cunning plan was to group services in "lines".
So service 1 because part of the MID BLUE Headigley Line. Here is a map of that network.
Close inspection reveal that routes 1 and 6 to Holt Park have a little GREEN "flash" against their BLUE number. That's because First had only recently, pre network branding, equipped the 1 and 6 with buses in their Leeds City livery with GREEN wedges for Holt Patk!
Note also the dotted line disappearing off the map top centre. Although it doesn't count as part of the Headingley Line because it is limited stop, it will become important in tomorrow's posting. That's because the dotted line is the X84.
But, despite attempts by all concerned to bamboozle tha travelling public, route 1 ran from City to Lawnsood via Headingley from 1929 without a break - only 5 years short of a century of service along that "line".
There are many reasons why a bus operator abandons long standing bus route numbers.
1. The actual roads served have changed significantly.
2. The operator wants to "hide" a service reduction.
3. To amuse the route planners who have nothing else to do.
4. To entice passengers with a bold new brand.
5. To avoid route number duplication or some other confusiion.
Of the above, 2 and 5 seem the motivation for recent Leeds changes which include our friend the X84. Only 1 and 5 are vaguely acceptable and have been greatly implemented by Stagecoach (and others), especially for smaller town networks.
Please Note
Because of the complexity of the X84 saga, fbb has split the closing stages of the blog into three "easy to uderstand" (???) smaller (not necessarily "mini") blogs.
The Trouble With Shops ....jpg)
... is that the internet is so much faster!
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At 1655 on Saturday 16th inst, Mrs fbb rang up her local children's bookshop, illustrated above, to buy this ...
... as a prezzy for daughter-in-law who is not a child and it is not a children's book.
"I know the one," quoth the shop's efficient propietrix, Jenny," I will order it now and it will be here on Monday!". That's 18th inst, by the way.
And it was!
PTO - Peterville Terraforming Operation
The Bill Bodge and Fred Fudge Quick Guide to Scenery
The carriage shed and engine shed have, after a long delay, been re-installed at Peterville ...
... complete with typical steam loco muck and sludge. The engine shed and siding (with blue shunter) can be removed to provide a small work bench for the chubby one.
But there is a gap!
Install a hardboard offcut base cut roughly (VERY roughly) to shape ...
... and cover with chunks of packing foam hacked to shape with Mrs fbb's breadknife.
Wait and weight until the glue has set!
More soon!
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Today, the fbbs are off on one of their occasional "Royal Progress" trips to the Isle of Wight. This is entirely by public transport. The planning has been slightly more challenging than Blondin's traverse of Niagara Falls by bicycle!
Whether the fbbs' plans are as successful as those of Jean Francois Gravelet ...
... will be duly reported in a future blog.
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Next X84 blog : Saturday 23rd November
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