Bro Green On His Way (mini blog)
Brother Green, resident at the Hospital of St Cross, Winchester, is on the first stages of his round Great Britain bus trip. The map ...
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This is not a race and Bro Green explains ...
There are, John proffers, several reasons for his trip.
An on-line funding App is available.
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But he has each day meticulously planned as below showing the first few days..jpg)
On Friday, then, we see him setting off from Brighton on the bus to Eastbourne, the first stage of his trek to Dover.
Yesterday was Bank Holiday which may explain why he was arriving in Dover on Friday and departing from Deal yesterday..jpg)
So why no bus from Dover to Deal?
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This is the realm of Stagecoach's service 80/81 collection. The Company web site only offers a Monday to Friday service on route 80 etc ....jpg)
.. .with no evidence of buses on Saturday, Sunday and Bank Holidays. But a Sunday and Bank Holiday service operates on the 81..jpg)
So it is not clear why the Bussing Brother has to be transported, Star Trek style, between Dover and Deal.
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Hopefully we may get the detail in due course.
Whatever the cause of the interruption to his encircling endeavours, yesterday he was due to arrive at Canterbury.
Well, it used to look like that!
The Brother is scheduled to take eight weeks for his leisurely (?) trip and fbb will not attempt to log every stage. From time to time, as information filters through the ether (IF information so filters), fbb will offer a comment or two
Nostalgia Snippet
One of farewell party at Winchester bus station was the lady illustrated below..jpg)
And who she, pray?.jpg)
Glorious!
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Cloak : Chasuble : Cassock
Mrs fbb, a world expert on ceremonial ecclesiastical political attire (???), assures fbb that Brother Green does not wear a "cloak" as part of his uniform.
The Hospital calls it a "robe". 
fbb thinks that technically it is a Cassock ; not to be confused with a Hassock ...
... kneeling for the knees.
New And Empty 379
Forming yesterday's 1655 to Beer. As there has been no publicity, this SuBH service, a clone of Axe Valley's 885, would expect to be lightly loaded. 
fbb will sample the service on Sunday next for a more complete report
Nobody alighted. Nobody boarded. The person on the trolley was a passer-by passing by. Also, note the big bus to cope with the crowds.
Tomorrow he examines technology in West Sussex!
Next bus stop blog : Weds 7th May
There is a half hourly bus service 81 between Dover and Deal.
ReplyDeleteI am sure that I have read of women bus drivers pre WW2 with small family firms.
ReplyDeleteFemale bus drivers were recruited during WW2. Some carried on driving after the war.
ReplyDeleteSome companies also employed women to drive buses, trams and trolleybuses during the Second World War - at one point, 60% of Ipswich Corporation's trolleybus staff were female. Although most left driving during the later 1940s as men returned to the workforce, a few held on - Glasgow allowed women to drive trams until the end in 1962 (although not buses, as they were considered to heavy for a woman to steer).
ReplyDeleteSet aside the above examples. This is probably journalistic shorthand.
ReplyDeleteMary Curry is well known in Winchester as Hants & Dorset's first lady bus driver, having been a popular conductor with King Alfred Buses, until their services were taken on by H&D in 1973.