tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post3420988476825802771..comments2024-03-29T08:14:43.839+00:00Comments on Public Transport Experience: Just the Ticket Part 1fatbusblokehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06833340546527596517noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post-18109323643550477832022-01-01T10:06:17.136+00:002022-01-01T10:06:17.136+00:00I received a Bellographic ticket from Roland Oswal...I received a Bellographic ticket from Roland Oswald Simonds of Botesdale when traveling from Norwich to Diss on a Commer Avenger circa 1972/3. His grandsons still work that route albeit with more modern vehicles and ticket equipment. SEV 777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post-74055505434322239192021-12-31T17:45:41.970+00:002021-12-31T17:45:41.970+00:00I can recall receiving a Bellgraphic ticket from t...I can recall receiving a Bellgraphic ticket from the driver of a West Wales Leyland Leopard for a journey from Swansea to Llandovery, during the winter of 1976/77.RC169https://www.blogger.com/profile/03921368833118123055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post-56815773500193700772021-12-31T17:00:56.855+00:002021-12-31T17:00:56.855+00:00Hulleys fianlly abandoned Bellgraphics in the late...Hulleys fianlly abandoned Bellgraphics in the late 1970s when Control Systems stopped printing the tickets- their specialist design meant that no other printer was able (and allowed under patent??) to print them.Dennis Dratnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post-74588217304819800892021-12-31T12:16:12.996+00:002021-12-31T12:16:12.996+00:00Bellgraphic machines were pretty rare by the late ...Bellgraphic machines were pretty rare by the late sixties, or, perhaps, I didn't often use small independents. Following on from yesterday's blog, the only Bellgraphic tickets I recall getting were from Hulley's, where I don't think they survived decimalisation. Hulley's current machines are also unusual, being from Transmach.Frankfroghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13403026066646366579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post-66808792628455456412021-12-31T12:12:12.171+00:002021-12-31T12:12:12.171+00:001. Capital Transport do not, I think, deal with Am...1. Capital Transport do not, I think, deal with Amazon (quite right too as long as they treat their staff and some suppliers as they do) but Capital's own web ordering page is excellent and quick.And,as small publisher, they need and deserve our support.<br />2. The disadvantage of the Bellgraphic was its limited capacity- for obvious reasons conductors didn't have access to the machine, which could only issue 500 tickets (700 on later models). A second machine, or ready facilities to do a swap, were thus necessary. Many Tilling and BET operators used them unitl the Setright appeared post-war, and on busy urban services in the 1940s it would not take long for a conductor to issue 500 tickets.Dennis Dratnoreply@blogger.com