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James101



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19 Apr 2020, 10:22 pm #29
(19 Apr 2020, 8:58 pm)col87 My earliest memory was at Primary school in Hartlepool just when Stagecoach had took over Hartlepool Transport. I can't remember why but stagecoach where at the school and it was my first experience of been on a Volvo B10 and finding it a new experience from the REs Nationals and Falcons at the time.  During break I would often see the buses use the stop opposite the school as a layover point and watch as the driver used to change the destination by winding though all the place names.  Was an exciting time as young bus enthusiast seeing the all different types of bus and 3 different liverys at the time. The stagecoach stripes  the Hartlepool Transport Maroon and cream and the yellow and orange of Tees and Distract.  Of course I never knew at the time that they was a big change happening in the town's bus network with a load of services changing and the slow demise of the Bristol RE.

We must have went to school around the same time as I also remember them bringing a new Volvo down as a PR exercise encouraging good behaviour on school buses. What sticks in my mind is someone (presumably a teacher) asking about these new mobile phone thingys and the Stagecoach employee explaining they were allowed to answer a call while driving just to say they’d call them back when they were on break!
James101
19 Apr 2020, 10:22 pm #29

(19 Apr 2020, 8:58 pm)col87 My earliest memory was at Primary school in Hartlepool just when Stagecoach had took over Hartlepool Transport. I can't remember why but stagecoach where at the school and it was my first experience of been on a Volvo B10 and finding it a new experience from the REs Nationals and Falcons at the time.  During break I would often see the buses use the stop opposite the school as a layover point and watch as the driver used to change the destination by winding though all the place names.  Was an exciting time as young bus enthusiast seeing the all different types of bus and 3 different liverys at the time. The stagecoach stripes  the Hartlepool Transport Maroon and cream and the yellow and orange of Tees and Distract.  Of course I never knew at the time that they was a big change happening in the town's bus network with a load of services changing and the slow demise of the Bristol RE.

We must have went to school around the same time as I also remember them bringing a new Volvo down as a PR exercise encouraging good behaviour on school buses. What sticks in my mind is someone (presumably a teacher) asking about these new mobile phone thingys and the Stagecoach employee explaining they were allowed to answer a call while driving just to say they’d call them back when they were on break!

 
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Memories - by Andreos1 - 02 Jul 2013, 6:21 pm
RE: Memories - by Adrian - 02 Jul 2013, 8:07 pm
RE: Memories - by Andreos1 - 02 Jul 2013, 10:45 pm
RE: Memories - by Adrian - 03 Jul 2013, 8:10 am
RE: Memories - by Michael - 03 Jul 2013, 8:25 am
RE: Memories - by Andreos1 - 03 Jul 2013, 7:01 pm
RE: Memories - by cbma06 - 03 Jul 2013, 8:36 am
RE: Memories - by MurdnunoC - 03 Jul 2013, 3:08 pm
RE: Memories - by Chris - 09 Jul 2013, 12:24 pm
RE: Memories - by Andreos1 - 05 Feb 2016, 11:52 am
RE: Memories - by MurdnunoC - 09 Jul 2013, 9:12 pm
RE: Memories - by Andreos1 - 09 Jul 2013, 9:42 pm
RE: Memories - by MurdnunoC - 09 Jul 2013, 9:55 pm
RE: Memories - by Chris - 10 Jul 2013, 12:05 pm
RE: Memories - by MurdnunoC - 10 Jul 2013, 12:21 pm
RE: Memories - by Andreos1 - 10 Jul 2013, 12:31 pm
RE: Memories - by Chris - 10 Jul 2013, 12:46 pm
RE: Memories - by MurdnunoC - 10 Jul 2013, 1:15 pm
RE: Memories - by Andreos1 - 18 Jan 2016, 1:02 pm
RE: Memories - by NK53 TKT - 18 Jan 2016, 6:47 pm
RE: Memories - by Andreos1 - 21 Jun 2017, 11:55 am
RE: Memories - by James101 - 21 Jun 2017, 1:54 pm
RE: Memories - by Malarkey - 11 Nov 2018, 9:30 pm
RE: Memories - by Adrian - 18 Nov 2018, 4:21 pm
RE: Memories - by Malarkey - 18 Nov 2018, 4:41 pm
RE: Memories - by Andreos1 - 03 Apr 2020, 4:35 pm
RE: Memories - by col87 - 19 Apr 2020, 8:58 pm
RE: Memories - by streetdeckfan - 19 Apr 2020, 10:14 pm
RE: Memories - by James101 - 19 Apr 2020, 10:22 pm
RE: Memories - by col87 - 20 Apr 2020, 3:14 pm
RE: Memories - by Ambassador - 20 Apr 2020, 3:42 pm
RE: Memories - by Charles41 - 20 Apr 2020, 5:18 pm
RE: Memories - by LVK 404L - 20 Apr 2020, 6:08 pm
RE: Memories - by Andreos1 - 20 Apr 2020, 6:35 pm
RE: Memories - by LVK 404L - 20 Apr 2020, 6:46 pm
RE: Memories - by Charles41 - 20 Apr 2020, 6:54 pm
RE: Memories - by Andreos1 - 15 Jul 2021, 7:56 am
RE: Memories - by Andreos1 - 24 Jan 2022, 2:14 pm
RE: Memories - by MurdnunoC - 24 Jan 2022, 3:31 pm
RE: Memories - by Andreos1 - 24 Jan 2022, 4:59 pm
RE: Memories - by MurdnunoC - 24 Jan 2022, 7:44 pm
RE: Memories - by Andreos1 - 24 Jan 2022, 11:36 pm
RE: Memories - by L469 YVK - 24 Jan 2022, 10:02 pm
RE: Memories - by Andreos1 - 24 Jan 2022, 11:51 pm