(16 Jan 2016, 8:16 pm)DanPicken wrote [ -> ]Found it "Our \highwayman Switcha ticket lets you hop on any of our buses at Gateshead Interchange or Metrocentre to continue your journey to Newcastle. Buy it on your Highwayman bus and at just £2 a ticket, it's a steal!" 7th November 2010 edition of Highwayman Timetable.
Its also in the 25th January 2009 edition.
(16 Jan 2016, 8:18 pm)S813 FVK wrote [ -> ]Its also in the 25th January 2009 edition.
Thought it must of been in an older one as it's in a different position on the 7/11/2010 edition.
Still waiting for this highwayman backstory to be ratified.
'It's a steal' is clearly a marketing phrase designed to emphasise value for money.
(16 Jan 2016, 8:25 pm)MurdnunoC wrote [ -> ]Still waiting for this highwayman backstory to be ratified.
'It's a steal' is clearly a marketing phrase designed to emphasise value for money.
Your sarcasm is really starting to annoy me if I'm honest...
(16 Jan 2016, 8:30 pm)LeeCalder wrote [ -> ]Your sarcasm is really starting to annoy me if I'm honest...
Dick Turpin was a Highwayman, just so we can clarify what a Highwayman is.... and Highwaymen wore 'pirate hats' and a cape... Which is kind of what the Highwayman logo looked like!!!!!
And you stated the history in Lobley Hill.
(16 Jan 2016, 8:30 pm)LeeCalder wrote [ -> ]Your sarcasm is really starting to annoy me if I'm honest...
Dick Turpin was a Highwayman, just so we can clarify what a Highwayman is.... and Highwaymen wore 'pirate hats' and a cape... Which is kind of what the Highwayman logo looked like!!!!!
I wasn't being sarcastic, more sardonic to be honest.
(16 Jan 2016, 8:33 pm)DanPicken wrote [ -> ]That means what now.
It's a fishy sort of humour based on Sardines.
(16 Jan 2016, 8:33 pm)DanPicken wrote [ -> ]That means what now.
To be mockingly sarcastic. Look it up.
Dick Turpin was a Highwayman, just so we can clarify what a Highwayman is.... and Highwaymen wore 'pirate hats' and a cape... Which is kind of what the Highwayman logo looked like!!!!!
Highwaymen used to steal from people who were travelling by road, but disappeared from English roads when people no longer travelled with a lot of money... so maybe it isn't a marketing phrase?!?
(16 Jan 2016, 7:36 pm)LeeCalder wrote [ -> ]Granted, the Coast and Country is eye catching, and looks pretty decent. But, the "Lime" brand was established, people recognised it. As we both know, the late former Go North East Managing Director, Peter Huntley who I believe was truly inspirational in the way he turned Go North East around stated that brands should be refreshed every five years, however, refreshing and changing the name are two completely different things. People are far more likely to say "Get the Lime bus" than "Get the Coast and Country bus" because chances are, you'll forget Coast and Country, because it isn't catchy.
If someone uses a bus service on a regular basis then chances are they will remember the name, because most people are fairly aware of what is going on around them and if they are seeing the same thing regularly it tends to stick in their mind...not to mention the publicity surrounding the launch of the brand would also surely mean those using it would remember there was a change of name. If they don't use it on a regular basis, then they probably will forget, but for how often they use it, it wouldn't matter anyway!
(16 Jan 2016, 8:34 pm)LeeCalder wrote [ -> ]Dick Turpin was a Highwayman, just so we can clarify what a Highwayman is.... and Highwaymen wore 'pirate hats' and a cape... Which is kind of what the Highwayman logo looked like!!!!!
Highwaymen used to steal from people who were travelling by road, but disappeared from English roads when people no longer travelled with a lot of money... so maybe it isn't a marketing phrase?!?
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(16 Jan 2016, 8:41 pm)peter wrote [ -> ]If someone uses a bus service on a regular basis then chances are they will remember the name, because most people are fairly aware of what is going on around them and if they are seeing the same thing regularly it tends to stick in their mind...not to mention the publicity surrounding the launch of the brand would also surely mean those using it would remember there was a change of name. If they don't use it on a regular basis, then they probably will forget, but for how often they use it, it wouldn't matter anyway!
I'm referring to visitors to the area, not locals....
(16 Jan 2016, 8:43 pm)LeeCalder wrote [ -> ]I'm referring to visitors to the area, not locals....
A visitor to an area is unlikely to remember the service's number or name at all, be it ''Lime'' or ''Coast & Country''. One my teachers still thinks of the 4, as the 194 and 294, and she hasn't travelled on either service for years.
(16 Jan 2016, 8:43 pm)LeeCalder wrote [ -> ]I'm referring to visitors to the area, not locals....
There is always the route number which is often the first thing people see on an approaching bus.
If that is the case, then what is the point in branding it then?
I might as well disagree with myself, it will save everyone else doing it for me....
(16 Jan 2016, 8:47 pm)LeeCalder wrote [ -> ]If that is the case, then what is the point in branding it then?
I might as well disagree with myself, it will save everyone else doing it for me....
May aswell bring back the RYB livery.
(16 Jan 2016, 8:34 pm)MurdnunoC wrote [ -> ]It's a fishy sort of humour based on Sardines.
Now big'un has the giggles.
(16 Jan 2016, 8:45 pm)R852 PRG wrote [ -> ]A visitor to an area is unlikely to remember the service's number or name at all, be it ''Lime'' or ''Coast & Country''. One my teachers still thinks of the 4, as the 194 and 294, and she hasn't travelled on either service for years.
So do I. I completely missed the phase when they were all M something or other. In my mind, M1, M2 etc were the mini buses from the metrocentre to the likes of Chopwell, Rowlands Gill etc. in the mid 90s, since I caught one of them to work, for a while.