(12 Jan 2017, 3:13 pm)MurdnunoC wrote I have a cousin (and uncle) named John Moore who, like me, lived in the Blaydon/Winlaton area. I don't know where he lives now but I wonder whether it's the same person?

(12 Jan 2017, 7:36 pm)Andreos1 wrote You never know?! Tis a small world!

It's at this point, the magic of TV fails to transfer in to the world of online bus forums. If this was TV, we would have unveiled your cousin (and uncle) and caught the look of shock on your face. Before taking you all back stage for a catch up and cup of tea.

(12 Jan 2017, 8:43 pm)MurdnunoC wrote Given their proximity to the location where the photo was taken (at a guess - The Summerhill), I'd lay money on it being one of the two (or another member of their immediate family).

As for the reunion, we were never that close to begin with (though not in an acrimonious way) so I'd probably decline as we'd have very little to say to one another. My parents may still get christmas cards of them but that's about the extent of it.

(30 Jan 2017, 11:23 pm)Andreos1 wrote https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1826560974250028&substory_index=0&id=1654885448084249

Can anyone work out which station it is?

(01 Feb 2017, 10:57 pm)Adrian wrote Picked up these recently. Hundreds of pages worth of nostalgia inside.





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(01 Feb 2017, 10:57 pm)Adrian wrote Picked up these recently. Hundreds of pages worth of nostalgia inside.





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(02 Feb 2017, 9:15 am)Andreos1 wrote I think I have mentioned before, that my Grandma had stacks of timetables and books. Amongst them, there was stuff very similar to these. 

If I remember correctly, the front of the older guide used the same T&W image for a few years. Replaced by the revised cover for a few years.

When she died nearly 24 years ago, the folks binned the lot.
I'd spend many a visit with my head buried reading these, even the obsolete ones.

(02 Feb 2017, 9:26 am)Adrian wrote I've got the two now, but unfortunately finding them at a reasonable price is few and far between.

I might start scanning bits and pieces out of them as a regular throwback feature or something. It'd certainly link to our impending relaunched Bygone Era.

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(10 May 2017, 12:50 pm)Andreos1 wrote http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/gallery/old-photographs-graffiti-scenes-newcastle-13012894

Tyneside Graffiti Nostalgia

(10 May 2017, 4:35 pm)MurdnunoC wrote All that 80s/90s graffiti and not one photo of 'Inch'.

(12 May 2017, 11:28 am)Andreos1 wrote There's got to be a joke about the size of those tags...

(01 Jun 2018, 1:03 pm)James101 wrote Yesterday I spend the day roving Nottingham which is a haven for all things Scania. Something I've wanted to do for a while is sample their reasonably rare Scania Omnitowns. A small bit of nostalgia that caught my eye was the bell-presses, pictured. The last time I'd seen one in that style was on a Mk2 Lynx.

My initial though was they were just whatever East Lancs had lying around the time when they were built (2004). However I later rode on a 2011 Omnidekka which featured the same stop-bells. Does anybody know if/why this is something Nottingham specify? Also of note was the plate at the front of these Omnidekkas identified the body as an Optare, along with all the glazing being branded Optare. While I understand ELC eventually became Optare, I never realised the 'classic' Omnidekka design (i.e the style of GNE's ex-Brighton stock) was eventually an Optare product.

Sorry for the apparent blur in the picture. It turns out as well as being quirky as you like, Nottingham's Omnitowns have the ride qualities of a breeze-block.

(19 Aug 2013, 11:47 am)MurdnunoC wrote Or that snail maze game accessible by pressing B and up on the D-pad.  Alex Kidd was SMS2; SMS1 was Super Hang On (I think). Out of the three, the snail maze game was easily the best; the accompanying music was quite catchy too.

I bet your Sega didn't have Super Mario Bros.3; the Legend of Zelda or the Adventure of Link.


I seem to remember that perms were en-vogue too. But, yeah, that's a pretty accurate description of how lasses were dressed at my local youth club too.