tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611055706073214403.post8313108490631319861..comments2024-03-27T18:21:45.182+00:00Comments on Unmitigated England: Single Decker, Double JoyPeter Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00027878122724846472noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611055706073214403.post-75289695345613691492011-07-06T19:39:35.626+01:002011-07-06T19:39:35.626+01:00I seem to remember that John Betjeman favoured the...I seem to remember that John Betjeman favoured the 'shewn' spelling. No doubt he liked the Biblical flavour of this form.Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611055706073214403.post-44444464751855209632011-07-06T14:20:30.945+01:002011-07-06T14:20:30.945+01:00Love the Eastern Counties Norwich poster.Love the Eastern Counties Norwich poster.Wartime Housewifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13337425530017564079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611055706073214403.post-78846105990066079172011-07-06T07:13:54.207+01:002011-07-06T07:13:54.207+01:00Very Biblical, that 'shewn'. I like moquet...Very Biblical, that 'shewn'. I like moquette, prickly or otherwise, and very pleased that the Transport Museum for U, or whatever it's called in Covent Garden, are marketing the fabrics. So now you can have a sofa upholstered like a Routemaster bus. Honest.Peter Ashleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00027878122724846472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611055706073214403.post-49086882674255303192011-07-05T23:02:30.291+01:002011-07-05T23:02:30.291+01:00I always recall the signs in our local buses that ...I always recall the signs in our local buses that read, "All season tickets must be shewn." I never saw that spelling anywhere else. Those moquette seat covers were very prickly as I recall and only slightly better than the plastic-type seat coverings.awhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03952972062354370535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611055706073214403.post-2161300372781690542011-07-05T09:49:27.616+01:002011-07-05T09:49:27.616+01:00Leicester Corporation buses had 'No Spitting&#...Leicester Corporation buses had 'No Spitting' above the windows at the top of the stairs. I think it was because of the contemporary risk of catching TB off somebody's misguided sputum. What character these buses (and coaches) had. Lincolnshire Road Car still exist, and still have a half decent green and yellow livery I think.Peter Ashleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00027878122724846472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611055706073214403.post-58348387585065793992011-07-04T22:21:13.779+01:002011-07-04T22:21:13.779+01:00I like all those notices in old buses. I can't...I like all those notices in old buses. I can't remember which buses in my childhood had notices saying 'Please refrain from spitting'; maybe it was the vehicles of the wonderfully named Lincolnshire Road Car Company. I hope you minded your heads 'when leaving seat'.Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611055706073214403.post-35547177637435632232011-07-04T17:49:20.189+01:002011-07-04T17:49:20.189+01:00Modern buses don't have that lovely fusty smel...Modern buses don't have that lovely fusty smell of those green ones from my childhood memory. I reckon the smell must have been from the cigarette and pipe fumes that seeped into those moquette covered seats over the years.The Vintage Knitterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03479653990888198151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611055706073214403.post-29074242120487706542011-07-04T17:04:32.953+01:002011-07-04T17:04:32.953+01:00Me too Ron.Me too Ron.Peter Ashleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00027878122724846472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611055706073214403.post-90954094521173118362011-07-04T16:21:40.226+01:002011-07-04T16:21:40.226+01:00"Smokers are requested to occupy rear seats&q..."Smokers are requested to occupy rear seats" - wonderful stuff. Always been a big fan of passive (and active) smoking.Ron Combohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05270358674385406494noreply@blogger.com