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buses

Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 4:12 pm
by lynn
the economic was maroon. used to get it from lizzard laneor by marsden inn or get one on coast road at marsden

Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 4:33 pm
by baldy.smith
I spent many an hour in the Economic garage at the Bents, Seaburn. I had two relatives who worked on them for several years. We lived in Whitburn Village at the time.

I was also run over by one on the Coast Road, just up from the New Crown. My friend who was with me at the time was killed in the incident.

The Economic buses were thoroughly covered in a topic some time back and photos of them were posted.

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Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 4:41 pm
by lynn
so what was the colour ??????

Re: bus

Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 4:43 pm
by baldy.smith
lynn wrote:so what was the colour ??????
I've already said in two of my posts above "Maroon" with a broad cream stripe.


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Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 4:45 pm
by lynn
OOOOHHHH :oops:

Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 4:47 pm
by brian c
Look if your going to quibble over red and maroon I'll sulk.


At least I got the cream right though.

:confused3:

Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 4:47 pm
by baldy.smith
WOMEN! AAAAARRGH! :lol: :lol: :lol:

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Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 4:49 pm
by brian c
Who are you calling a woman :?:

Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 4:53 pm
by baldy.smith
You if you like Brian :lol:

I think you are better at trains than you are at buses :lol: :lol:

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Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 5:05 pm
by brian c
True

Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 5:15 pm
by Babooshka
All I remember is the bus we got to Sunderland was BLUE!!! :lol:
Maybe it wasn't an Economic after all

Back to the subject !

Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 8:48 pm
by gag
North Street Youth Club - Remember it well folks. Did a gig there with my band, (around 1967-68), and we were glad to get out of the place. We were offered practice nights there on a regular basis but turned the offer down. As for the buses, I remember the old Economic as being maroon/cream coloured, Northern Buses were Red, Newcastle Buses were yellow and Shields buses were blue with the town crest on the side.

Cheers.
gag.

Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2007 1:00 pm
by chris collins
can anybody say what the youth club in richmond rd was?, went there sometimes in late 60s

Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2007 4:47 pm
by Delilahcat
A number of people from my school went to Talbot Road Methodist Church Youth Club which may be the one you are thinking of. They had a reunion not so long ago.

Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2007 10:03 pm
by Axeman
I can remember when the old farm house on the edge of Blackberry Hills/Dorset Ave was turned into a youth club for a while.

Basically a derelict house, but someone chucked some chairs and a Snooker table in and started charging kids to hang about there. :lol:

I don't think it was there very long.

I think a nursery school is on the site now.

Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2007 10:11 pm
by gag
aye Axeman, I can remember that old house and it was a youth club for a while. I cannot remember what they called it though.

cheers.
gag

Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2007 10:14 pm
by Cisco
I can remember that old farm Axeman when I was kid, was it not beside a school (infants)

The Palladium.

Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2007 10:14 pm
by gag
My uncle John, (Jarrow Petes old mate), used to be a projectionist at the Palladium. He joined the army shortly after it closed.

cheers.
gag

Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2007 11:13 pm
by Axeman
Cisco wrote:I can remember that old farm Axeman when I was kid, was it not beside a school (infants)
Yep Harton Downhill Infants.

Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 10:37 pm
by Barney
chris collins wrote:can anybody say what the youth club in richmond rd was?, went there sometimes in late 60s
Hi Chris,

Delilahcat is correct, the club was Talbot Road Methodist Club.
I went there quite a bit in the mid '70's myself.
Shame I missed the reunion. I would have loved to have reconnected with some of the characters there. Especially Alice Wyberg!!! :wink:

:lol:

Aye - them wuz the daze!!!!! :lol: :lol: :lol:

"Malice to Pallas at the all-night Palace with Alice!"