Bus Passes......

[esteemedjuju]

I knew they'd finish cause hubby and I just turned 60 and have got the forms to send for pass

[Royboy39]

Originally Posted by Bernard Dawson

I was at the LGA conference a few weeks ago when it was discussed, and there was no support for the bus pass being means tested.

As for the youngsters and black looks.I would think there is a lot more chance that we've been subsidising some of them over the years, rather then the other way around.

Bernard....when you enter the phase of senility as I have been accused of many times on this forum, you realise that the ones younger than you have been brought up to accept hand outs as a way of life.
I qualify for a bus pass but as of now I have not claimed it and I would think that many pensioners with cars dont claim the right to a bus pass.
If you can get about under your own steam and are fit enough to do so, why subject yourself to a means test.
Too many governing busybodies paid a lot of money for coming up with hairbrained ideas for persons they think are too old to realise that they are being hoodwinked..........did not come from my school.

[Margaret Pilkington]

Originally Posted by esteemedjuju

I knew they'd finish cause hubby and I just turned 60 and have got the forms to send for pass

Fill them in and send them off....get what you can while you can.
You have paid for it over the years.

[Margaret Pilkington]

Royboy, in many ways you are right....the young have been brought up to accept that they have the right to certain hand outs......whereas, we the older section of the community, were taught to stand on our own feet and not ask for anything.

Although we have a car, we do use our bus passes.......mainly because it costs money to go places, and then money to park...so using the bus now and then allows us to travel to places that my hubby would not drive to.
Whatever we would have paid in the cost of travel is spent on lunch, so we are improving the economy of the places we visit by patronising the pub or restaurant....and I thought the government wanted more of us to leave our cars at home.....if that is the case they had better make the transport system much more economic and user friendly.
It now costs nearly £2 to get from Clayton le moors to Accrington...one way.
If that is not highway robbery I don't know what is.

[West Ender]

I've never applied for my bus pass because I drive everywhere and find walking a bit difficult. I rarely go into town, since I retired, and most of the places I want to go to are outside the town centre anyway. I will get round to it before too long, they won't stop the concessions just yet.

[shillelagh]

Originally Posted by Royboy39

I qualify for a bus pass but as of now I have not claimed it and I would think that many pensioners with cars dont claim the right to a bus pass.
If you can get about under your own steam and are fit enough to do so, why subject yourself to a means test.

I didnt know you lived in lancashire royboy ...


You are eligible for a Concessionary Travel NoWcard if you live in Lancashire (including Blackpool and Blackburn with Darwen) and

• You are aged 60+or
• You are:
  • Blind or partially sighted;
  • Profoundly or severely deaf;
  • Without speech;
  • Long term disability or injury which seriously impairs the ability to walk;
  • Without the long-term use of both arms;
  • Significant degree of learning disability;
  • Would, if applied for a driving licence, be refused on physical fitness grounds.

taken from lancashire county council website
Concessionary travel

[shillelagh]

i get strange looks when i get on the bus using my pass .. especially when i sit at the front of the bus ... but usually i get them off pensioners!!!!

[cashman]

Originally Posted by Royboy39

Bernard....when you enter the phase of senility as I have been accused of many times on this forum, you realise that the ones younger than you have been brought up to accept hand outs as a way of life.
I qualify for a bus pass but as of now I have not claimed it and I would think that many pensioners with cars dont claim the right to a bus pass.
If you can get about under your own steam and are fit enough to do so, why subject yourself to a means test.
Too many governing busybodies paid a lot of money for coming up with hairbrained ideas for persons they think are too old to realise that they are being hoodwinked..........did not come from my school.

theres no means test at all roy, ya just fill a very small form in along wi a photo n its sent away few weeks later yer pass lands, we use ours occasionally like margaret says, costs a bomb to park, n we have lunch or a snack etc wi that money. the elderly get little enough IMHO, n most have worked all there lives, so what little they can have, i think its daft not to.

[Royboy39]

[quote=shillelagh;734401]I didnt know you lived in lancashire royboy ...
Cheap shot Jen
I can, and probably will move back back to Lancashire when the mood takes me.
I dont claim many thing which I am entitled to, like pensions credits, Council Tax Rebates or rent rebates.
I dont live in England but if i I did, it would cost you as taxpayer a hell of a lot more to subsidise me and my family to live in the UK

[Bernard Dawson]

Originally Posted by Royboy39

Bernard....when you enter the phase of senility as I have been accused of many times on this forum, you realise that the ones younger than you have been brought up to accept hand outs as a way of life.
I qualify for a bus pass but as of now I have not claimed it and I would think that many pensioners with cars dont claim the right to a bus pass.
If you can get about under your own steam and are fit enough to do so, why subject yourself to a means test.
Too many governing busybodies paid a lot of money for coming up with hairbrained ideas for persons they think are too old to realise that they are being hoodwinked..........did not come from my school.

I think a lot of people don't claim the bus pass,because as you say they probably think they are not really entitled to it. Even though no doubt they have worked all their working life, and are perfectly entitled to a bus pass.

I suppose we are part of a generation where the thinking was that anything you wanted, you had to work for it. And the concept of someone giving you a free bus pass, is just alien to a lot of that generation.

[shillelagh]

[quote=Royboy39;734418]

Originally Posted by shillelagh

I didnt know you lived in lancashire royboy ...
Cheap shot Jen
I can, and probably will move back back to Lancashire when the mood takes me.
I dont claim many thing which I am entitled to, like pensions credits, Council Tax Rebates or rent rebates.
I dont live in England but if i I did, it would cost you as taxpayer a hell of a lot more to subsidise me and my family to live in the UK

But until you move back to Lancashire you dont qualify for a buspass ... so dont say you qualify for one when you dont ...

[grannyclaret]

Originally Posted by shillelagh

i get strange looks when i get on the bus using my pass .. especially when i sit at the front of the bus ... but usually i get them off pensioners!!!!

I wouldn't stare at you Jen,,,I think you have got guts to even go on a bus....you sit where you feel most safe..YOU DONT HAVE TO BE OLD TO BE NEADING A PASS..

[SPUGGIE J]

Originally Posted by grannyclaret

I wouldn't stare at you Jen,,,I think you have got guts to even go on a bus....you sit where you feel most safe..YOU DONT HAVE TO BE OLD TO BE NEADING A PASS..

Gettin stared at is fun esp when using it in my work gear. It makes my day.