not a taxi - Page 5

katex · 09-10-2007, 22:22

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Originally Posted by Wynonie Harris

Definitely remember catching the Blackburn bus with my mum on Union Street in the 50's.

Gonna' sleep on this one Wynonie .. different images forming in the brain cells .. don't mind being proved wrong at all .. will revert back after ringing me friend in Spain who travelled with me to the Mecca on many occasions .. she has a better memory. We always came back on the train though.

cashman · 09-10-2007, 22:38

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Originally Posted by katex

Gonna' sleep on this one Wynonie .. different images forming in the brain cells .. don't mind being proved wrong at all .. will revert back after ringing me friend in Spain who travelled with me to the Mecca on many occasions .. she has a better memory. We always came back on the train though.

last train from blackburn was midnight,missed that many times n had to walk it.

i blame the women lol or maybe the alcohol.

beechy · 10-10-2007, 05:30

blackburn bus did indeed leave from union st
prior to the new bus station being built
it then moved to first stall nearest the market hall
cafe the one used by the bus employees
upstairs for a good brew and a game of shoot

cashman · 10-10-2007, 12:01

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Originally Posted by beechy

blackburn bus did indeed leave from union st
prior to the new bus station being built
it then moved to first stall nearest the market hall
cafe the one used by the bus employees
upstairs for a good brew and a game of shoot

Thank you beechy, kate is obviously losing the plot.

katex · 10-10-2007, 13:40

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Originally Posted by cashman

Thank you beechy, kate is obviously losing the plot.

Cheeky B,

Not quite the plot, just some of the details along the way

Ok, have now got to agree, just spoken to my friend's hubby .. says definitely Union Street, worked in Blackburn and had to run for the bus everyday, was pleased when they moved it near the market 'cause didn't have as far to run ! Just can't picture it that's all.

Anyway, Cashy owe you 6d ... I lied actually, was 7d.

cashman · 10-10-2007, 13:44

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Originally Posted by katex

Cheeky B,

Not quite the plot, just some of the details along the way

Ok, have now got to agree, just spoken to my friend's hubby .. says definitely Union Street, worked in Blackburn and had to run for the bus everyday, was pleased when they moved it near the market 'cause didn't have as far to run ! Just can't picture it that's all.

Anyway, Cashy owe you 6d ... I lied actually, was 7d.

PMSL, paris couldnt remember it either kate, must be a woman thing

and Tealeaf got ya on this one.

Tealeaf · 10-10-2007, 17:20

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Originally Posted by cashman

last train from blackburn was midnight,missed that many times n had to walk it.

i blame the women lol or maybe the alcohol.

Nah. Neither the women or the alcohol. The Blackburn cops had you in the cells on Northgate by midnight.

cashman · 10-10-2007, 19:20

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Originally Posted by Tealeaf

Nah. Neither the women or the alcohol. The Blackburn cops had you in the cells on Northgate by midnight.

sorry mate,probably more down to good luck than good behaviour,but was never incarcerated at blackburn.

mez · 10-10-2007, 19:52

i remember buses to huncoat outside library, & i used to catch my bus home to church bottom of peel st, but if we went to blackburn we caught it accross from the commercial pub in church ......where it is now ........can even remember catching a tram to blackburn there too............oooh now i know im aged!!!

JEFF · 11-10-2007, 10:46

If I remember rightly there were two bus stops on Union Street, one for the Blackburn Express (number 9) and one for the Blackburn Stopping (number 46). When the buses came back from Blackburn they used to turn down King Street to get to Union Street.

beechy · 11-10-2007, 11:38

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Originally Posted by JEFF

If I remember rightly there were two bus stops on Union Street, one for the Blackburn Express (number 9) and one for the Blackburn Stopping (number 46). When the buses came back from Blackburn they used to turn down King Street to get to Union Street.

correct on all points jeff
we also caught the bacup bus outside the town hall
or there abouts

Wynonie Harris · 11-10-2007, 12:37

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Originally Posted by JEFF

If I remember rightly there were two bus stops on Union Street, one for the Blackburn Express (number 9) and one for the Blackburn Stopping (number 46). When the buses came back from Blackburn they used to turn down King Street to get to Union Street.

Express and Stopping...I'd forgotten all about that! Was it a higher fare on the Express?

JEFF · 11-10-2007, 12:49

Could this possibly be the bus stop in question ?

Blackburn Bus.jpg

beechy · 11-10-2007, 13:22

could very well be jeff
would that be a leyland bus with a perkins diesel engine
enclosed cab and an open platform ?

JEFF · 11-10-2007, 13:23

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Originally Posted by beechy

could very well be jeff
would that be a leyland bus with a perkins diesel engine
enclosed cab and an open platform ?

I haven't the foggiest idea, it's just a photo that I found. It looks like Union Street car park behind the bus.