Heritage Buses Return to Surrey
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Күн бұрынOn the 9th June 2024 the London Bus Museum were running Heritage Buses on the old London Route 406 from #KingstonUponThames to #Epsom and then on to #Reigate, a portion of the route that stopped running in 1991.
Filmed 9th June 2024.
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== Useful Links ==
London Bus Museum - www.londonbusmuseum.com
Heritage Route 406 Event - www.londonbusmuseum.com/route...
Brooklands Motor Museum - www.brooklandsmuseum.com
== Chapters ==
00:00 Intro
00:19 1962 AEC Routemaster Coach
00:37 1950 AEC Regent
01:37 1961 AEC Routemaster (1)
02:31 1951 AEC Regal IV (stationary)
03:16 2013 Volvo B9TL / Wright Eclipse Gemini 2 (460)
03:29 1962 AEC Routemaster
03:50 1953 Guy GS with ECW bodywork
04:19 1951 AEC Regal IV (running)
04:32 1989 Volvo B10M
04:55 1953 AEC Regal IV
05:35 1979 Leyland National SNB448
06:04 1956 Leyland Titan PD2/24
06:41 1962 Leyland Titan PD2/37
07:23 1951 AEC Regent III
08:26 1961 AEC Routemaster (2)
08:39 1968 AEC Merlin MB90
09:24 1952 AEC Regent III
10:24 1976 MK1 Leyland National
10:37 1966 AEC Routemaster Executive Coach
12:12 1978 MCW Metrobus
== Credits ==
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@thepansthisthatandtheother7766 5 күн бұрын
Fabulous Simon. Worth the wait and so very much enjoyed watching this.
@thepansthisthatandtheother7766 5 күн бұрын
I don't know how the heck my Nana & I traveled in them with a wicker trolley of food (fresh fruit & veg markets) and bags. Then that long walk down Epsom Lane North. So happy when I passed my driving test!
@thepansthisthatandtheother7766 5 күн бұрын
The Bus stop @ Tadworth was right next to the train station.
@thepansthisthatandtheother7766 5 күн бұрын
Interesting to see Barclays Bank still in the same place.
@thepansthisthatandtheother7766 5 күн бұрын
Yup, I did the green 406 to Epsom or Kingston from Tattenham corner or from Tadworth to Reigate. Used it also to go to school or Art College in Epsom. The upper floor always stank of stale cigarettes with many butts or burns on the seats and there could be some other unsuitable stuff up there. I'll leave that to your imagination. Tricky riding the top coming back from Epsom to get off at Tattenham Corner. You'd pull the string/bell to tell the driver to stop and prepare your way down the staircase. The turn up to the Tattenham Corner bus stop was and still is sharp and steep. One false move and you could fall down the stairs and go flying out the non-doors.
@thepansthisthatandtheother7766 5 күн бұрын
You should if you can do Brooklands, near Weybridge. Went there one year with my late mother. She was on the board for the Vintage/Veterans cars. The ones behind the London to Brighton rally. There was obviously some car event, and we climbed the bank @ Brooklands to get a better view. Problem was when it came time to go down, I froze. I couldn't get down the steep bank. So, we landed up jumping off the other side wearing dresses and having to walk back to get through the entrance, back to the event.
@thepansthisthatandtheother7766 5 күн бұрын
They moved the bus stop on the downs. You could get on at Tattenham Corner though there was no shelter or go down the hill, turn right and the next stop was on the left (sharp) with a shelter. The new one seems to be past what was formerly known as the Bernie Inn.
@Julian-1111 5 күн бұрын
Memory’s, i think they were red coloured that came up Merland Rise and stopped at the end of Bidhams Crescent (where we lived), they ran every 15 minutes as i recall. Circa 1962 my friends and i went to a Joke shop in Croyden to buy stink bombs, on the way back we sat on the top, front seats and opened the front window vents to test a stink bomb out, we cleared the bus out at the next stop and were summarily ejected from the bus in front of an unhappy bunch of riders. The most disgusting smell, but still a fond memory of childish mirth. Cheers.
@thepansthisthatandtheother7766 5 күн бұрын
Remember Merland Rise.
@thepansthisthatandtheother7766 5 күн бұрын
Lastly, thanks for all your videos. Got in touch with my old (she's 9-10 years older than me) Dressage trainer @ Wildwoods. I sent her the link of you passing by it in one of your videos. Her Mother has written some books one of which I got for my 60th Birthday last month. In it are three of the horses I used to ride and train on. Major Happy Memories. Oh..., it's mentioned that now the busses from the Epsom Derby races can't vacate the Downs via that track across the gallops to Ebersham Lane up to Walton-on-the Hill. Is that something just done for the races? It is a narrow lane! I actually had an unpleasant accident on that road. Wondering.
@SimonPain 5 күн бұрын
I don’t think any vehicle access is allowed over that way any more at all. They get the AA to signpost 2 or 3 routes out depending on where you’re going.
@thepansthisthatandtheother7766 5 күн бұрын
@@SimonPain Interesting! Not a bad idea really. I had some twat years ago revving the engine of their car that sent my horse into those very high blackberry hedges. Came out looking something from a horror movie covered in blood. See if you can get, "Legs, Legs, Legs" by Justine Dowley-Wise. through used book vendors. If you can the story of the New Zealander proposing to his future wife @ Walton Pond is precious.
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