The Nine Road

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8 жыл бұрын

The Nine Road is the busman's name for one of London's oldest and most used bus routes, running between Mortlake and Liverpool Street. The film takes us along the route on a summer's day, and shows the operation and control of the Number Nines from early morning until past midnight.
Narrated by Douglas Cameron

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@user-wp6eh1gi4z 7 жыл бұрын

Happy memories from 1967 when I drove the No 9 Bus out of Dalston Garage

@HrLBolle 4 жыл бұрын

cheers to memories of bygone days

@beendoneagain 3 жыл бұрын

The year I was born.... Safe Journey my friend!

@britusman 3 жыл бұрын

Superb. That was my era. Wonderful old London.

@michaelgiovanelli3417 5 ай бұрын

I worked on the 11 bus route the no9 rival for the most popular route in London. Mortlake’s buses were the best kept buses in London transport fleet , they weren’t clean they absolutely gleamed , a credit to one of the smallest garages in the fleet .

@2271graham 4 жыл бұрын

Love this video, I'll be driving RM875 tomorrow morning and watching this always gets me champing at the bit to get behind the wheel of these wonderful icons, I've driven fifty five Routemasters in almost twenty nine years including an e-Northern General RMF.

@tonywolton Ай бұрын

In the last shots we see the lady conductor walking home to Hammersmith, to close the film. Nice touch, but no cigar. When all other buses had stopped running, staff would go home on a staff bus, dropping off all over the place as required. I did a few when I worked at Stockwell in the 80s, it paid an hour or two in overtime.I then went home to Tooting on the N87 night bus. I enjoyed working on the RMs...Routemasters, on 7 different routes. When forced to go OPO, one person operated, I stood it for a few months, and left back in 86. The job was finished.

@cwmitch2 8 жыл бұрын

Love these old films.. Many thanks for sharing.

@dansmith4601 6 жыл бұрын

0:46 nice view of Hammersmith bridge before the paint peeled off. Double decker buses are now too heavy to cross

@timwebster8122 2 жыл бұрын

So much of this is still familiar to those of us in the industry. Now where is my lost mileage form?

@richardkeen6965 Ай бұрын

Great Video thanks .. my Dad was a bus driver at New Cross and drove the RM/RMLs

@markcf83 7 ай бұрын

From an era when it was far more civilised.

@stevedickson5853 3 ай бұрын

London has fallen unfortunately

@peterbradbury1592 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely brilliant video. Never heard of the Bessie system. I was a driver in the 1960s, and I don’t they were about then. Just loved watching it all the way through.

@regpither3392 Ай бұрын

The number 9 was THE route up into town for me, and I would have gone up there at least 3 or 4 times a month back in the 70s and 80s. Getting on at Mortlake Garage and nabbing the upstairs back seat first was always fun! Such a shame when they curtailed the route due to Hammersmith Bridge.

@marksinthehouse1968 Жыл бұрын

I drove the 9 when I was at S in 96to99 the bud mr tearney gets on after the concert is I think RM2023 I drove her we got 2extra standard RMs to boost the peak vehicle requirement on the 94/9 road the rest at S were RMLs glad I had a chance to drive them 😊

@lindadean4684 Ай бұрын

My Dad Robin Goddard is driving the bus at 52 seconds in, best bus route in London!

@sebastianvisconti2423 24 күн бұрын

oh !!! the man with the mustache ! how is he doing ?

@chriscboland 5 жыл бұрын

Immaculately turned out, reliable vehicles owned by the people of London and crewed by proud Union members.

@CA-ee1et Жыл бұрын

Owned by London Transport, not the people of London.

@chriscboland Жыл бұрын

@@CA-ee1et Not now, perhaps.

@joemorgan636 Ай бұрын

Wow wow learned something new the Bessie system amazing

@gman1353 7 ай бұрын

I did have a copy of this from London Transport headquarters with the music cassette on some sort of 70’s briefcase showfilm. I took the case apart as I was young but I lost the film and music 😢

@sebastianvisconti2423 4 ай бұрын

Do you know the name of the symphony that starts playing at the 11:37 mark ?

@gman1353 4 ай бұрын

@@sebastianvisconti2423 I don’t know.

@david-stewart 2 жыл бұрын

Fantastic documentary

@rugosetexture2716 5 жыл бұрын

That was delightful. Thanks for this! :o)

@michaelkenny8540 5 жыл бұрын

At 2:15 is an add for the July 1975 Royal Tournament.

@mike03609 3 жыл бұрын

Lovely film!

@jamesfrench7299 2 жыл бұрын

What year was this made? Going by the cars and the people and the fact the white roundels started being applied in 1974 and there were plenty of buses with the gold lettering, I'd say late 1974 or very early 75. Wow the RMs were uniformly well kept back then!

@Eurobrasil550 Жыл бұрын

The advert briefly seen for 'A little Night Music' at 1.40 would also suggest around 1975

@johnmills7716 10 ай бұрын

A time when the London buses looked perfectly turned out, and perfectly matching each other in uniform, like soldiers in a regiment. Compare that to the 1990s London bus fleet, with private operators running a mixed rag bag of bus types in their own livery, and often two or three different versions of that.

@lorenzohermoso1085 5 жыл бұрын

Excellent. Wow. Thanks.

@DaveInBridport 7 жыл бұрын

Great song

@derekstevenson2937 7 жыл бұрын

i worked with him on the 19 back in the mid 1990's if i remember right he lived in fulham

@theaylesburycyclist8756 2 жыл бұрын

Who?

@alicanharryreilly8353 Жыл бұрын

The Route 9 now goes between Hammersmith Bus Station and Aldwych Operated by London United RATP Group from Stamford Brook Garage Using Wrightbus NBFL New Routemaster

@cannadineboxill-harris2983 Жыл бұрын

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@cannadineboxill-harris2983 Жыл бұрын

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@michaelraymond8196 7 жыл бұрын

I know hallam Ramsey very well, remember him as a gold badge

@lennonpolo 6 жыл бұрын

Where do you live now matey?

@sebastianvisconti2423 2 жыл бұрын

what`s the name of the song at 11:38 ?

@margaretbates6010 Жыл бұрын

Brilliant show. Does anyone know when if was recorded. Loved the No. 9 bus from Mortlake. Great memories

@sebastianvisconti2423 6 ай бұрын

1974 I believe

@lucythemoggy1970 3 жыл бұрын

wonder if joanie yarwood is still around?!

@timwebster8122 2 жыл бұрын

By my reckoning if this is 1975 she started on the 9s in 1958.

@djpeekay25 5 жыл бұрын

What year was this? I am assuming some time in the mid 70s?

@theaylesburycyclist8756 2 жыл бұрын

This was filmed during the summer of 1976

@stevedickson5853 3 ай бұрын

I know he's acting for the camera but the driver forgot to press the mike button when speaking lol

@joemorgan636 Ай бұрын

Wonder if Miss Yardwood still alive

@M22OHIO 7 жыл бұрын

Anna is very pretty.

@Merseysiderful 7 жыл бұрын

M22OHIO She was probably an actress.

@M22OHIO 7 жыл бұрын

Yeah probably I never though of that.

@NextSound170 3 жыл бұрын

TfL still do this today. Turning buses to fit them into the peak gaps. LT did this without batting an eyelid but it wasn’t perfect so the conservaties chopped it up and made it worse

@stevedickson5853 3 ай бұрын

Karn is labour and he runs London

@stevedickson5853 3 ай бұрын

Sad iq runs London and he's la bour , any mess and its down to him