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Pat C
Aug 7, 2015 14:28:42 GMT
Post by Pat C on Aug 7, 2015 14:28:42 GMT
Maidstone, I remember it well, the old trolley buses which ran from Loose to Barming was my first means of transport and was a halfpenny cheaper than the M&D motor bus from the stop just past Lancet Lane into town. The old East Kent had a different layout upstairs as the gangway was down the side and there were benches to hold four instead of the conventional two seats either side of the gang way. It was a treat to go on these as it meant a day out at Folkestone!
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Pat C
Aug 8, 2015 7:24:13 GMT
Post by Les on Aug 8, 2015 7:24:13 GMT
Thank you Pat .I did not go often on the East Kent Buses but you have reminded me of the seating on them. I got the Trolley bus from Elizabeth Square the fare was 6d half fare to town.and yes a trip to Folkstone.but ptefered the steam train trips there.
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Pat C
Aug 7, 2017 16:22:48 GMT
Post by Les on Aug 7, 2017 16:22:48 GMT
N. Morley
Lovely website of yours. Jane enjoyed your story of Mote Park Airport. The trolley buses were interesting. They did go up through Shepway via Plains Avenue, Oxford Road(where we lived) and up Westmoreland Road, where they turned to come back. I have an idea also they did come down Sutton Road and joined Loose Road at The Wheatsheaf, where the Conductor would get out a long pole and transfer the contact-arms from the Sutton Road Cables to the the Loose Road Cables.
The buses that went through Shepway were not Trolley buses They were the same colour like but Deisel
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Pat C
Aug 8, 2017 17:15:55 GMT
Post by Les on Aug 8, 2017 17:15:55 GMT
John Palmer
Maidstone I remember it well: I remember catching the trolly busses after school (West Borough on Tonbridge rd) into the town centre. They accelerated very quickly and in jerking movements, which made climbing the stairs to the upper deck quite a feat. I agree with you, in these green conscious times bring 'em back. Today's kids don't know what they're missing!
And all the way from Australia thank you. PC
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Pat C
Aug 8, 2017 17:18:00 GMT
Post by Les on Aug 8, 2017 17:18:00 GMT
Thomas Dixon
Maidstone I remember it well: ref. trolley buses,which I drove from 1959 until the end in in 1967. they did not go to shepway estate. they ran from barming via sutton rd. to Parkwood estate, returning the same way.
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