Author Topic: Favourite old Liverpool bus routes (Read 38439 times)

Bulldog Drummond · « **on:** July 13, 2011, 01:10:40 pm »

I used to love the old corpy green buses. Think we has the best bus service outside London until they were deregulated in '86.
My fave routes were the number 1 which went from Dingle to Seaforth along the dock road and the 67 which was basically a dockers' bus that went from Old Swan to Seaforth. Anyone have any other faves?

The Gulleysucker · « **Reply #1 on:** July 13, 2011, 01:32:53 pm »

Number 12 (I think..it's been a long time), Melwood Drive into town with my dad on a Saturday morning in the early 60's. Every journey seemed different with the constant demolition and rebuilding going on.
After we moved, the 81 (again I think) to Bootle Oriel Road (later New Strand Bus Terminus) on my way home from school to then catch the train.
I also had a soft spot for the Ribble S2 in my school years and used to sometimes get that instead from Bootle as some girls I fancied would get on at Crosby. Nice and slow journey with plenty of time to ogle and dream.

Lenin. · « **Reply #2 on:** July 13, 2011, 01:34:43 pm »

I used to get the number 1 from Pier Head to Boundary Street. This got me thinking though. Has there ever been a number 2 bus in Liverpool. I remember 3 (ran along Scotland Road).

Bulldog Drummond · « **Reply #3 on:** July 13, 2011, 02:02:40 pm »

Quote from: Lenin on July 13, 2011, 01:34:43 pm

I used to get the number 1 from Pier Head to Boundary Street. This got me thinking though. Has there ever been a number 2 bus in Liverpool. I remember 3 (ran along Scotland Road).

I don't remember there ever being a number 2 bus. Don't know why it was left out!

vicgill · « **Reply #4 on:** July 13, 2011, 02:32:27 pm »

Quote from: The Gulleysucker on July 13, 2011, 01:32:53 pm

Number 12 (I think..it's been a long time), Melwood Drive into town with my dad on a Saturday morning in the early 60's. Every journey seemed different with the constant demolition and rebuilding going on.
After we moved, the 81 (again I think) to Bootle Oriel Road (later New Strand Bus Terminus) on my way home from school to then catch the train.
I also had a soft spot for the Ribble S2 in my school years and used to sometimes get that instead from Bootle as some girls I fancied would get on at Crosby. Nice and slow journey with plenty of time to ogle and dream.

No 12, Page moss to Pier head, 12C cantril farm to Castle Street.

PeterJM · « **Reply #5 on:** July 13, 2011, 03:03:06 pm »

The L3 which went from Skelhorne street to Crosby.I remember getting it every Saturday to go and see my nan in seaforth.The drivers always drove like the police were chasing them.

only6times · « **Reply #6 on:** July 13, 2011, 03:42:58 pm »

88 Garston circular, only cos as a ragarse kid when saveaways came out you were on it for ages.

Spongebob Redpants · « **Reply #7 on:** July 13, 2011, 03:50:46 pm »

The 46 from Penny Lane to Walton ( Used to get a great buzz walking to the bus stop on match days as a kid ).

Spongebob Redpants · « **Reply #8 on:** July 13, 2011, 03:52:22 pm »

Quote from: Lenin on July 13, 2011, 01:34:43 pm

I used to get the number 1 from Pier Head to Boundary Street. This got me thinking though. Has there ever been a number 2 bus in Liverpool. I remember 3 (ran along Scotland Road).

There was a 4 and a 5 from town to Woolton ( possibly on to Belle Vale / Lee Park ? )

only6times · « **Reply #9 on:** July 13, 2011, 03:57:48 pm »

Crosville, think it was the 16, along Bowring park road to the Pier head with me nan and grandad. They always took me in the Berni inn for Fish, chips and peas.

Lenin. · « **Reply #10 on:** July 13, 2011, 04:32:13 pm »

Quote from: PeterJM on July 13, 2011, 03:03:06 pm

The L3 which went from Skelhorne street to Crosby.I remember getting it every Saturday to go and see my nan in seaforth.The drivers always drove like the police were chasing them.

L3 used to run along Scottie. A red Ribble bus, like all (?) of them out of Skelhorne Street. I always thought of Ribble buses as being for posh people and they seemed more luxurious to me in my childhood. What a strange boy I was.

the 92A · « **Reply #11 on:** July 13, 2011, 04:33:15 pm »

Suprised none of you lads have got onto the 92A what a bus route used to go from town to Kirkby along with the 92B, 93 and the 92 before it started going mad starting in Huyton and ending up in Crosby. Get off at the Astoria by Flemings walk up Woodhouse and you have the walk to the match that all those in the know used to do.

Lenin. · « **Reply #12 on:** July 13, 2011, 04:58:03 pm »

We used to get the 93 to Kirkby and the 44d to Speke (I think

)
Oh, and the 75 to West Derby, or does that still run?

jack witham · « **Reply #13 on:** July 13, 2011, 05:08:07 pm »

Was it the 68 that used to run from Aigburth to Bootle,you needed
a haircut by the time you got off it took that long.

The Gulleysucker · « **Reply #14 on:** July 13, 2011, 05:49:03 pm »

Quote from: vicgill on July 13, 2011, 02:32:27 pm

No 12, Page moss to Pier head, 12C cantril farm to Castle Street.

Cheers Vic.

Quote from: Lenin on July 13, 2011, 04:32:13 pm

.....I always thought of Ribble buses as being for posh people and they seemed more luxurious to me in my childhood....

Thinking about it, I'm sure the Ribbles could only pick passengers up within the Liverpool area when on their way out, the first stop you could get off being in either Waterloo or Crosby just outside the Corporation Bus area.
But you're right, they were definitely much more comfortable with plusher seats than the Corporations, though I think that was simply because they were designed for longer passenger journeys rather than shortish commutes within town.
I think that S2 I sometimes got on went all the way to somewhere like Skipton via Southport and then Preston though I can't help but imagine it must have taken years to get there.
There's probably some still chugging along having set out in '69 but yet to arrive like some kind of strange Lancashire Flying Dutchman...

only6times · « **Reply #15 on:** July 13, 2011, 06:37:41 pm »

Got on the 89 to Garston once, the bizzies had search parties out for me I was on it that long.

gregor · « **Reply #16 on:** July 13, 2011, 07:08:41 pm »

Quote from: jack witham on July 13, 2011, 05:08:07 pm

Was it the 68 that used to run from Aigburth to Bootle,you needed
a haircut by the time you got off it took that long.

It still does, and you still do.

Effes · « **Reply #17 on:** July 13, 2011, 07:46:56 pm »

H25 Crossville bus from town to Runcorn - although I would get of at Garston

Grushko · « **Reply #18 on:** July 13, 2011, 07:59:13 pm »

The 84. Garston train station to Speke.

Bootle · « **Reply #19 on:** July 13, 2011, 09:07:42 pm »

Its got to be the 61, I'm convinced it runs within spitting distance of 95% of all houses in Lpool.

Robotforaday · « **Reply #20 on:** July 13, 2011, 09:23:29 pm »

Weird thing that I don't normally think about, just lingering on the edge of my conscious mind...
I sometimes have dreams about Skelhorne Street Bus Station. There was always a grubby allure about it (my mum used to take me to the caf there, and there was a bar I recall... and then around the back the national express buses that went far away, including night buses to ireland...)

Bootle · « **Reply #21 on:** July 13, 2011, 09:47:45 pm »

Quote from: Robotforaday on July 13, 2011, 09:23:29 pm

Weird thing that I don't normally think about, just lingering on the edge of my conscious mind...
I sometimes have dreams about Skelhorne Street Bus Station. There was always a grubby allure about it (my mum used to take me to the caf there, and there was a bar I recall... and then around the back the national express buses that went far away, including night buses to ireland...)

God yeah, there was a bar in there wasnt there- had forgot all about that. I know what you mean about its allure though, stunk of piss and diesel. There was that awful stairwell from the coach bit to the local busses underneath. I think I liked it because being in the coach station meant I was going somewhere exciting -usually Leeds, hey I was about 8! And going to the grimy underbelly of a bus station meant I was back home.

blert596 · « **Reply #22 on:** July 13, 2011, 10:07:38 pm »

Quote from: vicgill on July 13, 2011, 02:32:27 pm

No 12, Page moss to Pier head, 12C cantril farm to Castle Street.

They were my usuals as well Vic

FlashingBlade · « **Reply #23 on:** July 13, 2011, 10:12:12 pm »

As kid, the 26 and 27 to and from Lodge Lane to Anfield and school.....and not forgetting the footy bus!

only6times · « **Reply #24 on:** July 13, 2011, 10:39:41 pm »

Quote from: Grushko on July 13, 2011, 07:59:13 pm

The 84. Garston train station to Speke.

Me too but got off by the matchies.

eAyeAddio · « **Reply #25 on:** July 14, 2011, 01:25:46 pm »

Quote from: The Gulleysucker on July 13, 2011, 05:49:03 pm

..........There's probably some still chugging along ........

eAyeAddio · « **Reply #26 on:** July 14, 2011, 01:38:40 pm »

Quote from: Bootle on July 13, 2011, 09:07:42 pm

Its got to be the 61....

Did someone mention a 61?
.

The Gulleysucker · « **Reply #27 on:** July 14, 2011, 02:05:27 pm »

Here's a bus a few might remember..

Note it's all silver and not corporation green.
We called them the Coronation buses as I think we'd been told they had been specially made or finished in that scheme to celebrate the Queens Coronation.
No idea if that's correct though.
They did seem to have a slightly different upholstery to the standard ones, a tad more comfortable.
I remember them sometimes on the Leyfield Road to Townrow trip as a small lad in 60-62 (I think the fare was 1d, possibly a halfpenny)
They seemed to disappear off the streets by the mid 60's but maybe just got repainted.

AlphaDelta · « **Reply #28 on:** July 14, 2011, 05:15:03 pm »

Used to get the 92 as a kid between the St Johns Estate (Huyton) back home to Page Moss, if I remember the bloody thing went all the way to Crosby!

When I worked in Kirkby it used to be the 90 which went from St Helens to Kirkby townie and back again, the driver used to go like a rocket down Knowsley Lane!

Anyway, bring back double-deckers - all the shite congregate at the back of these new fangled buses!

red annie · « **Reply #29 on:** July 14, 2011, 06:36:21 pm »

Quote from: Lenin on July 13, 2011, 04:58:03 pm

We used to get the 93 to Kirkby and the 44d to Speke (I think )
Oh, and the 75 to West Derby, or does that still run?

Didn't the 44D go to Northwood/Kirkby we used to get it from town to Townsend Ave, 544 did something similar I think.

But my favourite was the 17C coz you got to see the Kop on the trip.

Rafette · « **Reply #30 on:** July 14, 2011, 06:40:37 pm »

Ahh the old Ribble bus! Ours was (and still is, but Arriva now) the 345, it used to come from Skem through to Aintree and finish in the old Skelhorne St dump. They nearly always used to change drivers at the depot on Ormskirk Road as well.

Lenin. · « **Reply #31 on:** July 14, 2011, 07:58:37 pm »

Quote from: red annie on July 14, 2011, 06:36:21 pm

Didn't the 44D go to Northwood/Kirkby we used to get it from town to Townsend Ave, 544 did something similar I think.

But my favourite was the 17C coz you got to see the Kop on the trip.

Yeah, your probably right, I think it must have been the 500 we got to Speke/Halewood.

eAyeAddio · « **Reply #32 on:** July 14, 2011, 11:45:00 pm »

Quote from: AlphaDelta on July 14, 2011, 05:15:03 pm

........ bring back double-deckers ........

Nah....single deckers are so photogenic !

only6times · « **Reply #33 on:** July 15, 2011, 12:31:50 am »

Quote from: red annie on July 14, 2011, 06:36:21 pm

Didn't the 44D go to Northwood/Kirkby

Was it full of tits?

Lenin. · « **Reply #34 on:** July 15, 2011, 10:52:44 am »

Also remember the 16, which ran (not literally) along Vauxhall Road and the 20 when that also ran along Vauxy. The 30 & 46 along Netherfield Road to the Black Bull. And the 28 from Old Haymarket to Bootle.

AlphaDelta · « **Reply #35 on:** July 15, 2011, 01:44:01 pm »

Just remembered another couple, the 320 and 34 - both Manc buses (orange and brown if I recall) which went from town to Wigan and Manchester City Centre.
I fell asleep on that 34 once after having a few in town after work, needless to say I woke up somewhere near Bolton!!!

L12 · « **Reply #36 on:** July 15, 2011, 04:18:24 pm »

The single decker 303 from Kirkby to Southport, when it first started it was usually packed, can remember standing all the way.

OohCampione · « **Reply #37 on:** July 15, 2011, 04:39:58 pm »

Spent my senior school years getting the 92 from Longmoor Lane Fazakerley to the end destination of Penny Lane.
Also used the 68 from School to the Old Swan then the 61 to Walton Vale.
Used to get the 20 or 21 on a sunday morning from Fazakerley to Aigburth to play footy at Jericho.
Also used to get the 14 as a kid from Crocky to town.

Niallmo · « **Reply #38 on:** July 15, 2011, 08:14:32 pm »

I used to get the 25 to school in the early 80's. County Road, Walton Road, over Everton Valley and up the hill onto St Domingo Road (where I got off to go to St Georges school) down past the end of Breck road and on into town ending up in Garston.

Cost my Mum 10p and myself was just 5p.

Maggie May · « **Reply #39 on:** July 15, 2011, 08:20:25 pm »

92B for me. Fazakerly to Town. Happy days.