Used to get them as well, not sure about Belle Vale though as I can remember the terminus on Hunts Cross Avenue at the bottom of Manor Road.
Ah the 5......that's the one that sprang to mind for me
Happy days. Was seeing a bird in Hunts Cross and I'd leg it across the golf course to get to the 5 bus stop and take the last one home to Granby.
A few others I remember - 68 from Eggie Vale to (senior) school. OoohCampione, I reckon I know what school you went to
Junior school bus for me was the 60. Used to get that from its terminus by the old corpie building top of Ullet Rd, bottom of Belvedere. School was on Greenbank Road (Morrison CP, popular feeder for Quarry Bank btw). Going home was fun. I'd turn on to Smithdown and look ahead to the lights and see if the 60 was waiting to turn. It was then a mad dash of what felt like a mile (probably about 600 metres) to get to the stop by that weird girls' school with the purple uniforms....missed more than I caught but it was fun to try!
(The buses, not the girls
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As a quick aside, there's a church on that stretch, between Ullet Road and Greenbank, and I remember the JESUS SAVES sign on it......with "RUSH PUTS IN THE REBOUND!" under it.