West Bromwich Garage

[WB]

4961 seen broken down it looked like it was waiting for a tow truck

Correct, just came past west brom station on a mansfield truck :(

[tank90]

Tony I am not replying to that one. In the middle of West Brom garage thread

Maybe but we are now secretly wanting to know. PS I have a feeling Tony was allowing you the chance to respond in the thread to him and us all as you posted into the public.

[the trainbasher]

Maybe but we are now secretly wanting to know. PS I have a feeling Tony was allowing you the chance to respond in the thread to him and us all as you posted into the public.

Some school kids today, they don't know they're born! When I was a lad we had to wait over half hour for a B6 to take us home from school...and we didn't have as many INSET days as they do nowadays!

[/old man at the age of 24]

[The Real 4778]

Correct, just came past west brom station on a mansfield truck :(

West Brom station?

[danny]

Haha @the trainbasher your comment made me chuckle as I'm from that era, it was an ALX100 or merc Minibus for us on the 414 then the good old mercs on the 404 and 120..

[tank90]

Some school kids today, they don't know they're born! When I was a lad we had to wait over half hour for a B6 to take us home from school...and we didn't have as many INSET days as they do nowadays!

[/old man at the age of 24]

They only get one more than we did (I'm older at 25!). Now if it's an academy then they are a different kettle of fish they can have more or less.
B6 to take you home, here in Redditch we had Lynx Lance then E300s when they arrived, then when the horrid SFL Lances turned up they had only one plus in this weather, the amount of windows that opened.

[uniquicity]

Hope this works, link to my phone pic of 1953. Blind not showing because of the shadow


https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=469342019898505&l=34c2c699a4

[Sh4318]

I fail to see what any of this has to do with the thread

4957 and a MK2 merc were/are on the 48 today

[the trainbasher]

I fail to see what any of this has to do with the thread

Referring to the comments made as quoted below @Sh4318

we have today til friday off

Out of curiousity, what for? Never known a school have fopur consequetive days off for teacher training

Tony I am not replying to that one. In the middle of West Brom garage thread

Hence the Like from @Dom

[AV4248]

A 57 plate Enviro 400 (4746 IIRC) with rear bonnet up and hazards on earlier in Cape Hill can only assume it was a breakdown?

[WMT3000]

1953 is on the 45. Left walsall about 15 mins ago.

[Tara4352]

1953 is on the 45. Left walsall about 15 mins ago.

Been on since 10 this morning

[don]

They only get one more than we did (I'm older at 25!). Now if it's an academy then they are a different kettle of fish they can have more or less.

I'm much older and we didn't have INSET days - but I'm surprised none of the older guys remember the 'revision leave' which occurred around this time of the year which led to plenty of playing of football, bunking of bus garages and railway sheds and happy days spent riding around in trains and buses - often in exotic new places - oh and a bit of revision!!!! Not that I'm advocating people misuse their study leave - in hindsight the bus spotting could have waited a few weeks and more time spent studying would have been beneficial!

[JackC]

As I noted on the Noteworthy Workings topic, 821 was on the WA 4 this morning. Then this evening I got the same bus on the WB 40. Am I missing something new like WB having a morning run on the 4 or is there a less simple explanation for it?

[Tony]

As I noted on the Noteworthy Workings topic, 821 was on the WA 4 this morning. Then this evening I got the same bus on the WB 40. Am I missing something new like WB having a morning run on the 4 or is there a less simple explanation for it?

The explanation has already been posted. WB do one trip on the 4 into Walsall, then a trip on the 6 (extra for college) then goes onto the 40