| So this was
it. From now on there would be
nobody to ask if I did not know
the name of a stop or how much
it was to "where the Red
Lion used to be". In fact
the main thing on my mind was
whether there would be time for
breakfast after the first journey. |
 |
| Living as
I still did with my parents there
was no chance of anything before
leaving for work at that time
of the morning. The problem now
would be the traffic on the way
back into Winchester. It was always
slow moving and often made us
late. |
|
| Meal and
tea breaks quickly became priorities.
On Hants & Dorset the conductor
was responsible for time keeping
so it was up to me to keep the
bus moving to ensure that the
driver and I got all the time
we could at the end of each trip
and at the points where we waited
along the way. |
|
| The rule
was that you could only ring the
bell to start the bus if you were
on the platform. It was also laid
down that the driver had to stop
at certain 'compulsory' stops
even if there was nobody to get
on or off. To keep the bus on
time, both of these rules were
ignored unless we had an inspector
on board. |
|
| Bus conductors
needed a licence and wore a numbered
badge. The letters KK show that
mine was issued by the traffic
commissioners for the south-east,
based at Eastbourne. Conductors'
badges were green and drivers'
were red. Drivers of pay-as-you-enter
services wore both. (The conductor's
badge is mine, the driver's badge
is someone elses). |
