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| Mk1 - W597
- Serial 30843 - 1956 |
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Mk1 - W777
- Serial 31023 - 1956 |
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Mk1 - R181-
Serial 38403 - 1958 |
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from Wales. The tickets still print in shillings
and pence. The money is recorded on two counters,
one for the shillings in pounds and shillings, the
other the pence in pounds, shillings and pence.
The two are added together for the total. Most Setrights
counted in shillings and halfpennies and were easily
converted to decimal currency. |
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| W597 and W777 come from Western
Welsh. R181 has a blank serial number but is thought
to have been new to Red & White. It then passed
to Rhondda Transport. The back has the number 181
but not the letter R, although this does appear
on the ticket. |
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| Mk1 - SO36
- Serial 22510 - 1954 |
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SO36 with
its later style motor |
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| One of five motorised Setrights.
This one was new to Southend Transport in 1954 and
transferred to Eastern National when that company
acquired the Southend routes. The motor is of the
later type with a large button for extra speed. |
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| The machine was converted to
decimal money but appears to have been changed back.
However, the word 'Shillings' is missing and the
halfpenny dial still only turns to 9½ instead
of 11½. It may be that conversion to decimal
was limited to removing the word 'Shillings"
and stopping the pence dial at 9½. Zero shillings
or tens and zero pence are shown as stars while
6 and 9 pence are followed by the letter D for old
pence. |
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| Mk1 - 679
- Serial 17568 - 1953 |
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Mk1 - 744
- Serial 17633 - 1953 |
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Mk1 - 1066
- Serial 17955 - 1953 |
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| Three from Western National. |
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| Like many Setrights, these
have a ticket canceller on the front. A ticket can
be over-printed without affecting the number of
tickets recorded as issued. Cancelling in the main
slot would increase the total counter. |
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| Mk1 - E631
- Serial 15328 - 1952 |
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Mk1 - 1120
- Serial 18809 - 1954 |
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Mk1 - BT1231
- Serial 34174 - 1957 |
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| The second of my five motorised
Setrights, E631 comes from Eastern National. 1120
came from Red Bus of Barnstaple but may have been
new to London Transport. |
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| New to Bristol Omnibus Co in
1957, machine BT1231 has been refurbished since
withdrawal. The additional security plates fitted
by Bristol have been removed. The dials are set
to prevent zero value tickets being issued, another
Bristol security feature. 1231 was acquired with
the standard BOC green fibre box. The box is marked
13/54. |
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| Mk2 - 2180
- (no serial number) |
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2180 with
its older style motor |
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| From Eastern Counties, this
motorised Setright was acquired with a motor, the
older version with a recessed button. |
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| The mark 2 is bigger and heavier
than the mark 1. Mark 2s do not have a serial number
and the year of manufacturer is not known. |
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| Mk1 - 308D
- Serial 46895 - 1960 |
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Mk1 - 986D
- Serial 45135 - 1960 |
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Mk1 - 1093D
- Serial 45242 - 1960 |
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| These four were new to Hants &
Dorset and later passed to the new Wilts
& Dorset. |
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| The letter D was added as each machine
was converted to decimal currency in
1971. |
| 1473 does not have this marking as
it dates from after 1971. |
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| The letter M indicates motorised but
was not always applied. |
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1093 now has a fixed handle again. |
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Mk2
- M1473 - (no serial number) |
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| Mk2 - F473
- (no serial number) |
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A conductor's
sling and . . . |
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a driver's handle |
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| F473 is from Alexander Fife,
in Scotland. The mark two Setright has a taller
column with larger dials than the mark one. On this
machine the hole punch is plastic, unlike earlier
versions which were metal. |
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| The last two images are of
a conductor's sling to wear the machine over the
shoulder(s) and clip-on handle, used by drivers
when the motor failed or to take fares inside the
bus. |
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R181 |
308D |
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W597 |
E631 |
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744 |
W777 |
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1066 |
1093D |
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| 1120 |
BT1231 |
M1473 |
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| These are the Setright ticket
machines in my collection. The Setright Speed was
the standard machine for both conductors and pay
as you enter buses while I was on Hants & Dorset
and definitely my favourite type. Ours had a hole
punch mounted on the top, some had it on the side.
Before 1971 these machines had a price range of
0s0d to 19s11½d in ½d steps. On conversion
to decimal money, this became £0.00 to £1.99½
by changing the shillings to tenpences and preventing
the halfpence dial turning beyond 9½. |
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