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Cars, Lasses and Lads - A Photo Sharing Thread


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22 hours ago, colnerov said:

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That's a green RT not a red one. How can you tell in black and white? The wheel arch is the same colour as the rest of the bus. A red bus would have black wheel arches. 

Then the garage code is RG for Reigate, a London Country garage, or London Transport Country Area depending on the date. I suspect the latter as the green looks quite dark. 

The route is either 403 or 405 both of which went quite near Reigate. 

This also means the clippies uniform is dark green with yellow details rather than the dark blue/white of Central Area. Just in case you want to imagine her in more detail. 

I'd love an original Country Area uniform, they were so classy. I'd happily wear it everywhere. Maybe not the skirt though. An old friend had a country area drivers great coat, a big full length one and I coveted it greatly. I have a mid 60s central area conductors jacket and it is a nice, proper quality thing unlike any uniforms today but the green really did it for me. 

Have I said too much? 

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15 hours ago, Yoss said:

That's a green RT not a red one. How can you tell in black and white? The wheel arch is the same colour as the rest of the bus. A red bus would have black wheel arches. 

Then the garage code is RG for Reigate, a London Country garage, or London Transport Country Area depending on the date. I suspect the latter as the green looks quite dark. 

The route is either 403 or 405 both of which went quite near Reigate. 

This also means the clippies uniform is dark green with yellow details rather than the dark blue/white of Central Area. Just in case you want to imagine her in more detail. 

I'd love an original Country Area uniform, they were so classy. I'd happily wear it everywhere. Maybe not the skirt though. An old friend had a country area drivers great coat, a big full length one and I coveted it greatly. I have a mid 60s central area conductors jacket and it is a nice, proper quality thing unlike any uniforms today but the green really did it for me. 

Have I said too much? 

 

 Hi, I knew all that (well not all, especially about your fondness for the ladies uniform). My father worked for LT country area and I worked for them when it was London Country at Crawley (CY).  He had  drivers great coat for cycling to work. I used to put it on as a kid, it was bloody heavy.

 Colin

 Edit: I agree it's LT country area because it looks like it might be '55 Broadway' legal address.

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5 hours ago, colnerov said:

 

 Hi, I knew all that (well not all, especially about your fondness for the ladies uniform). My father worked for LT country area and I worked for them when it was London Country at Crawley (CY).  He had  drivers great coat for cycling to work. I used to put it on as a kid, it was bloody heavy.

 Colin

 Edit: I agree it's LT country area because it looks like it might be '55 Broadway' legal address.

It's not a fondness for ladies uniform, it's a fondness for green uniform and if it happens to have a lady in it so much the better. I have to admit the lady above carries it very well! 

I hadn't thought about the legal lettering, it looks like it says London Transport Board. In my day, the 80s, it was London Transport Executive, but still with the  55 Broadway address. I suspect somebody nerdier than me could date that photo quite accurately with the combination of of everything. 

This is my jacket. It's not mint by any means but does clean up a bit, this is straight out of the cupboard for the first time in a decade. 

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Nice embroidered griffin's. 

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Looking on google the Griffin lapels may have been short lived as photos are quite hard to come by. But it looks like the girl in your photo has them. But she has metal buttons and mine are plastic but still rather fetching. Which is why I reckon somebody in the know could pinpoint the date. 

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And then the pockets have leather protective areas. Mine are a bit worn but I like that because I know the wear happened working on the streets of London a very long time ago.

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And inside it has a soft white cotton lining for the sleeves, for flexibility obviously, a sturdier dark blue lining for the main jacket and then an even thicker lining for the inside pockets. 

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It really is a quality thing, Royal Mail could learn a thing or two here. Though an RM uniform from the same time is probably just as good but mine now is rubbish. The trouser pockets wear out in a matter of weeks and I have to tie the holes up with elastic bands. But I digress, back to the Russian girls... 

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4 hours ago, Yoss said:

It's not a fondness for ladies uniform, it's a fondness for green uniform and if it happens to have a lady in it so much the better. I have to admit the lady above carries it very well! 

I hadn't thought about the legal lettering, it looks like it says London Transport Board. In my day, the 80s, it was London Transport Executive, but still with the  55 Broadway address. I suspect somebody nerdier than me could date that photo quite accurately with the combination of of everything. 

This is my jacket. It's not mint by any means but does clean up a bit, this is straight out of the cupboard for the first time in a decade. 

IMG_20230125_164043.thumb.jpg.b553095cf47c06b014db70ea03ef1f73.jpg

 

Nice embroidered griffin's. 

IMG_20230125_164107.thumb.jpg.94821244942ac2b10ca3b52977eb9432.jpg

Looking on google the Griffin lapels may have been short lived as photos are quite hard to come by. But it looks like the girl in your photo has them. But she has metal buttons and mine are plastic but still rather fetching. Which is why I reckon somebody in the know could pinpoint the date. 

IMG_20230125_164153.thumb.jpg.7c0896dcbe94521c047462fcfa907ffb.jpg

And then the pockets have leather protective areas. Mine are a bit worn but I like that because I know the wear happened working on the streets of London a very long time ago.

IMG_20230125_164231.thumb.jpg.3b38c20729156c26d8d083c466f2f3c9.jpg

 

And inside it has a soft white cotton lining for the sleeves, for flexibility obviously, a sturdier dark blue lining for the main jacket and then an even thicker lining for the inside pockets. 

IMG_20230125_164511.thumb.jpg.b6b5e09596faa09e51fd74c7b75df277.jpg

It really is a quality thing, Royal Mail could learn a thing or two here. Though an RM uniform from the same time is probably just as good but mine now is rubbish. The trouser pockets wear out in a matter of weeks and I have to tie the holes up with elastic bands. But I digress, back to the Russian girls... 

There's a theme devoping here..

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7 hours ago, Yoss said:

I suspect somebody nerdier than me could date that photo quite accurately with the combination of of everything. 

Oi! I resemble that remark!

the young Lady in the Photo is a (then) 19 year old Pauline Bowden, shown, wearing her new hat, and taken at Reigate bug garage

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https://www.shutterstock.com/editorial/image-editorial/london-bus-conductors-19yo-clippie-conductress-pauline-1794404a

sounds impressive! but nothing a bit of reverse google image search cant dig up :) 

another photo taken at the same time

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https://www.shutterstock.com/editorial/image-editorial/london-bus-conductors-19yo-clippie-conductress-pauline-1794404a

no actual year given, however someone could probably figure it out from her age and whenever she was born but ill let someone else figure that out!

she seems pleased with her new hat at least!

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4 hours ago, LightBulbFun said:

Oi! I resemble that remark!

the young Lady in the Photo is a (then) 19 year old Pauline Bowden, shown, wearing her new hat, and taken at Reigate bug garage

https://editorial01.shutterstock.com/wm-preview-1500/1794402a/74f5fd25/Shutterstock_1794402a.jpg

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https://www.shutterstock.com/editorial/image-editorial/london-bus-conductors-19yo-clippie-conductress-pauline-1794404a

sounds impressive! but nothing a bit of reverse google image search cant dig up :) 

another photo taken at the same time

https://editorial01.shutterstock.com/wm-preview-1500/1794404a/9fb39106/Shutterstock_1794404a.jpg

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https://www.shutterstock.com/editorial/image-editorial/london-bus-conductors-19yo-clippie-conductress-pauline-1794404a

no actual year given, however someone could probably figure it out from her age and whenever she was born but ill let someone else figure that out!

she seems pleased with her new hat at least!

Nice Griffin. 

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