Bournemouth Trolley buses 1960s
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@30mog
They were made by Sunbeam, who I think is the same company that makes electrical appliances like coffee pots today. Their logo is the same.
bubbaten199 7 months ago
Another memory of those days is that all over Bournemouth they had these little boxes which you opened with a key and inside was a boiling water heater to make tea! You carried a "tea caddy" and made a brew whereever. I bought mine at a hardware store just up from 'The Square.' I still have it now - it's on top of my kitchen cabinets in Tennessee, USA!
bubbaten199 7 months ago
@huttonpark
I was a conductor and I usually replaced the booms but it was usually a joint effort. The driver mostly stayed in the cab, especially if we were running late so he'd be there to drive on to the loading spot.
bubbaten199 7 months ago
I worked on these back in 1966. I often had to use the bamboo pole on the turntable at Christchurch. I remember one day the booms came off a bus at Cemetery Junction, crashed the wires and stopped all of us!
bubbaten199 7 months ago
Nice short film. Great looking vehicles they were - like an early Atlantean or Fleetline at the front but more like a London Routemaster at the rear. I believe one example lives on in preservation.
30mog 1 year ago
Thankyou for sharing this, it brought back so many memories of the wonderful, happy times staying with my nan and grandad who lived in Kilmarnock Road....trolley buses....Bath Hill Court....the swing park in Pine Avenue.....Punch and Judy and ice cream on the beach... where did the time go..... x
easterangel1 2 years ago 2
Most enjoyable - it brought back memories of holidays in Bournemouth in the early 1960's and journeys on the open top trolleys.
However wasn't the report wrong in saying that the conductor had to replace the boom if it came off the wires? My recollection is that it was the driver's job and that was certainly the practice in London
huttonpark 2 years ago 2
Brilliant to see. Thank you.
HappyEgg59 2 years ago 2
Happy days! I used to go to school by this method every day. Favourite excuse for being late: "Please, miss, the trolley bus came off the wires".
trouper3 2 years ago 2
Thanks for this.....I remember the Bournemouth trolleys from holidays, absolutely fascinating. I have particular memories of the sound of the wires in Boscombe whenyou knew a trolley was coming.
jet936 3 years ago 2