Picking up in Harlow
From August 1974 until April 1977, London Country ran a Dial-a-Ride service connecting old Harlow with the New Town. Marketed as 'Pick-Me-Up', five Dormobile-bodied Ford Transits were allocated, numbered FT1-5. Passengers would telephone the despatcher using a free-phone and he would tell you when a bus would turn up. A bus could also be caught in advance by posting a booking card to the Pick-Me-Up Control Cabin (allowing four days notice!).
FT5 is seen outside Adams House in The High in August 1975.
Scanned from a Kodachrome slide in my collection.
Picking up in Harlow
From August 1974 until April 1977, London Country ran a Dial-a-Ride service connecting old Harlow with the New Town. Marketed as 'Pick-Me-Up', five Dormobile-bodied Ford Transits were allocated, numbered FT1-5. Passengers would telephone the despatcher using a free-phone and he would tell you when a bus would turn up. A bus could also be caught in advance by posting a booking card to the Pick-Me-Up Control Cabin (allowing four days notice!).
FT5 is seen outside Adams House in The High in August 1975.
Scanned from a Kodachrome slide in my collection.