Getting Their Moneysworth
I hate going somewhere where they just park sixty buses on an old airfield they charge a tenner and with no additional shelter everybody hopes it doesn't rain. But I don't mind paying to go into museums especially if it helps to preserve magnificent gems like this 1937 MCW bodied Daimler COG5 at Wythall and also if it means I get to ride on it too and other wonderful buses from the past. I have to confess as a bus enthusiast I'm just old enough to remember these at Birmingham. The trial batch of ten Leyland Atlanteans had just arrived marking a new era so this was 1961 but alas these and all other pre-war buses had all been withdrawn by then but a tiny few could still be found lurking in the depths of garages most notably Perry Barr when I sneaked it there and to my surprise I saw no less than ten as like this bus 1107 they had been retained as snow ploughs. With no heaters it is hard to imagine First or Arriva doing that today ordering drivers to come in at 4am to clear the roads, but of course these were old Corporation Buses buses and were owned by the City Council and why buy special lorries when reliable old buses would do. Mrs. Thatcher did away with much of the public owned sector as not being cost efficient and riddled with trade unionism. Okay it might have at times been a costly way to do things but at least it was done properly and people took a pride in being part of something and their work.
Getting Their Moneysworth
I hate going somewhere where they just park sixty buses on an old airfield they charge a tenner and with no additional shelter everybody hopes it doesn't rain. But I don't mind paying to go into museums especially if it helps to preserve magnificent gems like this 1937 MCW bodied Daimler COG5 at Wythall and also if it means I get to ride on it too and other wonderful buses from the past. I have to confess as a bus enthusiast I'm just old enough to remember these at Birmingham. The trial batch of ten Leyland Atlanteans had just arrived marking a new era so this was 1961 but alas these and all other pre-war buses had all been withdrawn by then but a tiny few could still be found lurking in the depths of garages most notably Perry Barr when I sneaked it there and to my surprise I saw no less than ten as like this bus 1107 they had been retained as snow ploughs. With no heaters it is hard to imagine First or Arriva doing that today ordering drivers to come in at 4am to clear the roads, but of course these were old Corporation Buses buses and were owned by the City Council and why buy special lorries when reliable old buses would do. Mrs. Thatcher did away with much of the public owned sector as not being cost efficient and riddled with trade unionism. Okay it might have at times been a costly way to do things but at least it was done properly and people took a pride in being part of something and their work.