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Detail
from front cover of 1960 timetable. Bus timetables at the time
contained details of all Bristol Omnibus country routes from
Malvern to Bruton and from Weston to Hungerford |
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Detail
from front cover of 1967 timetable, now in area format showing
country and city services in Stroud, Gloucester, Cheltenham and
Swindon |
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A
feature throughout the 60s and 70s in the Bus Station was
timetable cabinets on the platform featuring yellow pages. There
was a similar, though smaller, display at the Subscription Rooms
even though the adjacent bus stop was for many years set down
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Four
track number displays were required at Stroud to accommodate
some route numbers. These were 422A (Aston Down), 426A
(Oakridge), 430A (Ruscombe), 431A (Foxmoor Lane), 431B (Westrip
Turning) and 450A (Kilminster Road, shown here). Four digit
route numbers were last used in 1967 |
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By
the early 70s, timetables had the look and feel of similar
National Bus Company operators but retained a yellow cover for
the Northern Divisions |
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1977
Scholars' Season Ticket detail |
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Route
map detail of 1980 |
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1981
timetable detail showing artistic representation of Stroud's
valley floor industrial heritage |
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1982
Setright bus ticket to the value of 83p. Stroud's buses for many
years used Speed Setright ticket equipment |
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Reverse
of ticket. Even in the mid-1980s it was possible to send
unaccompanied parcels by country bus. Like conductors before and
ticket inspectors after, this practice ceased |
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"Fare
savers" advert detail from the early 1980s. On offer were
Fare Cards (season tickets); Rovercards (unlimited Stroud
network tickets); off-peak Day Returns; Day Out tickets at £1.20
a day; Children's Weekend Specials where accompanied children
travelled free; and the Wanderbus Ticket, unlimited travel on
any National Bus Company service |
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1983
timetable detail showing new double deck outside Stroud
Subscription Rooms. This was till 1992 a set down stop on the
421 Stonehouse-Chalford service but for a short time upon
closure of the bus station became a terminus |
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Replacing
the "Day Out Ticket" sold on the bus, the 1980s saw
the introduction of the National Bus Company Explorer ticket for
unlimited travel. This example dates from 1982 |
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Cheltenham
& Gloucester Omnibus upon take-over adopted this "Happy
Leyland National" image on its early publicity. This dates
from 1984 |
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The
private hire and excursion arm was branded "Cotswold"
by Cheltenham & Gloucester. This detail from an early
advertising flier shows the livery adopted for all but National
Express coaches |
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1998
route map detail - showing similar area to the 1980 example
above |
