tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20340207.post3001644372117894788..comments2024-03-29T06:18:19.604+00:00Comments on Phil's Workbench: Stafford 2017Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20340207.post-85127853184184444142017-02-11T13:13:42.743+00:002017-02-11T13:13:42.743+00:00It's interesting to see a Bristol VR described...It's interesting to see a Bristol VR described as a "vintage" bus - very interesting, in fact, as the majority of them would have been built in the 1970s.<br /><br />(I'd rather not go into loads of boring detail here - if nothing else because I wear a wax cotton jacket - I don't even own an anorak! However, I can remember going to school in the late 70s / early 80s on a, then new, VRTSL3.)<br /><br />In other words, the bus in question was probably significantly younger than a lot of the people who would have been travelling in it.<br /><br />I could add that, personally, I quite like Bristol / ECW vehicles - especially the (single deck) RE, of similar vintage.<br /><br /><br />However, time - and legislation - has moved on since these vehicles were built.<br /><br />A lot of VRs were replaced by Leyland or Volvo Olympians - which have, themselves, recently been required to be removed from daily frontline service use. This seems to be mainly because they've got step entrances and the floors aren't low enough to meet accessibility regulations.Huw Griffithsnoreply@blogger.com