"Neill" wrote in message
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When I was a child in the 1960's my mother hauled a pushchair on and
off RM and RT buses, either on her own or probably with the help of
the conductor. (Blimey, I'm starting to see Boris's point about buses
here!). This was normal practice and no-one complained. My mother is
hardly the largest or strongest person either. I also travelled in the
guards compartment of trains as well, and can remember doing the same
thing whne my sister was little in the early 1970's.

Neill
I seem to recall that the sign on an RT said something like " one folded
pram may be placed under the stairs at the conductor's discretion". We all
seemed to manage and there were many fewer cars then. You certainly couldn't
push the smallest "vehicle" down the bus.
That isn't to say that having space set aside for prams, wheelchairs etc is
wrong, but there have to be limits and to raise it as "discrimination" seems
a bit ridiculous.

MaxB