In article , are (Acrosticus) wrote:

My information is that on LT trams and trolleybuses they ended in 1950.
Following a public outcry though they were introduced on LT buses (both
Central
and Country) in 1952 under the rather less proletarian title of "Early
Morning
Returns". When EMRs finished I don't know however.

Are you sure about the returns bit? To my knowledge from travelling on central buses throughout the 1950s return tickets were never issued -
I think they were Early Morning Singles.

--
Peter Beale

On Wed, 1 Oct 2003 22:18 +0100 (BST), (Peter Beale)
wrote:

In article , are (Acrosticus) wrote:

My information is that on LT trams and trolleybuses they ended in 1950.
Following a public outcry though they were introduced on LT buses (both
Central
and Country) in 1952 under the rather less proletarian title of "Early
Morning
Returns". When EMRs finished I don't know however.

Are you sure about the returns bit? To my knowledge from travelling on central buses throughout the 1950s return tickets were never issued -
I think they were Early Morning Singles.

And identified by fare code EMS on Gibson ticket machines? We always
wondered what these were for.

In article , (Ken Wheatley) wrote:

And identified by fare code EMS on Gibson ticket machines? We always
wondered what these were for.

Probably. In my day they were proper tickets, pretty colours and punched by the conductor!

--
Peter Beale

Peter Beale wrote:
In article ,
(Ken Wheatley) wrote:

And identified by fare code EMS on Gibson ticket machines?
We always
wondered what these were for.

Probably. In my day they were proper tickets, pretty
colours and punched by the conductor!

So violence on public transport is nothing new then? :-))

Cast_Iron wrote:
Peter Beale wrote:
And identified by fare code EMS on Gibson ticket machines?
We always
wondered what these were for.

Probably. In my day they were proper tickets, pretty
colours and punched by the conductor!

So violence on public transport is nothing new then? :-))

There must have been many a time when unruly schoolchildren sat next to the
aisle on an RT/RTL, etc. were "accidentally on purpose" clouted on the head,
thereby re-arranging the grey cells, by a strategically height-adjusted
Gibson ticket machine!
Law and order/ peace and quiet for everyone else ... :-)

Have a nice Day
Paul


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"Paul Brown" wrote in message
...
Cast_Iron wrote:
Peter Beale wrote:
And identified by fare code EMS on Gibson ticket machines?
We always
wondered what these were for.

Probably. In my day they were proper tickets, pretty
colours and punched by the conductor!

So violence on public transport is nothing new then? :-))

There must have been many a time when unruly schoolchildren sat next to
the
aisle on an RT/RTL, etc. were "accidentally on purpose" clouted on the
head,
thereby re-arranging the grey cells, by a strategically height-adjusted
Gibson ticket machine!
Law and order/ peace and quiet for everyone else ... :-)

LOL and quite right too - noisy little beggars!!

"Paul Brown" wrote in message
...

There must have been many a time when unruly schoolchildren sat next to
the
aisle on an RT/RTL, etc. were "accidentally on purpose" clouted on the
head,
thereby re-arranging the grey cells, by a strategically height-adjusted
Gibson ticket machine!
Law and order/ peace and quiet for everyone else ... :-)

And before the advent of ticket machines, the ticket rack served a similar
purpose.
--
Terry Harper, Web Co-ordinator, The Omnibus Society
http://www.omnibussoc.org
E-mail:
URL: http://www.terry.harper.btinternet.co.uk/