Accents

[Western SMT]

A Scottish bus company has taken steps to teach their Polish drivers "the Patter" to help them understand their passengers.

http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/...Bus.5187871.jp

[redd9]

If the Buses in Birmingham are anything to go by, Just English would do!
My sister got on a Travel West Midlands bus and asked the driver how much to Merry Hill and he said" No English"......!!!!

[Trapper John]

The same could be said for Newcastle-upon-Tyne! I was trying to get a bus from Marlborough Crescent Bus Station to Bensham Bus Depot. I asked a driver behind the wheel of an old Leopard if he was going there. He said something, but it was totally unintelligible! I still have trouble with the Geordie accent to this day, but I have to say that watching repeats of "Auf Wiedersehen, Pet" with sub-titles has helped a little!

[G-CPTN]

Marlborough Crescent Bus Station is long gone . . .

Photos here:- http://www.bpears.org.uk/Albums/MarlboroughCrescent/

Some more here:-

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[Trapper John]

Originally Posted by G-CPTN

Marlborough Crescent Bus Station is long gone . . ..

Yes, I know - You used to see it from the railway line as you approached Cental Station from the south - not any more. I know Haymarket Bus Station is still open, but what about Gallowgate and Worswick Street? The latter was the only place where I saw any NGT Routemasters - for some reason, on the 3 occasions I visited Bensham, there were never any there. Dunno why

Originally Posted by G-CPTN

Some more here:-

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Where???

[G-CPTN]

Worswick Street is also long gone.
Gallowgate has 'moved' to Blenheim Street and is now (probably exclusively) National Express:- http://wikimapia.org/#lat=54.9678332...19&l=0&m=h&v=2

Looks like there's an open-top parked in the 'north-west' bay - I can't imagine what that was doing, I've never heard of any sightseeing service.

I didn't know you were 'one of us' . . .

[G-CPTN]

Originally Posted by Trapper John

Where???

Sorry (you'll have to search - 'Edit', 'Find', 'Marlborough Crescent')
http://tynetransport.fotopic.net/c1313877.html

[G-CPTN]

Marlborough Crescent now:- http://wikimapia.org/#lat=54.9675453...18&l=0&m=h&v=2

Haymarket Bus Station:- http://wikimapia.org/#lat=54.9768101...19&l=0&m=h&v=2

[coastie]

Originally Posted by redd9

If the Buses in Birmingham are anything to go by, Just English would do!
My sister got on a Travel West Midlands bus and asked the driver how much to Merry Hill and he said" No English"......!!!!

Merry Hill!!! Have been there many times! I used to go to CMT in Cradeley Heath then go to Merry Hill for something to eat, mind, this is when it was in phase one. I also bought my best cassette deck there.

Anyway, off topic, sorry!

[Trapper John]

Originally Posted by G-CPTN

I didn't know you were 'one of us' . . .

Neither did I! What am I one of?