Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Vintage Bus Running Day - Wood Green - this Sunday, 23rd March 2025
On Sunday there's an opportunity to travel on vintage buses (with fares going to Red Nose Day) running on four routes centred around Wood Green. Two of the routes - the 29 and 144 - are still going strong, but the 233 was renumbered W3 when it was converted to flat fares in the late 1960s, while the 251 wasn't a London Transport route - it was operated by the long disappeared Eastern National company out of their garage at Wood Green and went all the way to Southend.
Download the map and outline timetable here.
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Permalink Reply by Jeremyb on
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On the following Saturday, 29th March, vintage buses will be running on route 19 from Finsbury Park to Battersea. Details here:
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Permalink Reply by Kevin Nairn on
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In the early 70s, I went to Wood Green and saw a crowd of people opposite Wood Green tube station. I went to have a look at what was going on, and saw Reg Varney maneuvering a green bus on the forecourt of the Eastern National bus garage, which used to be in Lordship Lane. They were filming an episode of On the Buses, and Reg wasn't allowed to drive the bus onto the road, as he wasn't insured. He could only drive it on the forecourt as it was private land.
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The very first Routemaster (RM1) on Green Lanes today. Note the nearside fog lamp below the headlight, directed towards the kerb to locate it in 1950s peasouper fogs.
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Permalink Reply by Dick Harris on
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Sitting outside Deli at 80 in Stroud Green Road this morning we saw several Route-masters numbered 233 passing by. Some W3 buses were also running and seeing the two together made it quite plain how much wider the newer buses are.
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