Another memory of those days is that all over Bournemouth they had these little boxes which you opened with a key and inside was a boiling water heater to make tea! You carried a "tea caddy" and made a brew whereever. I bought mine at a hardware store just up from 'The Square.' I still have it now - it's on top of my kitchen cabinets in Tennessee, USA!
I worked on these back in 1966. I often had to use the bamboo pole on the turntable at Christchurch. I remember one day the booms came off a bus at Cemetery Junction, crashed the wires and stopped all of us!
Thankyou for sharing this, it brought back so many memories of the wonderful, happy times staying with my nan and grandad who lived in Kilmarnock Road....trolley buses....Bath Hill Court....the swing park in Pine Avenue.....Punch and Judy and ice cream on the beach... where did the time go..... x
I missed them by 4 years after joining in1973 and leaving in 2009, now retired , its so different now to what it was, all the fun we had in those days are long gone, at mallard road we had a canteen for food a bar to ha e a drink when we finished our shift, that's all gone, so has the canteen in the square. ahh yes in the 1970s it was a great job being on what was then Bournemouth corporation transport and still to this day have happy memories
Thanks for this.....I remember the Bournemouth trolleys from holidays, absolutely fascinating. I have particular memories of the sound of the wires in Boscombe whenyou knew a trolley was coming.
My sister & I used to catch the No. 21 trolley from Christchurch to our school in Southbourne - some kind conductors would let us help to push the bus round on the turntable! Happy days!
Can just remember them from a holiday with my parents in Oct 1961. I sometimes wonder if they could make a comeback due to the move away from petrol and diesel
I was also gutted when I arrived in Bournemouth a few months after they had finished! We still have some Bournemouth trolleybuses operating at the Trolleybus Museum at Sandoft though - search for "Bournemouth Trolleybus Sandtoft" on here to see one of them.
Most enjoyable - it brought back memories of holidays in Bournemouth in the early 1960's and journeys on the open top trolleys. However wasn't the report wrong in saying that the conductor had to replace the boom if it came off the wires? My recollection is that it was the driver's job and that was certainly the practice in London
@huttonpark I was a conductor and I usually replaced the booms but it was usually a joint effort. The driver mostly stayed in the cab, especially if we were running late so he'd be there to drive on to the loading spot.
Loved going to Bournemouth as a child in the 60's. I enjoyed riding on the trolleybuses and was gutted when, in 1969 I discovered they had finished!
Another memory of those days is that all over Bournemouth they had these little boxes which you opened with a key and inside was a boiling water heater to make tea! You carried a "tea caddy" and made a brew whereever. I bought mine at a hardware store just up from 'The Square.' I still have it now - it's on top of my kitchen cabinets in Tennessee, USA!
Happy days! I used to go to school by this method every day. Favourite excuse for being late: "Please, miss, the trolley bus came off the wires".
I worked on these back in 1966. I often had to use the bamboo pole on the turntable at Christchurch. I remember one day the booms came off a bus at Cemetery Junction, crashed the wires and stopped all of us!
Thankyou for sharing this, it brought back so many memories of the wonderful, happy times staying with my nan and grandad who lived in Kilmarnock Road....trolley buses....Bath Hill Court....the swing park in Pine Avenue.....Punch and Judy and ice cream on the beach... where did the time go..... x
I missed them by 4 years after joining in1973 and leaving in 2009, now retired , its so different now to what it was, all the fun we had in those days are long gone, at mallard road we had a canteen for food a bar to ha e a drink when we finished our shift, that's all gone, so has the canteen in the square. ahh yes in the 1970s it was a great job being on what was then Bournemouth corporation transport and still to this day have happy memories
Thanks for this.....I remember the Bournemouth trolleys from holidays, absolutely fascinating. I have particular memories of the sound of the wires in Boscombe whenyou knew a trolley was coming.
My sister & I used to catch the No. 21 trolley from Christchurch to our school in Southbourne - some kind conductors would let us help to push the bus round on the turntable! Happy days!
Can just remember them from a holiday with my parents in Oct 1961. I sometimes wonder if they could make a comeback due to the move away from petrol and diesel
Thanks for posting as a conductor 66-69 on trolleys this brought back fantastic memories.
I was also gutted when I arrived in Bournemouth a few months after they had finished!
We still have some Bournemouth trolleybuses operating at the Trolleybus Museum at Sandoft though - search for "Bournemouth Trolleybus Sandtoft" on here to see one of them.
Most enjoyable - it brought back memories of holidays in Bournemouth in the early 1960's and journeys on the open top trolleys.
However wasn't the report wrong in saying that the conductor had to replace the boom if it came off the wires? My recollection is that it was the driver's job and that was certainly the practice in London
@huttonpark
I was a conductor and I usually replaced the booms but it was usually a joint effort. The driver mostly stayed in the cab, especially if we were running late so he'd be there to drive on to the loading spot.
@30mog
They were made by Sunbeam, who I think is the same company that makes electrical appliances like coffee pots today. Their logo is the same.