Craigieboy Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 Was it just because it was the corporation colours? For a project. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moriarty Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 im sure somebody told me the owner was a jambo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jambojackbilly Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 Cause green ones are ****e Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davemclaren Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 Apparently the colour isn't Maroon but Madder. Nice pic of an open top bus on here. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lothian_Buses Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miller Jambo 60 Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 Apparently the colour isn't Maroon but Madder. Nice pic of an open top bus on here. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lothian_Buses I always thought it was because Hearts are the big team. And we know what happened to the old GREEN smt buses. Gone. Doug. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankie Pal Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 A project in the jug bar? They are the City colours, although Hibbys will deny this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jambophil Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 And the madder and white have gone too now. First they steal the buses, then the brewery smell, I want my city back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo Bill Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 The question you should be asking is: 'Why the hell aren't they anymore?' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaps Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 The question you should be asking is: 'Why the hell aren't they anymore?' The number 22 buses are pink now:hang: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craigieboy Posted October 28, 2009 Author Share Posted October 28, 2009 There are still a lot of flashes of maroon actually. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gavsy Van Gaverson Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 The number 22 buses are pink now:hang: Not all of them are. It is only the buses with the additional buggy spaces that are pink. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PsychocAndy Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 if you were to choose any 2 colours for anything sanity insists they would be Maroon and White Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo Bill Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 There are still a lot of flashes of maroon actually. . But not enough as there used to be. Now they have that horrible corporate gold diamonds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beats Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 I always thought it was because Hearts are the big team.And we know what happened to the old GREEN smt buses. Gone. Doug. SMT i remember them they were Eastern Scottish before then.First bought them over ages ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gasman Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 Was it just because it was the corporation colours? For a project. Thanks No evidence to prove anything, but this is what I was brought up (by a non-football family) to believe is the true reason.... Edinburgh City's colours are actually black and white, but the original horse drawn trams were not painted in a standard livery, just whatever the different manufacturers had handy. These trams did not run frequently enough, at the right times, to cope with the demand when Hearts were at home, so a deal was done. The Club paid the City Council something towards the costs of running the extra trams, almost like a "football special". To make them easily recognisable, these trams began to be repainted in the colours of the famous Edinburgh Heart of Midlothian. Over a period of time these colours became the standard livery for the Councils trams, then their buses. The other connection is that the Chairman of Lothian Transport is Pilmar Smith, a fanatical Jambo and true gentleman, who was Vice-Chairman of Hearts under Wallace Mercer's reign. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tams bird Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 Was it just because it was the corporation colours? For a project. Thanks You do an awful lot of projects Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cade Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 The wheels kept coming off the green and white ones around christmas time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CavySlaveJambo Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 And the madder and white have gone too now. First they steal the buses, then the brewery smell, I want my city back Still got the brewery smell somedays in Gorgie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo Bill Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 The green SMT buses were boakin'. I used to have to get on them to go to Livingston (number 27), and they always had a thick cloud of cigarette smoke. Yet bizzarely, the front two seasts down stairs had 'no smoking' sign; as if that's going to make any difference! Even when I got to Livingston, the bus pulled into the most depressing bus station ever made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Whittaker's Tache Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 I watched a copy of Restless Natives someone gave me the other night. The maroon buses almost brought a tear to my eye! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hughesie27 Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 On a good day you might still be able to see the old style buses. The 21 sometimes churns out a beauty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deans Jambo Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 The green SMT buses were boakin'. I used to have to get on them to go to Livingston (number 27), and they always had a thick cloud of cigarette smoke. Yet bizzarely, the front two seasts down stairs had 'no smoking' sign; as if that's going to make any difference! Even when I got to Livingston, the bus pulled into the most depressing bus station ever made. Are there any decent bus station's? Most are horrible places. Livingston's was scary though. The 281 preceded the 27. This bus would take nearly 2 hours to get from Deans-Edinburgh (about an hour going round Livingston first!). Standing joke with me and my mate was if anything took a long time it was like being on the 281. One thing I remember about the LRT buses were the maroon leather seats. You would end up sliding off them when you were wee especially if you were wearing nylon trackie bottoms! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevieboobs Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 remember the wee City Sprinters? Where they not run by LRT and I'm sure they were green. Or maybe I've just dreamt all this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deans Jambo Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 remember the wee City Sprinters? Where they not run by LRT and I'm sure they were green. Or maybe I've just dreamt all this Yep. They were green and cream coloured therefore I'm sure were Eastern Scottish/SMT/First (what ever they were called at the time!). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo Bill Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 Yep. They were green and cream coloured therefore I'm sure were Eastern Scottish/SMT/First (what ever they were called at the time!). I'm sure that a ''C5 Sprinter" (as the buses were called) can be seen on the Neil Pointon 1998 video somewhere near to the old Telecoms Club/Seniors Bar on Gorgie Road. The same company tried to muscle into LRT's market in the 80s. I rememebr getting a bus home from Tynecastle High Annexe in 1985 that drove up Stenhouse Street West which in turn spark outrage from 'the mothers', who blocked the road. What was weird about that was that my mum was one of the protesters, even though I was on the bus! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cotter Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 remember the wee City Sprinters? Where they not run by LRT and I'm sure they were green. Or maybe I've just dreamt all this They were Eastern Scottish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
269miles Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 The wheels kept coming off the green and white ones around christmas time. LOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davemclaren Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 I'm sure that a ''C5 Sprinter" (as the buses were called) can be seen on the Neil Pointon 1998 video somewhere near to the old Telecoms Club/Seniors Bar on Gorgie Road. The same company tried to muscle into LRT's market in the 80s. I rememebr getting a bus home from Tynecastle High Annexe in 1985 that drove up Stenhouse Street West which in turn spark outrage from 'the mothers', who blocked the road. What was weird about that was that my mum was one of the protesters, even though I was on the bus! Makes perfect sense to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prince Buaben Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 The wheels kept coming off the green and white ones around christmas time. :10900: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craigieboy Posted October 29, 2009 Author Share Posted October 29, 2009 Thanks. This is giving me amazing stuff for my project. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jambophil Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 Still got the brewery smell somedays in Gorgie They're getting rid of it mate There'a a thread on here about it too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo Bill Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 The C5 Sprinter can actually be seen on Stenhouse Road passing by Saughton Prison early on in this video. On the other side of the road are two buses. One is a proper maroon LRT number 34 bus. The other is the victorious Hearts team bringing the Scottish Cup back from Glasgow having pumped the Huns! So suck on that, Hobos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SE16 3LN Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 Anyone remember the excursion. Hearts buses to away games run by, I think, Eastern Scottish. Use to leave St Andrews Square. Went a few times in the early/mid 70's and it was mental. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gasman Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 The wheels kept coming off the green and white ones around christmas time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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