Back in the 60's, the bus routes around Dundee had time-card clocks placed at terminus stops. This was also the era of bus conductors, and their routine would be to lift the lid on the body of the clock, put in his time-card, and pull a lever to stamp the time on it. Sometimes when a bus was early, it meant having to hang around one until it was the right time to depart, which passengers always moaned about, especially when the driver joined the conductor for a natter & a fag!I remember there being a clock at Keith Place/Ballindean Road terminus, and us being primary school kids would lift the lid up to pull the lever because it used to go "DING", and then we'd scarper.
The clocks became obsolete when one-man buses became the norm around 1970.
For a reminder of the green Corporation buses, here's some footage from the 60's below.
I remember them well at the Ninewells terminus. The conductors usually left them unlocked to save time. I would push the cover shut, much to the annoyance of the conductor/conductress, who then have to find the right key to open them!
ReplyDeleteThere was also a tap in the bottom part of the clock.
The number 40 went to Ninewells, then changed to number 39 for the return run to Craigiebank.