Hi Everyone, I have very fond memories of the buses, especially the Corporation buses that were garaged in the Abbey Park Road depot. I joined the L.C.T. when I just turned 21 as a Connÿ (Conductor). I already had a driving licence but only for cars. After a few years I applied to be trained as a driver. It took just about 3 weeks to be trained. Much later, on a cold and frosty morning I vividly remember taking a bus out at 5.30am on a "workman's special. It was raining in the city but as we went onto Saffron Lane, the sound of the water under the front tyres suddenly disappeared. Sitting in the cab alongside the engine, I realised that we were all travelling on BLACK ICE. All I did was lift my foot off the accelerator and the balance of the bus altered, and it decided it was going to do a full 360 decree turn in the middle of Saffron lane and we all finished up in the gutter with the nose of the bus between two trees". There was a tremendous cheer from all the workers both on the lower deck and upstairs, They all thought it was really funny until I told them they would all have to get out and push the bus back onto the road. No one was hurt and it went down as a big joke. I had a terrible time trying to convince them that it was not it was not a deliberate mistake on my part, Just inexperience on my part. After that I used to take my little old Hillman onto country roads during the winter and taught myself skid control. I later took an advanced driving course and that has got me out of trouble with other drivers who were not paying full attention to other driver around them. I was later promoted to an Inspector, but after 4 years in that position, my wife and family emigrated to Adelaide, Australia, and, yes I was still driving busses until I retired in 1994 Hope you all enjoyed this little story Harvey Bates, Adelaide, Sth. Australia