| Rollsigns from Kentish Bus, England Formerly London Country South East |
| This "Kentish Bus" Tyvek (paper) side destination blind is from a minibus or small single-deck bus. In the first two blocks (as far as "Shorne Ridgeway") it includes a number of destinations for routes on the borders of south-east London and Kent, mostly on the Kent side of the border. PETTS WOOD via Orpington and ST MARY CRAY via Orpington may be London Transport/TfL route R7, which was part of the London bus network; Petts Wood may be in yellow as buses in both directions may have served the same stop in Orpington town centre, so using yellow for buses to Petts Wood would reduce the risk of someone getting on a bus going in the wrong direction. Other destinations in this block are for routes beyond the London Transport/TfL boundary. The third block is for other routes which Kentish Bus operated at that time on behalf of London Transport (now TfL) - 428, 492, 272, 96, 269, 228/328 and 233 all appear to be included. Some of these were never scheduled for small buses, others might have had them only on Sundays. The blind has no print date or manufacturer. It has 64 exposures (Assistance with the historical information from Malc McDonald. Thank you!) |
| This Tyvek (paper) front destination sign was originally from Boro'line Maidstone. Their livery was blue and yellow, and they used the same colours for their blinds (rollsigns). The blue/yellow displays are for routes 108, 188, 492, 422, 233, 228/328, then a Sunday-only 22 (which was manly outside the London boundary), then route 132. Kentish bus took over Boro'line Maidsotne's London bus operations in 1992. The standard white-out-of-black panels look likely to have been added later. Those at the top are additional points on route 108 where a journey could be curtailed. Those at the bottom are for route D9, which Kentish Bus operated at certain times. The blind is from before the Kentish Bus takeover, because of the displays for route 188 (Euston, Greenwich, Surrey Docks, Waterloo, Aldwych, Russell Square). Boro'line surrendered the contract for the 188 in 1990, so it didn't pass to Kentish Bus; those displays effectively became redundant in 1990. Looking at the routes included and the layout of the blind, it seems likely that it would date from sometime between 1989 and 1990, and have been intended for a Leyland Lynx or maybe a Leyland Naitonal. The blind was manufactured by Norbury Brothers, and has 34 exposures. (Assistance with the historical information from Malc McDonald and Arthur Balfour. Thank you!) |
| Kentish Bus (ex-Boro'line Maidstone) Leyland Lynx #408, displaying a destination blind similar to the one shown here, is seen at Bexleyheath, Market Place, from 1992. (Photo from the Ian Armstrong collection. Used with permission.) |
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