Thank you @Mcr Warrior that is really helpful and insightful. Sounds like they might have been pleased to have their jacket if the bus did indeed breakdown! So the only way of knowing the year is if someone knew more specific details about the routes, pricing, inflation, or, I suppose the type of ticket design. Thank you again for your help, much appreciated.
Thank you for the replies. Do we know when in the 1980s Bristol converted from Setrights to Wayfarer IIs? Thanks.
Thanks for clarifying. Yes, it's not the route number.
What a fascinating find, thanks for posting it.
My admittedly hazy memory is telling me the change happened prior to the October 1986 deregulation, possibly April 1986, when there was a big reorganisation of the city network, route numbers, timetables etc. ready for dereg, plus the launch of the CityLine branding.
The only thing I’m wondering about this is that I can’t recall any city service fare stages as high as 45. The city centre itself was generally fare stage 20 (though there were a few oddities), with fare stage numbers increasing/decreasing away from there, depending on the route. The highest one I can recall was stage 32, which was Withywood (Sherrin Way) when the route 36 was in it’s long and winding glory.
Thank you @Kremlin Stooge , I very much appreciate your insights. Your dating it as 1986 or earlier certainly seems to fit. Have you any idea what sort of bus ticket you'd have got for £1.30 in say 1986, that seems quite a significant price for back in the day, but I was only seven myself back then, so I'm not entirely sure!
With your observation about the dates of the BRFC crest we can narrow the years down to somewhere between 1982 and 1986. It has been identified earlier in the thread as likely to be a Rover ticket of some kind, so, at the price of £1·30, I’ll take a guess at it being an under-16’s ticket, as, even back then, adult Rover tickets had gone above £2.
here is an image of the page in the bristol timetable 1968 - https://timetableworld.com/ttw-viewer.php?token=0275cf0b-e34a-4faa-9811-854d9b57f24e
I think we've probably all passed on things we wish we hadn't . That's interesting, could well be a big teenager then as the jacket is a size large. And yes, I think you are right, matching together the ticket details with the badge on the shirt gives Oct 82, 83, 84 or 85. It's a shame that the 14th of October doesn't match up to a football fixture, but obviously the owner could well have been wearing it any day of the week. Thanks again.With your observation about the dates of the BRFC crest we can narrow the years down to somewhere between 1982 and 1986. It has been identified earlier in the thread as likely to be a Rover ticket of some kind, so, at the price of £1·30, I’ll take a guess at it being an under-16’s ticket, as, even back then, adult Rover tickets had gone above £2.
I used to have a random collection of stuff like promo leaflets etc. dating from back then, even a couple of fare tables, but, as is the way of these things, they get lost or mislaid.
What a great story! That put a smile on my face! Think the owner of my jacket is off the hook as they evidently looked after their ticket better. I certainly hope you got it right!!!
That's a good shout, does seem likely.
My March 1984 Bristol City Area fare book lists various stage 45s on the following services:
I used the 51 and 54 regularly south of the city centre in 1984/5. My only sightings of an afternoon peak FLF during this period were always on the 14: wish it'd been on the 54 as that was always my bus home from university in the p.m. peak!
