Hello,
This is supposed to be a question about historic ticketing, though depending in what direction the thread goes it may become more appropriate for one of the other forum sections.
Anyway, in my own experiences, ticket checking staff were a lot less strict 15 years plus ago than they seem now.
I remember in circa 1998 I'd got the isle of Wight boat times messed up, and was half an hour later on the lymington branch train (and throughout my journey back to Leeds) and staff were quite happy with my YP advance.
Another time I was travelling somewhere down south (possibly isle of Wight again, I've lost track of women and places) and had a class 47 to Birmingham, then supposed to be a valenta HST Birmingham to Leeds.
A full on sprint at New St saw me on the earlier train to Leeds which was a 47. Again a YP Advance.
A couple of years later (moved on to a bird in sheffield now), i used the Sheffield to Leeds not Doncaster ticket to travel shef-don-york behind one of the blue liveried 47s and then on arriva trans pennine from york back to leeds, and yet again all staff were content.
This is supposed to be a question about historic ticketing, though depending in what direction the thread goes it may become more appropriate for one of the other forum sections.
Anyway, in my own experiences, ticket checking staff were a lot less strict 15 years plus ago than they seem now.
I remember in circa 1998 I'd got the isle of Wight boat times messed up, and was half an hour later on the lymington branch train (and throughout my journey back to Leeds) and staff were quite happy with my YP advance.
Another time I was travelling somewhere down south (possibly isle of Wight again, I've lost track of women and places) and had a class 47 to Birmingham, then supposed to be a valenta HST Birmingham to Leeds.
A full on sprint at New St saw me on the earlier train to Leeds which was a 47. Again a YP Advance.
A couple of years later (moved on to a bird in sheffield now), i used the Sheffield to Leeds not Doncaster ticket to travel shef-don-york behind one of the blue liveried 47s and then on arriva trans pennine from york back to leeds, and yet again all staff were content.