No. 14 bus (?) from Holyrood to Bitterne Park

[Hamilton Saint]

Trivia question for you.

 

In 1964-1965 I used to take a double-decker bus from Holyrood Church on the High Street (below bar) through town, through Portswood, and across the Cobden Bridge into Bitterne Park, before getting off at St. Mary's College.

 

I remember it as the No. 14 route. Is that correct?

[Lets B Avenue]

Yes. Went on up Mousehole Lane and then onto Townhill Park, before coming back.

[Hamilton Saint]

Yes. Went on up Mousehole Lane and then onto Townhill Park, before coming back.

 

Thanks!

[Hamilton Saint]

I found a few good pics of a No. 14 bus via a google search. Taken by David Christie in Sep. 1967

 

https://www.flickr.com/photos/david_christie/9787926966

Edited 17 June, 2018 by Hamilton Saint

[View From The Top]

I used to catch it either at the top of Mousehole Lane, not to far from the Bitterne Brewery or at the bottom of the hill by Leybourne Ave.

 

As a kid it was handy for The Dell and, ice rink and central baths. After games I'd rush into town to watch final score outside Rumbelows, or one of the other TV hire places, and then catch it home from Above Bar to miss the crowd at the cenotaph.

[Hamilton Saint]

I took the Hythe Ferry from Hythe every day, and walked up to the bus stop at Holyrood Church.

[Window Cleaner]

Met the first of my fiancées on a number 14 bus. I got on at the stop near Beechwood, went to Taunton's, she got on at The Triangle, went to G.G. Didn't have an Umbrella though.

[Hamilton Saint]

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