anniebygaslight
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Post by anniebygaslight on Sept 13, 2016 13:28:39 GMT
Not often that you see one of these in Yorkshire! Attachments:
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Post by gar on Sept 13, 2016 13:30:51 GMT
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Post by monklady123 on Sept 13, 2016 13:31:47 GMT
Interesting. Are there no school buses in England? (I'm assuming that's where "Yorkshire" is...) If not, how do kids get to school?
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Post by ktdoesntscrap on Sept 13, 2016 13:38:56 GMT
Interesting. Are there no school buses in England? (I'm assuming that's where "Yorkshire" is...) If not, how do kids get to school? They walk or take public transportation. It is way less likely that they are driven. ETA: on a sort of related note. I had a friend who used to export school busses to the UK and import Red Double Decker busses to the US!  |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 13, 2016 13:39:09 GMT
Interesting. Are there no school buses in England? (I'm assuming that's where "Yorkshire" is...) If not, how do kids get to school? We don't have school buses like that one. |
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Post by Zee on Sept 13, 2016 13:41:33 GMT
Count yourself extremely lucky. The return of buses in the morning has added 20 minutes or more to my commute. Not that I complained when it was MY kids on the bus, mind you... |
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anniebygaslight
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Post by anniebygaslight on Sept 13, 2016 14:32:21 GMT
Interesting. Are there no school buses in England? (I'm assuming that's where "Yorkshire" is...) If not, how do kids get to school? They walk, get on a normal service bus, get dropped off by car or get on a school bus which will look like this, in Yorkshire at any rate. Attachments:
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Post by bc2ca on Sept 13, 2016 14:42:30 GMT
Was it full of school kids and a bus driver who took a left when s/he should have turned right?  |
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Post by kels99 on Sept 13, 2016 15:28:00 GMT
Interesting. Are there no school buses in England? (I'm assuming that's where "Yorkshire" is...) If not, how do kids get to school? They walk, get on a normal service bus, get dropped off by car or get on a school bus which will look like this, in Yorkshire at any rate. Those are your school buses?! That's awesome! |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 13, 2016 16:10:58 GMT
Hey Annie...
I was in Sheffield this summer and loved it...visited Manchester, Derbyshire, and was in Sheffield as well around that area.
Your school buses are much nicer than ours. When I used to teach in Texas, we called them the "Old Yellow Dogs." Also, I used your public transit system quite a bit in England, and I have to say, I really liked it for the most part.
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anniebygaslight
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Post by anniebygaslight on Sept 13, 2016 16:16:06 GMT
Hey Annie... I was in Sheffield this summer and loved it...visited Manchester, Derbyshire, and was in Sheffield as well around that area. Your school buses are much nicer than ours. When I used to teach in Texas, we called them the "Old Yellow Dogs." Also, I used your public transit system quite a bit in England, and I have to say, I really liked it for the most part. I wish I'd known you were in Sheffield. We could have met for a cup of tea! |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 13, 2016 16:30:34 GMT
That would have been lovely.  I wish I were independently wealthy and could spend more time in your wonderful country. I loved the Peak District, and went to Chatsworth, which was great. |
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Post by eastcoastpea on Sept 13, 2016 17:05:39 GMT
Around here they are a dime a dozen.
I like the look of your public transportation. It looks nicer than the ones around here.
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Post by TeuchterPea on Sept 13, 2016 18:39:53 GMT
Friend runs several of these in Cheshire, he has several school run contracts.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 13, 2016 20:46:05 GMT
Interesting. Are there no school buses in England? (I'm assuming that's where "Yorkshire" is...) If not, how do kids get to school? They walk or take public transportation. It is way less likely that they are driven. A lot of children are driven to school nowadays.More so if they are younger and too young to use public transport if they have that facility. I drive one of my children to school every day. I'm one of many at our school. It's the same at a lot of other schools in the district. The older one takes the school bus ( different schools ) that is very similar to the anniebygaslight photo ( not the yellow bus one the other image)but in a different colour. |
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Post by fruitysuet on Sept 13, 2016 22:03:57 GMT
That would have been lovely. I wish I were independently wealthy and could spend more time in your wonderful country. I loved the Peak District, and went to Chatsworth, which was great. Noooooo Chatsworth would have been a great meet up for both Annie and myself as it is central to us both. Glad you enjoyed your trip though. My kids have a public service bus that extends its route once in the morning and once in the afternoon for the school run so if they miss it they are a bit stranded! My middle now goes to college and takes the train. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 14, 2016 0:06:58 GMT
What a bummer, I wish I could've met up with y'all! Your area is absolutely lovely, and I enjoyed seeing it so much. Let me see if I can find a picture I took of the countryside in Derbyshire.  |
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Post by ktdoesntscrap on Sept 14, 2016 3:04:24 GMT
They walk or take public transportation. It is way less likely that they are driven. A lot of children are driven to school nowadays.More so if they are younger and too young to use public transport if they have that facility. I drive one of my children to school every day. I'm one of many at our school. It's the same at a lot of other schools in the district. The older one takes the school bus ( different schools ) that is very similar to the anniebygaslight photo ( not the yellow bus one the other image)but in a different colour. I am sure it is increasing but in my experience working at schools in England, Cayman and the US. There are significantly fewer kids driven to school in England. At my daughters current school probably 85% of the students are driven... walking is not an option as there is little housing nearby.. but very few take public transportation, or even ride the school bus. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 14, 2016 9:41:56 GMT
A lot of children are driven to school nowadays.More so if they are younger and too young to use public transport if they have that facility. I drive one of my children to school every day. I'm one of many at our school. It's the same at a lot of other schools in the district. The older one takes the school bus ( different schools ) that is very similar to the anniebygaslight photo ( not the yellow bus one the other image)but in a different colour. I am sure it is increasing but in my experience working at schools in England, Cayman and the US. There are significantly fewer kids driven to school in England. At my daughters current school probably 85% of the students are driven... walking is not an option as there is little housing nearby.. but very few take public transportation, or even ride the school bus. Walking isn't an option in the UK either when you're nearest school is 2 to 3 miles away along a country road with no public transport and no school bus is provided because it's under 3 miles.....it's then on the parent to transport their child to school. Even if there was direct public transport no one here would sent their young child on public transport on their own. I'm don't know how long it is since you've lived in the UK but I was relating to what, in my experience, it's like living here now. I can virtually guarantee that the traffic in most towns and cities halves in volume during the school breaks. More so that parents now have an open choice as to which school their child can apply to. |
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I wish I were independently wealthy and could spend more time in your wonderful country.
