My friend at school gave me the bus bug. One of the first things I remember about buses, was waiting on the playground at the back end of Gig Mill School on Thursday afternoons with my mate, and watch a WMPTE Leyland Fleetline, which I think must have been from Stourbridge Garage and later Hart's Hill Garage, pull up by the back school gates dropping pupils off from Greenfield School (I think) to use our swimming pool.

I can also remember, in 1984/1985, when the council was resurfacing The Broadway in Stourbridge (I think that they were supposed to have resurfaced The Broadway in Dudley if I remember correctly), and services 289 and 290 were diverted down Heath Farm Road and Glebe Lane. My mate and I were again hanging around the back gates (the teachers must have thought that we were trying to escape) every break and lunchtime, hoping that we would see the 289 and 290 go past.

After completing Stourbridge Bus Information, these memories gave me the idea of starting SBI Past after I had acquired old timetable booklets from various bus rallies that I have attended, and put them on-line to share with other people of Stourbridge and its surrounding area.

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