One of the last two routes to operate RFs in London, on
30 Mar 79, Kingston route 219 shared with the
218 both the road as far as Hersham and (from the
1930s) its bus allocation. Although barely
outlasting the RFs, the 219 had a long history including its
famous role in serving the Vickers factory during the war.
Fancy that.
RF486, no less, in the winter of 1961/62 at
Thames Ditton
Winters Bridge, terminus of trolleybus route
602. Shown on the trolleybuses as 'The Dittons', Winter's
Bridge on the Portsmouth Road was originally named "Window's
Bridge" after an 18th-century blacksmith who built a plank bridge
over the River Rythe at that spot. The trolleybus turning
circle at the end of St Leonard's Road has disappeared in a road
redesign, but the Masons Arms still stands, until recently called
Tiger Joe's but now known as The Leaf. RF486 will, of course,
run on the 219 on 22 March.
RF520 on its last Saturday of
operation, 24 Mar 79, in Brooklands Road, shortly before arriving
at the BAC Works.
