Bright Tech Developments Power Roller Destination - Arriva Fox County

In this video I run the destination from top to bottom numbers and letters first and then the messages. Destination equipment is very dirty and noisy and has not worked in a long time.
This would be last time Arriva would buy Bright Tech Developments Power Roller Blind Displays for its buses in The Midlands as all later buses would have Orange Hanover Destinations.
This display would have been seen in Leicestershire from 2002 and were fitted in Eastlanks Daf Lowlanders Double Deckers 4717 to 4745 and some Wright Daf Saloons.
The main roller has South Gates Garage routes at the top, Wigston Garage routes in the middle and Thurmaston Garage routes at the bottom. There are 113 destinations on the main roller.
This display uses barcodes on the numbers and main destination to work, dirt, dust or damage to rollers can quickly stop them from working.
This working destination was saved by Matt and Myself for spares to keep other destinations on other buses working, however after we have changed the broken buses. Management at the time got more Orange Hanover LED Displays as they just worked better. So all old destinations got removed and replaced. The last bus to be done was 4715. This bus had a large Bright Tech LED display fitted.
London still use power roller displays a TFL (transport for London) Requirement. Displays are Black with White Messages and not Yellow Messages like this one.
Information printed on back of roller at the top :----
(Leicester Powerblind June2002 McKENNAGLO Destination Blinds By McKenna Brothers)

[@leicestertravels4705]

It was staggering seeing how many destinations those buses actually carried. Shows how much has changed in the last 20 years. If I remember correctly 4701-4716 had slightly different destinations that explained the route more. The examples I remember include: South Wigston via Welford Road - 42 Wigston Magna via Welford Road - 43 South Wigston via Saffron Lane - 47 Countesthorpe via South Wigston - 47B Little Hill & South Wigston via University Road - 48 Fleckney via Wigston Magna - 49 Halls of Residence via Queens Road - 80 Broughton Astley via Blaby - 84 Dunton Bassett via Blaby & Cosby - 84 Cosby via Blaby - 84A Countesthorpe via Blaby - 85 South Wigston via Countesthorpe - 85

[@davesbusstuffandmore]

Buses 4701 to 4716 had them, they all so had 5 yellow blanks at the end of the roller. Whetstone was added (display (PL 71)). The buses had to have new Date Chip fitted in the controller and someone had to stick Whetstone on all the buses and then they changed to route again to Cosby. :-)

[@DOUBLEDTRAVEL]

Hmmm I saw Coalville but no Desford Barlestone or market Bosworth

[@davesbusstuffandmore]

Leicester First Bus did have a Depot at Barlestone and they did 153's many years ago. When Head Office did Bright Tech Roller Displays someone messed up LOL some very odd destinations are on them and some important ones are missing. Luckily the older Volvo buses with the green flip dot Hanover displays could do Coalville, Desford, Barlestone and Market Bosworth.

[@DOUBLEDTRAVEL]

I go as far back as the Leyland busses with manual destination blinds having Barlestone and such on them mate. My uncle lived behind the site of the depot in Barlestone which became new houses

[@davesbusstuffandmore]

I did like driving the old Leyland Buses, some of their roller blinds had places we didn't go on them as well. Plans for new routes that never happened. Today with LED its just a press of a button, but I do miss turning blinds manually 104 Braunstone via City Centre & 104 East Goscote via City Centre i did a lot 🙂

[@DOUBLEDTRAVEL]

@@davesbusstuffandmore 152/153/154 and the 34 from goodwood Road were my regular routes..... Some proper vintage vehicles on those ones.... Claggy Leylands and nasty clutch biting Mercedes

[@kevinbushell2746]

My favourite destination not in service

[@jaggass]

Did the depot throw most of them away just put them in stores?

[@davesbusstuffandmore]

Some were saved as spares, most got skipped.

[@62tdf]

@@davesbusstuffandmore I have something similar to this but it has torn.