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Told by Harold Taylor who was a member of the police force in the 40's and 50's, enjoy this amusing little tale.
The problems one meets in connection with work can be many, complex, and humorous. I recall one snap frost when I was on my beat on the east side of town centre. It became suddenly very cold and snow fell.
At the time I was enjoying a cup of tea in a sleazy restaurant which had a good reputation, and whose proprietor was very good to us on the beat. It was called the Dinner Gong, and some of his illustrious customers when they performed in the town were the Luton Girls Choir.
As we looked out of the window we observed a double decker bus intending to draw into the bus stop across the road. There was a very steep camber to that road.
As it slowed and braked, so it gently slipped into the bus stop and was wedged so. It could not pull away because of the sign, it could not back up because of wheel slip and there it was stuck.
I went out to see what I could do, and found that the road was like a piece of glass and I had difficulty keeping my feet. Shortly afterwards another bus loomed up.
Knowing it would want to use the stop, I tried to direct the driver to carry on, but he ignored me, and stopped just off the crown of the road, due to the presence of the other bus. This did not help him as the bus slowly slipped down the camber until it rested against the previous bus.
This caused passengers difficulty in exiting as the doorway was blocked. A third bus approached and was again reluctant to take advice, with the result I eventually finished up with three buses side by side, all leaning on each other and little more than the kerb and the bus stop holding them up.
About this time the Southdown breakdown lorry arrived to try and extricate the mess. By now further buses had got the message and were not stopping.
The cafe proprietor trying to do his best, arrived on the scene with a jug of tea and cups, but met no better fate than the buses once he reached the high point of the road and performed a graceful juggling act as he descended the slippery slope. He managed well to arrive at the right point with his mission of mercy intact.
Harold Taylor, West Sussex, 2001
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