Maitland Bus in the year 1800

busmadrod · Post by **busmadrod** » Sat Jun 10, 2023 9:29 am

I have just found this photo on Flickr this photo from 1800 which shows the East and West Maitland Bus Company owned by Mr J Watson

Swift · Post by **Swift** » Tue Jul 11, 2023 11:05 am

Photography wasn't invented until 1822. That's later.
Was Maitland settled that early and did they even use the term bus back then?

boronia · Post by **boronia** » Tue Jul 11, 2023 12:52 pm

There are some newspaper references to "Watson's buses" in Maitland in the 1880s, found via Trove.

Swift · Post by **Swift** » Tue Jul 11, 2023 10:04 pm

At least we had the ICE by then.

Frances · Post by **Frances** » Wed Jul 12, 2023 3:15 am

Perhaps there was a typo in the original caption that was entered on Flickr by whoever uploaded it, and it was meant to say 1800s?

Post by **Fleet Lists** » Wed Jul 12, 2023 8:21 am

That thought had crossed my mind too.

Swift · Post by **Swift** » Thu Jul 13, 2023 10:39 am

Quite a typo. It says in the year 1800. The language leading to it is specifying a particular year.

boronia · Post by **boronia** » Thu Jul 13, 2023 11:22 am

I doubt that it would be the first ever typo or completely wrong photo caption on Flickr.

Frances · Post by **Frances** » Fri Jul 14, 2023 1:08 am

Swift wrote: ↑Thu Jul 13, 2023 10:39 am Quite a typo. It says in the year 1800. The language leading to it is specifying a particular year.

That is, of course, assuming that the title of this thread is identical to the caption on Flickr.