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Saturday, February 20, 2010

On The Subject Of Old Buses.


As some of you may know I used to be a bus driver here in Dublin. This is an old photo of me and my workmates who were some of the "chosen few" and were privileged to be allowed to drive these old buses.

13 comments:

Carolyn said...

The guy in the center kneeling down.. Remind you of Anyone???

twjewel said...

Yes, Joe. Which one are you Brendan?

Unknown said...

He is the one kneeling down. That is Brendan.

brendan said...

yes thats me jim.....i had better explane a little futher...this was taken at the transport musaum in howth a and although the busses are there they still belong to c.i.e it is a good afternoon out as there is trams and buses there dating back from the 1930 ..i had the pleasure of driving a 1939 layland r1 from there to clontarf garage...it was nice...but i woulnt like to have driven one in service for 8 hours...men where men in them days

Tomie Nomiya said...

He's the most handsome in that photo...;-)

Colin M. Walsh said...

Yes he is, Aer Bren was always a looker... and usually front and center too.

Paul Walsh said...

The bus on the right has a Belfast reg
and a G.N.R fleet number it must have been based in Dundalk.The 1959 bus you
were driving was a Leyland Titan R and
if it was a single a Leyland Tiger P

Unknown said...

Can' beat our Paul for the down to earth facts.

Colin M. Walsh said...

And I thought I was a gear-head... yay Paul..

Carolyn said...

I think you are the image of Tony Hadley from Spandau Ballet and/or Robert Mitcham.

Colin M. Walsh said...

So true... funny how it seems.. la la di da.

errrr.. aer Brenno. And Brendan does an excellent Robert Mitchum walk... Do you guys remember when we would do that.. Go into the hall and pick up a coat and come in pretending to be someone else.. So funny and delightful to think about. What fun we had.

brendan said...

eh .....that was 1939 paul
it was an r1

Carolyn said...

i remember the walk and the smoke just tipping out of his mouth.. very funny.