Remember that big blue metallic bus with the red seats that was did the routes in the 70's, the enging was at the back of the bus, under the back seats, huge exhaust vent on the sides of the bus,,,, for some reason I like that bus, if I'm not mistaken , the engine caught fire and the bus was scrapped behind town garage...
:'(
and who remembers the touring bus with the bar in the back? ;D
They were Mercedes Benz busses .. for then top of the range .. ..CDM could afford them then .. Efficient turbodiesel engine ... air suspension , automatic transmission airconditioning etc .. .. they also had one of them for the Luderitz tour .. A bus with a bar in the back ?? was that not the same one that went to Luderitz ??
The bar in the back was a hockey/cricket and other sports clubs tradition. A few of the last rows were taken out and a travelling bar cum lie dice, cum gambling, cum talking crap area was set up. To this day I have never seem so much alcohol consumed in a trip!
I have a photo of the above bar, give me a chance I will scan them and post here
the bus was also used to take school and intersted people to the farm to see the animals.
I arrived in Luderitz in 1967 by train,the next day we boarded one of those busses for the trip to Omund,they were top flight in those days.
... and that's the bus in question!
yes1
That be her , or one of her sisters ,,, there was more than one ,,
I don't remember a big blue bus metallic or da not..... drinking-41
Quote from: Diana Rudd (Boehme) on January 22, 2013, 08:29:50 PM
I don't remember a big blue bus metallic or da not..... drinking-41
Alcohol tends to do that to a person!
love10
Agree Mike , memory loss .. because of red juice ? eg , take me as an example - I do not remember Diana as a bus driver .