LT/LCBS Bus Garages
Enfield Garage was never known for tidy buses as RM 2074 confirms in this view at the garage on 2 May 1982. For that time of the year it would be unlikely that road conditions have directly contributed to the dirty state of the bus so less than diligent washing over time is probably to blame. Careless fuel filling has caused staining and hydraulic fluid spill has acted like glue to attract dirt. An unusual position for a dent, a missing wheel nut guard and a roof showing signs of outside parking plus a lot of mileage under trees at the northern end of the 279`s add to the scruffy appearance.
From the notes of where I went on that date it appears that I was at Enfield before midday so it is an unusual capture of an advert fixer working at that time of day.
Their work generally started at evening run-in to be, logically, on site when most buses were. But if a new advert contract start required multiple buses to be attended to - or to catch up on a backlog - daytime working occasionally happened. Can`t help thinking that the Health & Safety requirements now would outlaw standing on a ladder propped against the bus and using a paste brush in one hand whilst holding a large paper advert (or a bill as they were always called) in the other hand.
LT/LCBS Bus Garages
Enfield Garage was never known for tidy buses as RM 2074 confirms in this view at the garage on 2 May 1982. For that time of the year it would be unlikely that road conditions have directly contributed to the dirty state of the bus so less than diligent washing over time is probably to blame. Careless fuel filling has caused staining and hydraulic fluid spill has acted like glue to attract dirt. An unusual position for a dent, a missing wheel nut guard and a roof showing signs of outside parking plus a lot of mileage under trees at the northern end of the 279`s add to the scruffy appearance.
From the notes of where I went on that date it appears that I was at Enfield before midday so it is an unusual capture of an advert fixer working at that time of day.
Their work generally started at evening run-in to be, logically, on site when most buses were. But if a new advert contract start required multiple buses to be attended to - or to catch up on a backlog - daytime working occasionally happened. Can`t help thinking that the Health & Safety requirements now would outlaw standing on a ladder propped against the bus and using a paste brush in one hand whilst holding a large paper advert (or a bill as they were always called) in the other hand.