We're all going to the Zoo, how b'out you?
Funny thing is the route 16/16A goes nowhere near Dublin Zoo!
Cashing in on a very well known jingle used for years by Dublin Zoo, this very attractive all over advertising livery was worn by Summerhill based D699 for two years in the mid 1990,s Officially allocated to the 16s, it was generally to be found there.
The April 1985 image sees the bus heading south on the busy cross city route.
CIE policy at the time was to apply a new all over add to what ever bus happened to be going through the B.M.S (overhaul facility in the railway works) at the time. Some thought it would have been more appropiate to apply the livery to a Phibsboro based DF5XX, as these were generally allocated to the route 10 and did in fact go very close to Dublin Zoo!
Most irritatingly, throughout its entire time in Dublin Zoo livery, the destination scrolls were mismatched, in that 699 was one of the last with the old style block type. Consequently most condouctors could not be bothered putting up a display at all, white blank was the norm!!!
Scan form a print. Fuji film / Canon A1
We're all going to the Zoo, how b'out you?
Funny thing is the route 16/16A goes nowhere near Dublin Zoo!
Cashing in on a very well known jingle used for years by Dublin Zoo, this very attractive all over advertising livery was worn by Summerhill based D699 for two years in the mid 1990,s Officially allocated to the 16s, it was generally to be found there.
The April 1985 image sees the bus heading south on the busy cross city route.
CIE policy at the time was to apply a new all over add to what ever bus happened to be going through the B.M.S (overhaul facility in the railway works) at the time. Some thought it would have been more appropiate to apply the livery to a Phibsboro based DF5XX, as these were generally allocated to the route 10 and did in fact go very close to Dublin Zoo!
Most irritatingly, throughout its entire time in Dublin Zoo livery, the destination scrolls were mismatched, in that 699 was one of the last with the old style block type. Consequently most condouctors could not be bothered putting up a display at all, white blank was the norm!!!
Scan form a print. Fuji film / Canon A1