The Toothpaste Tube!
Show this picture to anyone you know and ask them what it is. Do you think anybody would identify it as the back end of a bus? Then come along to an Edinburgh Transport Group meeting (on the first Thursday of every month) and show the same picture to all who are present. They'll know!
I love taking close-ups of buses and here's a bit of the Nokia (mobile telephone unit) advert which is a all-over promotion on Royale number 272. I like this one myself and you'll see lots of the complete bus elsewhere on my website.
www.flickr.com/photos/stuart_montgomery/sets/
The ETG group is such a friendly society and as a newish member I have been very warmly welcomed. So much so that I discovered I am member number 281 - how scary is that for someone who says Royale 281 is his favourite bus in Edinburgh?
At these meetings it's nice to be able to see the faces behind the names of local enthusiasts and at the July 2009 outing I was especially happy to be introduced to Douglas Scoular and to hear more about his great restoration work on PD2 798 (originally from 1954).
It's easy for us enthusiasts to take the pictures but those doing the restoration work are slogging it out - it makes me feel proud also to have met with Brian and Calum Melrose who, among others, are doing so much for the preservation of our hobby and of course for future generations. Marvellous stuff gentlemen!
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The Toothpaste Tube!
Show this picture to anyone you know and ask them what it is. Do you think anybody would identify it as the back end of a bus? Then come along to an Edinburgh Transport Group meeting (on the first Thursday of every month) and show the same picture to all who are present. They'll know!
I love taking close-ups of buses and here's a bit of the Nokia (mobile telephone unit) advert which is a all-over promotion on Royale number 272. I like this one myself and you'll see lots of the complete bus elsewhere on my website.
www.flickr.com/photos/stuart_montgomery/sets/
The ETG group is such a friendly society and as a newish member I have been very warmly welcomed. So much so that I discovered I am member number 281 - how scary is that for someone who says Royale 281 is his favourite bus in Edinburgh?
At these meetings it's nice to be able to see the faces behind the names of local enthusiasts and at the July 2009 outing I was especially happy to be introduced to Douglas Scoular and to hear more about his great restoration work on PD2 798 (originally from 1954).
It's easy for us enthusiasts to take the pictures but those doing the restoration work are slogging it out - it makes me feel proud also to have met with Brian and Calum Melrose who, among others, are doing so much for the preservation of our hobby and of course for future generations. Marvellous stuff gentlemen!
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