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This photo is from 2009 and one of the first photos of me being all dressed up.
Since then many things have changed, but I still have the passion for satin blouses.
heading back to the dawn of my digital photography era.. 2001... yep, twenty years ago, and here's a young thirty-something me - still living in the 1980s by the look of that suit LOL ;-)
This week we are going back ten years to 2013 and to AV 321 on Nutley Lane. The bus is about to do the Saturday-only, 16:05 departure on route 17 from Nutley Lane (although the timetable said St. Vincent's Hospital) to Rialto. The regular route 17 started operating between Blackrock and Dolphin's Barn / Rialto around 1971. Select departures to and from St. Vincent's Hospital started operating on and off from 1985. They ceased in 2019 when Go-Ahead Ireland took over the route.
AV 321 was new to Dublin Bus in 2003. This Volvo ALX400 was withdrawn in 2017 and sold on to another Irish operator.
23/02/2013
This week we are going back sixteen years to RV 326 on O'Connell Bridge with a service on route 46E.
This route was introduced following the opening of Stillorgan Quality Bus Corridor (QBC) in 1999. Initially it operated in peak-hours between the city centre and Newtownpark Avenue in Blackrock. Certain services operated to Heuston Station, and certain services went via Stillorgan Village. In 2002 it was extended to Blackrock Station. Then in 2010 it was cut back to operate only in the morning-peak from Blackrock to Mountjoy Square via the Stillorgan QBC, with no return workings in the evening.
RV 326 was new to Dublin Bus in 1997, and was the second last Olympian delivered in the two-tone green livery. It was withdrawn in 2008 and sold on to an operator in the United Kingdom.
24/04/2008
BNSF 758 leads a autorack train west through Joliet, IL. Things here have definitely changed a lot since these units leading was commonplace.
Sixteen years ago, shortly after I purchased this sexy little convertible. I had a lot of fun posing with and driving this little beauty.
The car recently gave up the ghost after 325000 miles. I came close to doing the same a couple years ago. This chassis has a lot more miles on it these days, but thanks to a few heart stents it still gets me down the road, LOL 😅😅😅
VW1567 (LK55AAX) is seen arriving into the bus station in the background, with VW1564 (LK55AAN) is seen on the 607 on way to White City.
Back in my "Designing Women" days twenty years ago or so.
I just adored the women on that show especially the lovely tall blonde Charlene played by Jean Smart. Back when I was still figuring out who and what I wanted to be, LOL.
It took me a while to develop my own sense of style, back in this period around 2000 there was a lot of copycat dressing and emulation going on. It would take a couple more years before I really broke out.
These days I pretty much go my own way😋
A photo I made last year and only now decided to retouch after 1 year pause... I am not that rusty :D
Oooops! Caught by the camera being overtly feminine on the bed. A break for a pink maid and well deserved !
This week we are going back 29 years to 1993 and KC 23 at Dublin Airport. The bus is dressed for route 230. This orbital route started operating between Malahide and Dublin Airport in 1991. However, a few short months after starting it was extended to Portmarnock. The route lasted until 2008 when it was merged with route 102 (Sutton Station to Malahide) and became the new route 102 between Sutton Station and Dublin Airport. In 2018, Go-Ahead Ireland took over operation of the route.
KC 23 was delivered new to CIE in November 1983. Initially it was based in Donnybrook Garage, but in 1992 it transferred to Summerhill Garage. The 230 had proved to be a very popular route, and the minibuses on it were not sufficient to meet the demand. Single-decker buses were required instead to operate it, thus the transfer of KC 23. The bus was withdrawn by 1997.
This view at Dublin Airport changed following the construction of the multi-storey carpark that is seen in the background.
28/04/1993
pattern and buttons that wouldn't feel out of place in the 1970's :)
149.365.2014/1245 days in a row
This week we are going back thirty-eight years to KD 237 at Dublin Airport on route 41 to Dublin city centre. Route 41 started operating between Dublin and Swords in 1926, and still does so today in 2021. It has had a number of different terminus in Swords over the years, but the most recent one at Swords Manor has been in use since 1998. The route has also continuously served Dublin Airport since the 1940s. In December 2019 the 41 and the 15 became the first two Dublin Bus routes to operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
KD 237 was delivered new to CIE in 1982. It remained in service right up to 2000 when the last Bombardiers were withdrawn in Dublin. It spent all its working life in Summerhill Garage.
Buses no longer serve this upper ramp in Dublin Airport, instead the 41 serves a bus stop that is roughly where the trees by the church are in the background.
01/10/1983
This week we are going back six years to 2017 and AX 523 in Parnell Square on route 7A. The bus is in a special livery for Dublin Pride. Although Dublin Bus had been a supporter of Dublin LGBTQ Pride for a number of years, this was the first year a bus received a special livery to mark the occasion. In 2018 three buses were done up, as were three other buses in 2019. Covid-19 saw nothing happening in 2020, and in 2021 Go-Ahead Ireland wrapped a bus up which is still around today.
Route 7A to Loughlinstown Park started in 2016 when the two branches of route 7 were given their own route numbers. Traditionally the 7 went to Loughlinstown Park, but it was decided instead to assign that number to the Brides Glen variation of the route.
AX 523 was new to Dublin Bus in 2006. It was withdrawn around 2019 and sold on to an operator in the UK.
22/06/2017