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I can't believe this was taken 15 years ago. It's been my icon pic since I signed up to Flickr. I asked Paul to take it of me in my Auntie and Uncles pool as I had imagined this kind of image for ages. I tried to spread my dreads out so it would look like I was floating which of course I was!
Reckon I look pretty damn happy. I think I can be that damn happy right now too. Always good to find some self inspiration. Have a happy day everyone xx
This week we go back thirty-two years to 1991 and KC 99 at The Square Shopping Centre in Tallaght. The bus is dressed for route 76. This route started operating between Ballyfermot and Tallaght (going via Clondalkin) in 1981, and reached The Square when it opened in 1990. For a period in the 1990s it was extended to Fettercairn but in 2012 it was moved back to The Square as part of Network Direct. At the same time the northern terminus was moved to Chapelizod. In 2019 the route passed to Go-Ahead Ireland.
KC 99 was new to CIE in 1984 and was withdrawn by Dublin Bus around 2000.
16/02/1991
This week we are throwing back twenty-six years to 1990. D 513 is seen parked on O'Connell Street outside what is now Penneys. This bus is adorned in ads with a large McDonald's ad on the side. Last year ads of this size made a return to Dublin Bus, but now cover some windows. The ad of 1990 did not do that. The front of the bus also has an ad for pork sausages. Sadly buses today do not have ads on the front. This bus entered service in 1973 and was withdrawn less than a year later in June 1991. 01/09/1990
As I rolled up to the Union Pacific yard in Council Bluffs Thursday afternoon I was greeted with this classic scene: two EMD veterans and an old Missouri Pacific transfer caboose that seemed very appropriate for TBT.
This week we are going back fifteen years to 2010, and to VG 24 on Ardlea Road with a service on route 27B to Eden Quay.
Route 27B started operating between the city centre and Castletimon (going via Artane and Kilmore) in 1971. In 2004 it was extended to Harristown, going via Santry.
VG 24 was new to Dublin Bus in 2008, and is still in service. In 2025 it lost its Dublin Bus livery for the Transport for Ireland livery.
18/12/2010
This week we are only going back a short four-year hop to 2018 but to a sight that did not last very long. Go-Ahead Ireland 11562 is seen on Sheriff Street operating one of the many papal shuttles that operated from around the city to the World Meeting of Families in the Phoenix Park. For this event, most of the shuttle services were operated by Dublin Bus. Translink Metro (from Belfast) operated one from M3 Parkway to Fairyhouse and Go-Ahead Ireland operated this shuttle to Dublin docklands. This was the first service to be operated by Go-Ahead Ireland in Dublin, as route 175 did not start until September 2018, and the first routes from Dublin Bus did not transfer over until October 2018.
The buses used that day were in the new Transport for Ireland livery that was due to roll out across the country. However, when the 175 started in September, the buses had received a yellow front following feedback from disability groups. That version of the livery was replaced in 2021 by a new yellow and green livery.
11562 was delivered new to Go-Ahead Ireland in 2018. It was part of a batch bought new for the tender it had one, rather than part of the SG batch that transferred over from Dublin Bus.
Although the number of participants at the papal mass in the Phoenix Park were not as high as expected, a very large public transport operation successfully took place that day.
26/08/2018
An early awkward attempt at sultry posing... 1997 pre-digital 35mm, back when you had to wait to get photos back from the lab, LOL.
Circa early 2009. Follower of Argentaros and another of the seven mysterious Quntaino, the beings hatched from the keystone eggs on Terra Nui.
A throwback much in the same vein as Snimurai a few weeks ago -- in some ways simpler, but I liked the use of the glow-in-the-dark armor, such as on the chest.
This week we are going back thirteen years to 2009 and RV 586 in Drumcondra on route 116. The 116 is one of those peak-hour only routes that has a complicated (and confusing) history. It started in 1999 running between Whitechurch and the city centre, using the new Stillorgan Quality Bus Corridor. From then it started to expand, with variations serving different places and using different routings. From 2000 one of those variations was Clonskea to DCU (Dublin City University) in Whitehall. This lasted until around 2010. Now the 116 only operates once more between Whitechurch and the city centre.
RV 586 was delivered new to Dublin Bus in 1999. It was withdrawn in October 2012 and sold on to another Irish operator.
08/04/2009
A throwback to when NECR 610 hit a small ice-clogged crossing in Windham, CT and 3039 got thrown off of the tracks. Photo taken on February 23, 2015.
As much as I try to always have my camera when taking photos, sometimes you just end somewhere without it. So when I saw this pier and the sunset I had to take a photo with my only camera available, my phone.
Ever since the introduction of money, people shopped! This #TBT, we want to see the history of commerce.
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Photo from the Nationaal Archief (https://flic.kr/p/bnCaGx)
This week's Flickr #TBT theme is #Fashion.
Fashion has changed dramatically over the last few decades. And every so often, the coolest outfit of the time, looks the most ridiculous in retrospect. What was your greates fashion faux pas? We'd love to see it!
Share the Flickr URL of your photo in the comments section of our Facebook post or in our Twitter Feed (@Flickr #TBT #Fashion), and we’ll show the best ones next week on the Flickr Blog.
Original photo by John Atherton - flic.kr/p/3YFYca.
This week we go back eleven years to RV 534 on O'Connell Bridge with a service on route 15A to Limekiln Farm. This bus was one of nearly 200 Volvo Olympians delivered to Dublin Bus in 1999, and also the last batch of high-floor double-decker buses to be delivered. This bus was withdrawn in 2012 and sold on to an operator in the United Kingdom. In the background is RV 555 on the 16 to Ballinteer, another bus that had a career from 1999 to 2012.
Route 15A started running between the City Centre and Whitehall Road in 1949. In 1978 it reached Greenhills, and Limekiln Farm around 1982. Two days after this photograph was taken, the city centre terminus moved from Eden Quay to Benson Street in Grand Canal Dock, and the southern terminus moved to Limekiln Avenue. Except it didn't really. For years the 19A (which became the 9) and teh 15A terminated at the same spot, but the former called it Limekiln Avenue and the latter Limekiln Farm. Under Network Direct changes in 2011, the 15A destinations were made consistent with route 9 by having both display Limekiln Avenue.
With the move to Benson Street the 15A and 15B no longer crossed O'Connell Bridge to cross the River Liffey.
16/12/2011
Another golden oldie from the old photo album. When I first came across this shot I could not recall ever trying red hair...alas it is just the evening sun playing tricks with the old 35mm camera.
Gotta love this old Brady Bunch 1970's era kitchen, I could not get that remodeled fast enough after purchasing this place the year before.
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This week is a short hop back eight years to 2015 and to VG 17 on O'Connell Street. The bus is operating a service on route 140. This route started running in February 2008, initially between St. Margaret's Road in Finglas and Wilton Terrace. Whereas the traditional 40 routes went via the estates of Finglas and Drumcondra, the 140 went via the Finglas Road and Phibsboro, providing a more direct and quicker service. In October 2009 it was extended at its northern end to the new IKEA store. Under Network Direct in December 2011, it replaced the southside part of route 128, with its terminus being moved to Palmerston Park in Rathmines.
Like route 140, VG 17 was also new to Dublin Bus in 2008. It is still in service today.
The bus has an ad on its side for the fifth Mission : Impossible film, Rogue Nation. Currently the seventh film in the series is being shown in cinemas, Dead Reckoning Part One.
14/07/2015