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Like I said before I've stumbled on some old photographs which I have retouched recently!! This is one of my favourite of my little sister and cousin . Sometimes I wish they were still this age .
Used to wear the green headpiece before I swapped to the white one. The green one is cute but I'm short and the white one gives me much needed height!
The outfit is older too, but nothin' wrong with simplicity!
A trip back thirty-six years this week to a very different Dublin Airport, with a slightly unusual bus route.
KD 314 is seen on the departures road (at what would become Terminal 1 around thirty years in the future) at Dublin Airport. In the background is the car park and an office block. Today in 2019 that view is slightly different as a multi-storey car park has been built on some of that carpark, while the rest of it is the bus and coach area. The 41B of today passes through there, while no bus routes use the departure road. Also behind the office block today is the large Aer Lingus hangar which was built around 1990. That office building was also the Aer Lingus headquarters in 1983 but they subsequently relocated in the 2000s.
The 41B is an unusual route in some respects. It runs between Dublin City Centre and Rolestown, a small village near the Dublin / Meath border on the road between Swords and Ashbourne. Currently it has about 5 departures during the week in both directions, 4 on a Saturday and 3 on a Sunday. This is a frequency it has broadly maintained since the 1950s. And the departure times have been broadly similar too. However, currently only two buses during the week go via the Airport, whereas a few mored did back in 1983.
KD 314 was delivered new to Summerhill Garage in 1983 and remained in service until October 2000.
Finally the ad on the side mentions "Paddy & red". This of course refers to Paddy's Whiskey and red lemonade. 01/10/1983
This week we are going back only 11 years, to the final days of a bus route in Dublin in Autumn 2010.
Dublin Bus AW 18 is seen at the terminus of route 4A at Stradbrook, near Deansgrange, in the south-eastern part of the city. Route 4A started in November 2007, running between Harristown (on the Northside of Dublin) and Stradbrook (on the Southside) via the City Centre. It was a derivative of route 4 which ran between Harristown and Blackrock and together they provided extra capacity along the Rock Road on the Southside, and the Ballymun Road on the Northside. However, under Network Direct it was decided to merge both routes into one, with the 4 extended to Monkstown Avenue via Stradbrook. This extension was also planned to replace part of the 46A route, which was removed from Monkstown Farm. These changes took place in September 2010, giving the 4A a lifespan of two years, 10 months.
AW 18 was delivered new to Dublin Bus in 2000. It was one of twenty bendy-buses delivered that year, as a trial to see if that type of bus could work here. After spending time on a number of routes (trying to find some they could be suitable on as the narrow streets of Dublin provided a challenge), they settled down on route 10 eventually. In 2006 they migrated to the new route 4, so were also naturally allocated to the 4A in 2007. The end of the 4A also marked the end of the AW Class, and over the following months they started to be withdrawn with them all gone by early-2011. A few of them went on to have careers in the United Kingdom. AW 18 itself was scrapped in the UK.
15/09/2010
This week we are going back thirty-eight years to C 35 at Beresford Place. The bus is operating a service on route 53A. This route started operating between the city centre and North Wall in 1939, with its terminus being on Alexandra Road from 1971. The route ceased to operate in 2012 but it returned in 2019. This time it operated from the city centre to Sheriff Street Upper via Summerhill. This latest incarnation stopped in 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic and has yet to return.
C 35 was delivered new to CIE in 1965, initially to Waterford. It moved to Dublin in 1971 and became a driver trainer in 1984. It was withdrawn and scrapped in 1996.
In the background can be glimpsed Apollo House, which was demolished in 2018.
09/12/1983
This week we are going back twenty-four years to Dublin Bus KD 9 on Burgh Quay. The bus is at the terminus of route 7. This bus route started running between the city centre and Dun Laoghaire in 1949. It ceased in 1951 (with route 7A taking over) before returning around 1980 and extended to Ballybrack. In 1988 it moved to Loughlinstown Park, and in 2004 also started serving Cherrywood. In 2016 the route was changed to solely serve Brides Glen.
KD 9 was delivered new to CIE in 1981. It was withdrawn by 2000, along with the rest of the KD Class.
The ad on the side of the bus is for Argos. They arrived in the Republic of Ireland from the UK in 1996, and getting the Argos catalogue was always a big deal. In some ways it was the analogue version of Amazon.
07/09/1998
It is a trip back to 1988 this week for Throwback Thursday. D 543 is seen parked between duties on Fleet Street. The destination suggested it may have worked in on the 15B from Ballyroan. Over the last decade or so this part of Fleet Street has seen a lot of rebuilding with the old Irish Times building beside the bus demolished and replaced with a new structure. 1988 was also the year which marked a thousand years of Dublin. It is worth noting the bus has been adorned with the official logo to mark this, halfway down the bodyside before the company name. I am sure most families in the capital still have the milk bottle or the 50p piece that was also adorned with this. 06/10/1988
This week we are revisiting 1994 where we see RH 52 parked at Connolly Station. It is on the former "ramp" which went from the front door of the station down to ground level at Amiens Street. This was used throughout the day by the 90 bus which ran from the front of the station to Heuston Station, but was also used as a place to park buses between duties. The ramp was demolished in the early-2000s to make way for the Luas and is the site of the Luas Connolly stop on the Red Line.
The 31B is a route that is still with us today. It currently runs to Howth Summit via Sutton but twenty years ago the terminus was in Howth Village. The route today has far fewer departures than it did in 1994.
RH 52 had an interesting career as it survived until 2015, spending the last few years as the Uniform Bus. It was used to transport bus driver uniforms between garages. 14/06/1994
Happy new year out there!
I moved to Iceland recently to finish my bachelor, so hopefully i can experiment with some landscape photos soon.
This week we are going back twenty-seven years to 1996 and RH 106 on Eden Quay. The bus is dressed for route 56A. This route started around started running between the city centre and Ballymount around 1982. By 1985 it had been extended to Fettercairn and reached The Square in Tallaght in 1990.
RH 106 was new to Dublin Bus in 1991. It was finally withdrawn in 2006 and sold on to another operator in the United Kingdom. However, it eventually ended up doing open top tours in San Francisco.
The bus is in an all-over ad for Chef Ketchup. It was repainted into this ad in 1996 and remained like this for a couple of years. The Chef brand was established in Ireland in 1921 and is now owned by Valeo Foods Group.
27/07/1996
This week we are going back thirty-one years to 1990 and KC 200 in Tallaght. This incarnation of the route started in February 1990 and initially used the 49 terminus as seen here in Old Bawn. Later in the year it moved to The Square shopping centre, following its opening. A number of Tallaght routes were reorganised in October 1990 because of the new shopping centre. The 75 ran to Dun Laoghaire, going via Rathfarnham, Stillorgan and Dundrum. It started with single-deckers but it soon became a popular route and double-deckers took over. In 2018 it was one of the routes that went out for tendering and in October 2018 Go-Ahead Ireland took over.
Before this route 75 commenced in 1990 there was a short-lived version in the late 1980s that provided a local service in Tallaght between Fettercairn and Kilnamanagh.
KC 200 was one of the last KC single-deckers delivered by GAC. The bus was initially delivered in 1986 to CIE and had a registration of LZS 200. It was then reregistered in 1987 to have the new numberplate format.
The main road behind the bus is still served by the 75, as well as the 75A, 77A and 175. 03/03/1990
He's reading a newspaper. Not a cellphone, or a tablet, or a laptop. A good old fashioned newspaper. Respect.
This week we are going back eight years to 2008. RV 397 is seen on Aston Quay at the 78A terminus after arriving in from Liffey Valley and Ballyfermot. Three years after this photograph was taken the route had merged with route 40 and extended to Finglas on the northside. The bus itself did not remain in service much longer. 11/08/2008
This week we are going back thirty-one years to 1990 and KD 348 passing through College Green on route 10. This route started in 1940, operating between the Phoenix Park and Donnybrook. Around 1970 it was extended south to Belfield. This route has probably been used by a lot of people over the years, either heading to Dublin Zoo in the Phoenix Park on the northside, or to go study at University College Dublin in Belfield on the southside. However, in 2010 the route was removed from the network by Network Direct. Route 46A replaced it on the northside, and route 39A on the southside.
KD 348 was delivered new to CIE in 1983. It was withdrawn around 1999/2000. Over the years it wore many different all-over advertisements. Here it is advertising Lee Cooper jeans. It also advertised PMPA Insurance and Telecom Eireann CallCards.
05/08/1990
This week we are going back to 1985 and D 723 on Marlborough Street. This VanHool McArdle AN68 bus was delivered new to CIE in 1974. It was withdrawn by Dublin Bus in 1994.
Route 28 started operating between the city centre and Edenmore in 1965. Another version of the route operated between 1938 and 1963, terminating in the Fairview / Clontarf area. The Edenmore route stopped in 1996 when it was replaced by routes 42A and 42B.
The Dolphin's Discs shop is beside the bus. This music shop had a number of outlets around the city, including two of them just around the corner on Talbot Street. The final shop closed in 2012.
This part of Marlborough Street is now home to the tram tracks of the Luas Green Line.
26/11/1985
This week we are going back twenty-five years to 1998 and RH 136 on Marlborough Street. The bus is laying over between duties on route 20B. This route started around 1980, initially between Ardlea Road and Bulfin Road. By 1988 it was only operating between Ardlea Road and the city centre, and in 2011 it was absorbed into a new cross-city route 14 under Network Direct.
RH 136 was new to Dublin Bus in 1992 and was withdrawn in 2005 and moved to a UK operator the following year.
The bus was also recently repainted into the new Dublin Bus livery when the picture was taken. Around 2003 Dublin Bus started experimenting with a new livery, before finally settling on a new blue / yellow one. That blue / yellow livery is currently being phased out, but is currently the Dublin Bus livery with most longevity.
Finally the bus is displaying the Irish for city centre - "An Lár". This was a very common destination for decades, but in early-2000s was replaced by a new translation - "Lár na Cathrach".
28/06/1998
It may be an BNSF light power move rolling eastward through Riverside, Illinois, but most of the units still display their Burlington Northern heritage. (Scanned from color negative film)
This week we are going back twenty-seven years to 1996 and the last few days of a bus route in Dublin. RH 158 is seen parked on Marlborough Street dressed for route 44A. This route first started running between the city centre and Mount Prospect Avenue in 1936. It and route 30 ( to Dollymount) were merged into new route 130 in late-March 1996. The new route 130 was also operated by City Imp mini-buses. 44A was one of the few route numbering oddities within the bus network of Dublin city. The 44 ran to Enniskerry and the 44B ran to Glencullen, both south of the city. While the 44A terminus on Mount Prospect Avenue was within the northside suburb of Clontarf.
RH 158 was new to Dublin Bus in 1993. It became part of the driving school in 2006 and was withdrawn in 2008 before being sold on to another operator in Ireland.
In front of the bus is a van belonging to Telecom Eireann, the state-owned phone provider. It was privatised in 1999 and became Eircom.
09/03/1996
Snagged a good deal on an X-T1 and had to take it out for a spin. SOOC Classic Chrome :) | December 8, 2022
This week we are going back thirty-three years to 1990 and KD 362 parked on Eden Quay. The bus is dressed for route 8, a bus route which dates back to 1949. Connecting Dublin city centre with Dalkey (going via Blackrock), this route was also the last tram route to operate in Dublin city. In 2001 the route was suspended, but following an appeal to the European courts, it returned in 2005. It ran for the last time in November 2016.
KD 362 was new to CIE in 1983. It was one of the last Bombardier's to be withdrawn, lasting until around 1999/2000.
The bus spent many years in a variety of all-over ads. Here it is in one for Johnson & Johnson, highlighting its baby skincare range. Although this bus spent all its life in Dublin, it did go on a six week holiday to Cork while in this all-over ad during 1990. It had only recently returned when this picture was taken. And shortly after this photo was taken, it temporarily transferred from its life-long home depot of Donnybrook, to the northside depot of Phibsboro. All of these movements were to increase the visibility of the ad.
19/05/1990
Although route 25 only last appeared two weeks ago, I think it is worthy of inclusion again, only because there is so much happening in this shot. As a quick reminder, the route connects Dublin city centre with Dodsboro going via Lucan Village. In 1985, the city centre terminus was on Middle Abbey Street, as seen here.
And as can be seen here, it was a very busy street at that time. On the left can be glimpsed Arnotts department store. It holds the distinction of being Dublin's oldest and largest department store, having been founded in 1843. Beside it is the Adelphi cinema. It opened around 1938/39 and closed in November 1995. It had been taken over by Arnotts and is now the exit from the multi-storey car park. Across the road, beside the bus, is the Cameo Cinema. On this date it was showing "Porky's Revenge" and "Revenge of the Nerds". Beside the cinema is PAB Travel which still trades to this day.
Final item to note is the CIE bus stop, once ubiquitous around the city, but repainted and redesigned over the years since. One CIE stop managed to remain looking pretty much like this until 2018 before it was removed.
D 787 was delivered new in 1976 and withdrawn in 1994. 04/09/1985
Seems a fitting time to share this image again, seeing as I put my deposit in yesterday for another fun weekend of cosplay shooting later this year (Covid permitting).
Here we see Jalal defend his stash of toilet paper...
Haines City, FL. April 2019.
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This week we are going back fourteen years to 2007 and AV 263 on route 45 in Bray. Route 45 first started connecting Dublin city centre with Bray, via Ballsbridge and Cabinteely, in 1927. The route had two main terminii in Bray - the Esplanade along the seafront and Oldcourt from around 1975. AV 263 is seen here heading to the Esplanade. Based on the length of the route, this had to be one of the least informative destinations on the front of a bus in Dublin. In the early 2000s Oldcourt became the main destination, with Esplanade being served much less frequently. In May 2012 the 45 was removed from the network, as its usage had dropped over the years following the much more direct, and frequent, route 145. Route 45A still lives on, operating between Dun Laoghaire and Kilmacanogue via Bray.
AV 263 was delivered new to Dublin Bus in 2002. It was withdrawn around 2016/2017 but stayed in Dublin and moved to Executive Express. It spent all its career in Donnybrook Depott, though was involved in the shuttles for the Tall Ships Race in Waterford in 2005.
Behind the bus is the stadium of Bray Wanderers Football Club, that also doubled for Croke Park in the 1996 film, Michael Collins.
25/07/2007
This week we are going back thirty-five years to 1986 and KC 16 on route 90. The bus is seen at the eastern terminus of the route at Connolly Station. It connected the two main stations in Dublin, Connolly and Heuston in the west. The route travelled along the quays and also provided connections to Bus Aras and Tara Street Station. The route was initially planned as one of the DART feeders to coincide with the introduction of that rail service in 1984. It was however delayed until February 1986. In 2005 the route was extended further east to the IFSC, merging with the short-lived 90A. In 2009 the Luas Red Line opened and this tram route provided another connection between Connolly and Heuston stations. This naturally took passengers from the 90 and the route was cut back to operate just in the morning peak. The route has been suspended since June 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The bus is parked at the entrance to Connolly Station, at the top of the ramp that used to rise up from Amiens Street. This was removed in 2003 in order to become the tram terminus for the Luas Red Line, with the 90 serving a stop on Amiens Street instead.
KC 16 was delivered new to CIE in 1983. It was withdrawn in May 1996.
24/03/1986
This week we are going back eleven years to 2011 and RV 469 at the route 78A terminus on Aston Quay. This bus was new to Dublin Bus in 1999 and withdrawn in November 2011. It was sold on to Movies on the Move and became a catering vehicle.
Route 78A started in 1957 running between the city centre and Cherry Orchard Hospital on the Ballyfermot Road. Around 1985 it reached Balgaddy and 1997 it moved terminus again to Quarryvale. The following year it extended into Liffey Valley Shopping Centre after in opened. In November 2011 the route was merged into an extended route 40. In October 2022 the 40 was split in two and new route G2 under Bus Connects which basically is old route 78A (with an extension to Spencer Dock).
The bus may no longer be with Dublin Bus, nor the route, but SuperValu in the background is still there in 2022.
18/10/2011
In September 2015, Swansea University opened its new Bay Campus a few miles east of the city centre. Hundreds of students required transport for the first time and despite the best of plans by the University, First Cymru was faced with unprecedented demand for some of its services.
Four Volvo B10BLEs were therefore loaned from First Bristol / Somerset & Avon until five new Alexander Dennis E20D MMCs (67091-5) were delivered in late October. The hired vehicles were allocated to city services to release others for the University network. Service 36 (City Centre-Manselton-Clase-Morriston) was a popular allocation because it can easily accommodate longer vehicles.
Three of the Volvos (62208, 62210 & 62225) carried Alexander ALX300 bodies, as illustrated by Barbie-liveried 62210 as she passes through Caersalem Lights in early October 2015.
This week we are going back ten years to 2012 and EV 78 on Abbey Street. The bus is operating a service on route 32B to Portmarnock. This route started in 1967, operating between the city centre and Baldoyle. From 1975 its terminus in Baldoyle moved to Abbey Park. Around 1999 it was extended to Portmarnock, but still operated via Abbey Park. In November 2012 the route ceased to operate under the Network Direct changes. Route 32 itself ended in 2021 when it became the H2 under Bus Connects.
EV 78 was delivered new to Dublin Bus in 2008. Although members of the EV Class started to be withdrawn in 2021, EV 78 is still in service in 2022. It was also the first member of the EV Class to be repainted into the TFI green / yellow livery.
02/02/2012