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| ex-tobester |
Bridgeton Garage Open Day - 14th Oct 2007Glasgow Vintage Vehicle Trust based at the former bus depot at Bridgeton Garage are having an open day on the 14th Oct.
This years open day takes place on Sunday 14th October 2007 from 10am until 5pm. Once again, the traditional free vintage bus service will be in operation between the GVVT garage at Bridgton, George Square and the Museum Of Transport. If you wish to make your own way to the open day, parking may be available in the surrounding streets - please follow any stewards directions which may be given. Admission costs for this years event is £4 for adults, £2 for concessions and accompanied children and £9 for a family ticket. >>Full Details Here<< |
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| glasgowken |
Beat me to it 
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| ex-tobester |
Whilst were on the subject a wee query for you GK...
I was on the expressway on saturday about 4.45 and i was behind a leyland atlantean with delivery plates on it, was carrying a company name from bristol, do you know anything about it? |
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| glasgowken |
Doesn't ring a bell, but i'll try and find out  They are very thin on the ground now, so chances are it was going into preservation.
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| glasgowken |
I'm hoping to get there a bit early this year. fecking vultures these collector types grabbing all the good stuff 
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| AlanM |
Need to get those elbows sharpened GK!! | ||
| Fjord |
I dunno GK your getting just as bad as those vulture types 
PS: gonnae get me one of those old 1970's GGPTE bus tickets with the fare price printed on it 
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| glasgowken |
No problem, £25 to you chief 
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| Fjord |
That cheap 
How about I swap you my avatar as a badge? FAO: INH One superior quality Fjord Avatar badge for Mr GK ASAP. BTW that avatar is registered at the Post Office as a Patent or something so nae blagging
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| falseface |
I do have that very badge only 50p as well | ||
| james73 |
Badges? 
James H |
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| Fjord |
How much? That image took me the best part of a month to design in Adobe illustrator and make into an iconic poster sized print. Your fired.
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| falseface |
fcuk
there now £5 a pop |
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| Fjord |
That's more like it | ||
| glasgowken |
The Transport Museum beat you to it (in the 1970's)
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| Fjord |
Ach! that's a lefty badge if ever I seen one.
Mines more Daily Mail reader friendly with it's right hand slant
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| glasgowken |
I'm going to be swinging my manbag from side to side, fuckin heavy it is too 
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| Stuball |
I'm thinking about popping along to this early doors.... anyone else going first thing? meet up and go team handed? | ||
| Stuball |
Well I have to say.... it was so much better than I expected! The various buses old and new from various locations, the attention to detail in the restored vehicles and the detailed service history made it well worth while. Spent better part of the day in there except for a tour on an old Kelvin metrobus upto steps and back via the city centre
Pictures to follow real soon |
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| ex-tobester |
Ill second what Stu said, good day out and the old kelvin bus to stepps and back was good, best bit was the fanny who tried to get on it thinking it was a service bus
Took the vintage buses to/from the transport museum too, both were Leylands with the strange seating arrangements, on one side. Pics to follow too. |
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| Stuball |
Oh, you will love the picture I took of the buses reflection... that eejit is in full view trying to get on
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| ex-tobester |
Cannae wait send it into the paper too
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| Stuball |
I was going to post my pics in the 'transport' thread in the photography thread, but what the hey, here is the picture
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| Doorstop |
Tube. |
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| glasgowken |
Nice one.
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| ex-tobester |
Slight Off Topic
Stu - Mind you asked about the old bus that did the tunell lights and they said it was at Beith...is it in these sets here? http://beithtransportmuseum.fotopic.net/ |
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| Stuball |
I don't see it... but they may have restored it already | ||
| glasgowken |
Do you mean ex-LA510 ?
I'm afraid it's been scrapped 
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| Stuball |
Aww the shame... we toured every corner of that garage looking for that one (wrong garage granted) | ||
| ex-tobester |
Shame....found this trawling around some fotopic sites
>>LA510<< |
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| falseface |
it's no really worth a fook? btw GK check out Fopp on Union St they have a Large hard back book on British Buses for £5 INH |
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| glasgowken |
I'll do that, cheers
Sadly (as you can see) LA510 was a total wreck, even worse than mine. However it would have come in useful to supply parts for LA517 at Bridgeton, but it was scrapped before it could be bought. Here's a sign that was next to the driver's cab, don't know if this was removed before it was sent off. 
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