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15th June 11, 01:15 PM
#1
Braveheart Meets Wonderwoman!!
During my lunch break I had the opportunity of a photocall with Wonderwoman at the Braveheart statue.
My only regret that I was not wearing a kilt, perhaps the Argyle Jacket counts as kiltwear!!
The occasion was the Glasgow Southside Festival and I was on my lunch break, spending the day crewing the city council's fleet of vintage buses, ferrying passengers to and from the event. Glasgow Corporation ran its own municipal bus fleet until 1975, thereafter the buses were operated by Strathclyde Regional Council until 1996 and thereafter became privately operated. In recent years Glasgow City Council bought back a few of the city Corporation's old buses to provide a vintage fleet for special events.
An archive shot from last season. I found the kilt impractical for clambering in and out of the driving cab so this season I have been wearing black trousers with my Argyle jacket. When I regularly travelled on these buses to and from Glasgow University as a young law student 40 years ago, never could I have predicted that after 35 years in the legal profession I would return to Glasgow to drive the same buses.
Each bus requires a two man crew, we take turns as driver and conductor, this is a view from one of my conductor duties last summer.
Last edited by cessna152towser; 15th June 11 at 01:26 PM.
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15th June 11, 02:20 PM
#2
Oh god, not that statue again!
-Greg Long
Whisky Buyer, Vom Fass USA
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15th June 11, 02:43 PM
#3
Was it sold and moved from Stirling then?
Reverend Earl Trefor the Sublunary of Kesslington under Ox, Venerable Lord Trefor the Unhyphenated of Much Bottom, Sir Trefor the Corpulent of Leighton in the Bucket, Viscount Mcclef the Portable of Kirkby Overblow.
Cymru, Yr Alban, Iwerddon, Cernyw, Ynys Manau a Lydaw am byth! Yng Nghiltiau Ynghyd!
(Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Cornwall, Isle of Man and Brittany forever - united in the Kilts!)
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15th June 11, 06:51 PM
#4
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15th June 11, 06:54 PM
#5
I like her Saltire mini and tartan bustier!
Dinnae like the statue o Mel sae much! ;)
John Hart
Owner/Kiltmaker - Keltoi
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15th June 11, 07:04 PM
#6
 Originally Posted by beloitpiper
Oh god, not that statue again!
I don't think that Wonder Woman was a statue. 
Gillmore of Clan Morrison
"Long Live the Long Shirts!"- Ryan Ross
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15th June 11, 07:12 PM
#7
Love the buses... Thanks for sharin' an' all but I can only agree that the statue of Mr Gibson is dire!
Best Regards John
“... I can't think of an instrument less suited to 'Silent Night' than bagpipes... I mean, there's no question of silence in the night anymore once that GHB kicks in, is there? ..." ... Klondike Waldo
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15th June 11, 08:02 PM
#8
Wonder Woman and on the bus
Great photos!
Seeing the old bus reminds me of my childhood toys I had from the UK.
Seeing Wonder Woman reminds me of my teen years and my brother's comic collection. My oldest brother had a crush Ms. Linda Carter when she played the role on TV.
Such wonderful memories.
Robert
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16th June 11, 12:51 AM
#9
would that be Jane Crawford on your arm?
Yes that's Jane.
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16th June 11, 05:43 AM
#10
Oh! I had wondered what she was doing when I saw her in the Tartan Week parade here. 
Great story behind the costume.  Thanks for cluing us in.
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