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The Sad Demise Of Yourbus
It is always for me anyway, a sad day when a bus Company ceases trading, especially when you have been involved in some way with the actual Company itself. My association with Yourbus goes right back to 2009, when I was working at the Diamond Bus Company in Tividale,...
Route One Awards; A Great Doo. Thanks To Hugh!
So, as it happened the black dinner jacket was dusted off and black shiny shoes polished, and of course the black dickie bow tie was taken out of retirement, and given an airing at the rather splendid Hilton Metropole Hotel, located in the heart of the NEC complex....
The UK Bus Industry ; At The Crossroads
For those solid and staid souls who have followed my ramblings since 2009 when I started this whole blog malarkey. You may have detected one theme throughout, namely my regular commentaries on the future of the UK Bus industry. If truth be told it has fluctuated quite...
The Great Gift Of Comedy
When I started off the process of training to be a stand up comedian to raise money for cancer research UK, I had not really given much thought to what it is that actually has to be done to make people laugh. And by people, what I am talking about is a group of...
CILT Well Represented At The UK Bus And Coach Show
It only seems like yesterday that I was bobbing along in the vast expanse of the floor number 4 at the NEC, slowly taking in all the wonders that were the Bus and Coach show 2018. For a sad old busman like me this is my regular pilgrimage to worship at the altar of...
More Things In Heaven And Earth Horatio…
I have always been, if the truth be told a bit of a cynical old Hector, as the classic seventies kids show used to proclaim. Now I do not know about you my dear reader chum but I have to confess that I have never been as far as I am aware someone who has ever...
Reflections On Growing Up In A Victorian England!
When I was a young boy, looking back I think that it would be fair to say that I was born at the end of an era. The values that were instilled into me, my siblings and most of our generation were traceable directly to the Victorians. Indeed my dad would tell a little...
Sadly No Longer; Wrightbus
Somebody, once said ‘A week is a long time in politics’ Indeed I think it was actually the man described in certain circles as the Queens favourite Prime Minister. A certain pipe smoking and quietly spoken Yorkshireman called Harold Wilson. How do I know this gem of...
Rugby World Cup; Swing Low Sweet Chariot…
So, I cant believe it from nowhere the rugby World Cup is upon us from the land of Cherry Blossoms and unfettered courtesy and impeccable good manners. I talk of course of the land of the rising sun, Japan. Domo Arigato (as they say in Japan, or thank you very much)...
The Unique Joy Of A Reunion; Forty Years On!
It is a surreal experience in many ways attending a reunion after 40 years since starting life as young student aged 18 or 19 years of age. And in many ways the College that I attended for four very happy years, was somewhat different from many. The reason being that...
More Good News For The UK Bus Industry!
What an amazing week for the Uk Bus industry, first we had the CPT national bus strategy a long overdue positive piece of work that gives A national bus policy for the nation. Second we had the Scottish government committing over 500 million pounds into a pro bus...
Massive Cash Boost For Scotlands Bus Industry.
More wonderful news emerged this week that followed on from the great CPT bus strategy announced a couple of days ago. In essence the Scottish government has agreed to pump over 500 million pounds into bus priority measures. In what they describe as a “step change in...
Buses Moving Forward Together; CPT Initiative Launched
Besides the turmoil of the nations parliament, life it seems goes on regardless, and although slightly overlooked by the nations media. A key initiative was launched yesterday by the Confederation of Passenger Transport. In what I would describe as a major commitment...
Reunion Time Forty Years On; Where Did That Come From?
If truth be told I am not really sure when I actually got old, it is not like you suddenly have a lightbulb moment and realise that oh my goodness I have just got old. Billy Connolly gives an extremely funny anecdote of his definition of realising that he had got old...
Prime Minister Boris Johnson…..Words Fail Me
I used to rather enjoy watching Boris when he used to introduce certain satirical TV shows long before he was ever going to end up being the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Shows like Have I got News For You, highlighted his apparent comic phrase and alleged...
Working From Home, For And Against…
I suppose that I have been fortunate in many ways to have watched my strange work career go full circle, from a life time of thirty years of doing Dolly Partons 9 till 5, for the last 9 almost ten years I have had the flexibility of working from home for most of that...
The Fall And Fall Of The British Empire
One of the strange side effects of having insomnia is that you get to watch some really good quality news stories on the BBC news channel. In addition there are also some very good alternative news channels including Russia Today, and some other Middle Eastern...
Never Give Up, Never Give In!
If you have never read anyone of these 1,108 blogs then you will not be aware that over the last year I have been battling with cancer. I was diagnosed last September with level 4A bowel cancer. Bowel cancer is the s third biggest killer after prostate and breast...