AlabamaShrimp wrote: ↑Wed Dec 11, 2019 12:30 pm
Oh I know sod all about what's wrong with it I just came to look at the pictures.
Did you spot me on the A23 this morning then, I'm working in Hove at the minute.
Anyways, just for you Sir, taken mere moments ago here it is in its natural environment outside the job in working at.IMG_20191211_124902_8.jpg
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Sadly not I'm a bit far away but it's very nice! I've always hated that light blue colour all Fords used to come in
Converted from a minibus or am I being stupid and this was a version they did?
(can't get that second pic to show up, only the roof loads)
Yes was a school minibus for the first part of its life. Tools and glass don't really go together very well so I panelled them in.
Not sure what is going on with the photos will try uploading again tonight.
Our school minibus was like that....Only red. And a facelift Mk1. Not really like it at all then, but it brought back some memories all the same. It had those lateral park bench seats, no belts, no jesus handles, fuck all.
I only went in it once, it was a bit of a swot-mobile really and you only got to ride in it in extra-curricular activities which didn't interest me one bit. I had been on a sponsored walk and feigned limpness to cadge a lift back to the school for the last 3 miles or so....
It's main attraction for me was providing a bit of screenage for a crafty Guards behind it's shed.
There's a great long bar in Rock & Roll heaven.......
I have fond memories of 'school trips' in the evenings from boarding school (where I got sent as it was the only place took me after I was expelled from primary aged 7 1/2) that just involved winter trips down snow covered lanes sideways with Mr Sladden seeing how long he could keep one of these sideways without crashing it.
The number of kids in the back was handy for getting it back out of hedges & ditches on occasion.
mercrocker wrote: ↑Wed Dec 11, 2019 6:30 pm
Our school minibus was like that....Only red. And a facelift Mk1. Not really like it at all then, but it brought back some memories all the same. It had those lateral park bench seats, no belts, no jesus handles, fuck all.
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That would have been a crew bus, with the sideways wooden benches, not many of those have survived.
Hooli wrote: ↑Wed Dec 11, 2019 6:33 pm
I have fond memories of 'school trips' in the evenings from boarding school (where I got sent as it was the only place took me after I was expelled from primary aged 7 1/2) that just involved winter trips down snow covered lanes sideways with Mr Sladden seeing how long he could keep one of these sideways without crashing it.
The number of kids in the back was handy for getting it back out of hedges & ditches on occasion.
I've got to ask how did you manage to get expelled from a Primary school?
Hooli wrote: ↑Wed Dec 11, 2019 6:33 pm
I have fond memories of 'school trips' in the evenings from boarding school (where I got sent as it was the only place took me after I was expelled from primary aged 7 1/2) that just involved winter trips down snow covered lanes sideways with Mr Sladden seeing how long he could keep one of these sideways without crashing it.
The number of kids in the back was handy for getting it back out of hedges & ditches on occasion.
I've got to ask how did you manage to get expelled from a Primary school?
I had an evil bitch of a headmistress ruin things for me. Aged 7 I was a year up, top of the class & due to do exams at 14. The headmaster retired & this crazy, evil bitch appeared. I was moved back down as it was 'too much paperwork for her' and then told I was a trouble maker as I was bored. Oh & to top it off I wasn't allowed to be left handed, she was that mental. I rebelled a bit*.
Yet people wonder why I've got no respect for teachers, with those experiences.
It seemed to me that it was a bit like whack a mole in that anyone who stood out was bashed down. This was before your time but maybe it was the same then.
It was with her aye. People said I was wrong when she died of brain cancer within a year or so to say 'good, she won't ruin anyone else's life'. I still think I was right though.
