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An icon of the Troubles put out to pasture

  • 28-06-2006 12:36pm
    #1
    franksm
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    I remember these throughout my growing-up-years in Belfast. They were as much a target of thugs (whatever flag they pretend to live under) as were RUC Landrovers

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    As the BBC say "The bus that once symbolised public transport in Northern Ireland is being retired after four decades"
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/5123916.stm

    There has been one showing up at the Terenure show for the past two years - have to say it's my favourite item at the show.


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  • #2
    Blue850
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    There were 2 at Mosney, on a similar note I know a guy who bought an ex British Army Humber Pig, he had to paint it in UN white after receiving some dodgy comments about it:rolleyes:


  • #3
    el tel
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    franksm wrote:
    I remember these throughout my growing-up-years in Belfast. They were as much a target of thugs (whatever flag they pretend to live under) as were RUC Landrovers

    Tell me about it! When I was 8 I smashed the side window of a 'blue bus' just like that one as I came home from school one day. Also saw many a burnt out one on the roads too. We used to collect the big blobs of aluminium that were left behind.

    (In my heyday I also managed to put a nice crack in the plastic side window shield of an RUC LandRover too - they were obviously not designed to withstand tiny kids armed with nuts and bolts out on their lunch break:rolleyes:)


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