[NSW] McVicars Bus Service - the early years (post for GM)
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[NSW] McVicars Bus Service - the early years (post for GM)
Posting the following for GM:
http://www.busaustralia.com/gallery/dis ... pos=-10736
McVicars International mo239 with driver Clarrie Stevens and conductor Eddie Brown.
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McVicars International mo239 with driver Clarrie Stevens and conductor Eddie Brown.
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Thanks GM. I started my working life with the McVicar family and was there 'till the company was sold. I drove the last 38/125 that Saturday night while the rest of you were out on m/o304 with Arch. the banner adorning the rear of m/o304 was painted by me on the backing sheet of a side advert. You were a part of the family there and were always willing to give of youself for them. I was taught many skills while an apprentice, many which I still use today.
Eddie ended up as an assistant in the body shop, an easy job created for him to allow him to keep working. Many of the long term employees were given special jobs over the years.
When I have finally put my PBC book to bed I hope to start on McVicars history, (a much bigger task)!
Eddie ended up as an assistant in the body shop, an easy job created for him to allow him to keep working. Many of the long term employees were given special jobs over the years.
When I have finally put my PBC book to bed I hope to start on McVicars history, (a much bigger task)!
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That photo of 239 is just amazing. And knowing the driver and conductor's names just add so much more interest to the picture.
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Looking at that bus, the post title of "The Early Years" is an understatement.leopard1543 wrote:That photo of 239 is just amazing.
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239
Was this bus registered as m/o.239 or was it fleet number 239Centralian wrote:In sending me the photos to post GM said he'd had a letter from a relative of the conductor and she identified the driver and conductor in that photo.
I think I recall that McVicar's did have the m/o.239 plate on a later bus also.
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Here are some more pictures from GM regarding McVicars and their 239 numberplate:
http://www.busaustralia.com/gallery/dis ... pos=-10744
McVicars Internationals.
http://www.busaustralia.com/gallery/dis ... pos=-10745
Another early 239 was this Albion, seen in James St Lidcombe.
http://www.busaustralia.com/gallery/dis ... pos=-10746
239 AEC Waddingtons
http://www.busaustralia.com/gallery/dis ... pos=-10747
239 AEC Reliance Coachmaster at South Terrace, Bankstown.
http://www.busaustralia.com/gallery/dis ... pos=-10744
McVicars Internationals.
http://www.busaustralia.com/gallery/dis ... pos=-10745
Another early 239 was this Albion, seen in James St Lidcombe.
http://www.busaustralia.com/gallery/dis ... pos=-10746
239 AEC Waddingtons
http://www.busaustralia.com/gallery/dis ... pos=-10747
239 AEC Reliance Coachmaster at South Terrace, Bankstown.
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Has had ever happened yet?Bus Riders wrote: When I have finally put my PBC book to bed I hope to start on McVicars history, (a much bigger task)!
Also today I reactivated the links to the photos so that they could be shown again as the old format links no longer worked.
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