Braveheart Meets Wonderwoman!!

**cessna152towser** · 15th June 11, 01:15 PM

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.

**beloitpiper** · 15th June 11, 02:20 PM

Oh god, not that statue again!

**McClef** · 15th June 11, 02:43 PM

Was it sold and moved from Stirling then?

**walkerk** · 15th June 11, 06:51 PM

Alex, would that be Jane Crawford on your arm?

http://www.lanarkgazette.co.uk/news/...rade_1_1584855

**slohairt** · 15th June 11, 06:54 PM

I like her Saltire mini and tartan bustier!

Dinnae like the statue o Mel sae much! ;)

**English Bloke** · 15th June 11, 07:12 PM

Love the buses... Thanks for sharin' an' all but I can only agree that the statue of Mr Gibson is dire!

**The Vicar** · 15th June 11, 08:02 PM

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