GVVT Bridgeton Depot Running Day

GVVT Bridgeton Bus Depot Glasgow
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The old Maltese bus is being restored as part of the Back on the road campaign which teaches rehabilitated drug addicts new skills and is a fundamental part of the reason d’etre ensuring financial backing for the museum from local government. (Photo later on) . It really shows the progress made since our last visit.

On a less prosaic note the running day was a great success with plenty of vehicles with local connections in service with fair weather and even occasional sunshine plus very moderate temperatures all of which drew out the crowds and attendance looked better than ever with quite hectic business back at the depot and photographers a plenty along the route. The staff at Bridgeton were as helpful and friendly as ever and this is an event which goes from strength to strength. The increased ‘home’ fleet made accommodating visitors a little tight but they managed. We are proud that we were amongst the first traders from south of the border to attend on the very first event and just as we led others north to Lathalmond we hope that fellow enthusiasts will make the journey to experience the warmth of the welcome here. We were lucky with a swift trip north and south again in the early evening, rain must have diminished the Blackpool illumination traffic.