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Recollections
George Hunter's
Coaches
Loanhead |
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Recollections
1.
Matt Rooney
New Cumnock. Ayrshire
Thank you to Matt Rooney, New Cumnock. Ayrshire, Scotland, for the
recollections one of his many jobs in and around Edinburgh -
driving buses:
Matt wrote: |
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'The Three Lochs' Tour
"The Three Lochs" was a favourite tour for the older generation.
We used to stop somewhere for a wee cup of tea or coffee, then we
went to "The Three Lochs" trying to make it as easy as possible for
the elderly of the party, we then went to the Central Restaurant at
Crieff for lunch. The driver didn't have to pay
for his meal as it was included in the price of the trip. Not
a lot of people knew that back then. What we did do was to
leave a shilling tip.
Then we did some more sight seeing then I think we would stop of
somewhere else for a cuppa or it could be fish and chips, depending
on who was in the party that day, before heading home to Edinburgh
or wherever the ladies and gents lived. It was a door-to-door
thing in those days, not like now where its a pick-up point
and drop-off point.
It sounds so impersonal to me, as back then we did provide a very
good service, no matter who was on those buses. These ladies
and gents may have been on the pension but they were by far the best
tipper's of their age - and they Insisted that it WAS taken.
I remember those happy times with a smile - and
they did like to sing on those trips.
Matt
Rooney, ( now aged 73) August 2005
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Recollections
2.
Betty Clark
Canada
Thank you to Betty Clark who read the
message above from Matt Rooney, then wrote: |
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Bonyrigg, Loanhead and Penicuik
"Matt Rooney must have been around in my
teenage years. I danced my legs off at Bonnyrigg Regal,
Loanhead Town Hall and Penicuik Institute,
before I met my husband, John, back in 1956."
Hunters Garage
"My father John Curran as a young man, back in the twenties, I'd say,
hung around Hunter's garage.
Malcolm and Duncan were his friends. He drove the taxies for
them. That's how he met my mother. She was in service at
a big home in Seafield near Roslin."
Betty
Clark, Canada: June 5, 2007 |
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Recollections
3.
Ian Mycko
Gilmerton, Edinburgh |
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Ian wrote:
Bonyrigg, Loanhead and Penicuik
"My dad worked for
Pentland Garage and for Middleton's Coaches
in Loanhead.
He also did some part-time work for Hunter's Coaches.
I spent lot of my youth in Loanhead with my dad . I wonder if
any of people who commented on Hunter's Coaches knew him. His
name was Michael Mycko "
Ian
Mycko, Gilmerton, Edinburgh: June 7, 2007 |
If you'd like to reply to Ian Mycko,
please e-mail me and I will pass on your message to him. Thank
you. - Peter Stubbs:
June 7, 2007 |
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