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the researcher wrote:i was admitted to nitshill hospital for an ear op when i was wee probably five or six and remember going on an smt bus to the hospital but cant remember which direction it went in or the bus route number
although i lived in fife this is the hospital my doctor referred me to for the op(to pin back my ears) all i can remember is my mum and granny took me on the bus there and that i was in for about a week then had to go back to get the stitches out
this would have been in 1963 or 64
the researcher wrote:yeah it could have been darnley hospital trouble is its that long ago i cant remember the name of the hospital and just guessed that it was nitshill hospital
the op i had was to pin back my ears which stuck out like jug handles (like martin clunes ears) i think the skin behind the ears were cut then stitched in closer to my head i remember having to go back about a week later to get the stitches removed and photos being taken out(i think the surgeon wrote a book about plastic surgery or something)
dave76er wrote:You're right about the 7 & 7A used Fairweather Place but some 2's did go to Mearns Cross, after the deregulation and competing with the corporation's 44A, Do you remember the 66C? It was just the George Square-Clarkston Toll 66 but extended to Harvie Avenue. I miss the 2 and 7 but mainly the 2 because I hate the 44A & 44 going through Spean Street & Sinclair Drive as I grew up just next to Old Mearns Road.
busdriver wrote:I remember driving dirty great huge Volvo Ailsa Double-Deckers down Fairweather Place, I can only imagine the racket must have acted as an early morning alarm for the residents, you could see the lights going on as you went down the street. As for the 44 going down sinclair drive, this route used to be shared with Knightswood Depot and they threatened to (ahem) break down frequently if it wasnt wholly driven by larkfield. If ever there were any events on at Hampden the road became impassable and knocking off time at scottish power was just a nightmare.
RDR wrote:busdriver wrote:I remember driving dirty great huge Volvo Ailsa Double-Deckers down Fairweather Place, I can only imagine the racket must have acted as an early morning alarm for the residents, you could see the lights going on as you went down the street. As for the 44 going down sinclair drive, this route used to be shared with Knightswood Depot and they threatened to (ahem) break down frequently if it wasnt wholly driven by larkfield. If ever there were any events on at Hampden the road became impassable and knocking off time at scottish power was just a nightmare.
Since a lot of the houses in Fairweather place are sheltered ones, think of all the poor OAPs you woke up!
Sinclair Drive is a nightmare full stop. You think taking a bus down there is bad you should try taking an ambulance at full tilt with blues and two tones on.
dave76er wrote: By the way where was the 1 terminus in Eaglesham is it the same place the 44 uses?
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