According to Keenan, the story of Leichhardt depot was one of protracted
procrastination. It was built as early as 1915 (the last of the second
generation tram depots I think) and was the subject of on and off
discussions for years about whether it was to be a running vs storage depot
until it was eventually taken over for the new government bus services in
the 1930s. The bus workshops were also on this site and my dad worked there
as an engineer until the workshops were transferred to Chullora in 1958. He
described the DGT (which ran the government trams and buses at the time) as
a moribund, talentless organisation where you had to wait for the person
above you to die or retire before you had any chance of promotion. He
bailed out to the private sector in frustration. This tram-hating pile of
backward deadwood has managed to be propped up for another 70 years (thanks
to a succession of Labor governments) but is finally at death's door thank
god. Only one region to go. The former tramshed is now mostly occupied by
the excellent Sydney Bus Museum.

Tony P

On Thursday, 26 August 2021 at 13:50:22 UTC+10rtaa...@... wrote:

> Maybe you need to change the cycle from spin to wash (their mouths)

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> On Thursday, August 26, 2021 at 1:40:31 PM UTC+10espe...@... wrote:

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>> Tick!😀

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>> On Thu, 26 Aug 2021 at 10:26, Mal Rowe mal....@...> wrote:

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>>> I understand that there are national shortages of doctors, nurses and

>>> spin doctors ... so old spin is being recycled.

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>> cheers and best wishes,

>> David in Avenel.au,

>> [Before you change anything, learn why it is the way it is.]

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