Re: Footscray pix...and Tramway wowsers

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Thursday, March 7, 2002 3:16 AM

They are.

Thanks, Paul.

I had many encounters with the Bounds brothers when I was running the Bendigo Tramways. They were a gas. Politically aware railfans. A rare breed back when I knew them. And their presence was not a balm for faint-of-heart railfans with an exaggerated sense of propriety. heheheheheheh

I saw Lindsay working as a connnie on a tram in St Kilda about 5 or 6 years ago. He was a stationmaster on the suburban rail network last time I heard. I never saw Jeff again after he got married. Funny 'bout that.

Hope they are alive and well.

Bob Murphy

----- Original Message -----

From: Paul Nicholson

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Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2002 1:56 PM

Subject: [TramsDownUnder] Footscray pix...and Tramway wowsers

Enjoyed looking at the Footscray pix; proves how things have changed. It was so quiet on a Sunday afternoon (?) at Footscray in the 1960s. The photo of the buses at the Depot was interesting. The vehicles were Leyland OPS1s not AECs as someone has mentioned; probably already commented on. The "shoulder" at the right of the photo looks mighty like the late Bob Bishop (aka "The Shmoo") who was a colourful tramway enthusiast "character" from the era. And the person taking the photo(?)of 676 and 180 in Leeds Street looks mightly like one of the Bounds twins (Jeffrey and Lindsay) who used to wear navy blue raincoats in the mid 1960s. The TMSV tours in those days were fairly "exclusive" with some people dressing in suits and everyone expected to be on their "best" behaviour. The ARE tours, by contrast, were more laid back and tended to appeal to the younger (baby boomer) enthusiasts of the era. We could take up several postings about wowserism in the Melbourne tramway enthusiast movement in the 1960s Remember it was the time of the six o'clock swill and the Chief Secretary of the time, Sir Arthur Rylah, who was the moral guardian of the community would not allow anything to "offend" his teenage daughter (now BTW an active railway enthusiast!). It seems such a long time...back to the present. Hope these "memories" are of interest. Paul in Melbourne __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Try FREE Yahoo! Mail - the world's greatest free email! http://mail.yahoo.com/

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