Brighton bus loses it's roof!

[Sajerz]

Couldn't see this anywhere else so apologies if fixtures.

Bus went under the bridge on Kingston Lane and lost its roof.
Looks just like something out of a James Bond with the roof on one side of the bridge and the bus on the other.

BBC NEWS | England | Sussex | Bus roof ripped off under bridge

 

[Lander]

50k+ worth of damage!

Was a mechanic out on road test and mechanic was treated for shock at the scene and was then went home striaght away, bus may possibly be an open topper permantly, half the work is done

 

[Spider]

Hope they CONDUCTOR thorough investigation

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

When they fix it up, can it have 'Withdean' written on the front?

 

[Keeping The Dream Alive.]

What an idiot, surely you would know if the your bus could fit under or not.

 

[Barrel of Fun]

Hmmm... I thought you had to be dead to have your name on the bus or are there two Les Hamilton's?

 

[Fungus]

So, God takes indiscriminate revenge on buses of all advertising religions?

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Hmmm... I thought you had to be dead to have your name on the bus

All the more reason to call it 'Withdean'

 

[ATFC Seagull]

Hmmm... I thought you had to be dead to have your name on the bus or are there two Les Hamilton's?

Nope theres a Sally Gunnell and Norman Cook.

Edit - or have I missed a joke here and look like an idiot?!

 

[Lankyseagull]

I wonder if it was the same driver that we had on the Football Special back into Brighton on Saturday after the Hereford game.

His antics were worth the match ticket price alone - berating a colleague on London Road "You're a football special, you're not supposed to be picking passengers up", then some p*ssed up bloke tried to get on at one stop "This is a football special. You can't come on here, f*cking get off" and then when some woman driver cut him up "Where did you get your licence from you c*nt"!!

Just before we got off at St.Peters Church we gave him a resounding chorus of "Can we have you every week!"

 

[Barrel of Fun]

Nope theres a Sally Gunnell and Norman Cook.

I am pretty sure they have been disposed of. (The names, not the people).

 

[Barrel of Fun]

All the more reason to call it 'Withdean'

Withdean is still a hub of excitement. Only the other day, I visited the folks and there was a garage sale with all sorts of goodies for bargain prices. Shame the football brings down the area.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

I wonder if it was the same driver that we had on the Football Special back into Brighton on Saturday after the Hereford game.

His antics were worth the match ticket price alone - berating a colleague on London Road "You're a football special, you're not supposed to be picking passengers up", then some p*ssed up bloke tried to get on at one stop "This if a football special you. You can't come on here, f*cking get off" and then when some woman driver cut him up "Where did you get your licence from you c*nt"!!

Just before we got off at St.Peters Church we gave him a resounding chorus of "Can we have you every week!"

There's a Mendoza thread about that bus trip somewhere. Read it yesterday.

Sounds like much better entertainment than the match

 

[Cian]

This is repairable, but costs a LOT - happened here not that long ago, newbie driver took a wrong turn....

 

[Everest]

It must have turned up from the 259 at some rate of speed. It's not very far to the bridge!

 

[NMH]

I sense another ex-employee in the job-centre.

 

[Freddie Goodwin.]

It's not as if the bridge doesn't look big. His mind must have been elsewhere.

 

[Lord Bracknell]

Hmmm... I thought you had to be dead to have your name on the bus or are there two Les Hamilton's?

There are (or were) two Les Hamiltons - both councillors in Portslade.

Les Hamilton snr died a few years back. A lovely guy. When he was Chairman of East Sussex County Council, he once turned up at a Lewes pub where I was enjoying a Christmas eve lunchtime drink with some colleagues. He walked up to the bar and handed fifty quid to the barman and said "Let these people have as much as they want until this runs out".

Les Hamilton jnr is his son.

 

[Mr Burns]

This is repairable, but costs a LOT

Oh good I can stop worrying..............

 

[Garage_Doors]

Nope theres a Sally Gunnell and Norman Cook.

Edit - or have I missed a joke here and look like an idiot?!

Not sure if the criteria has changed, but when they started putting names on busses they only considered people that were no longer living.