[Albion] Bus drivers wearing the colours (Weds)

[Peacehaven Wild Kids]

On Weds 24th (hopefully) you’ll se plenty of Brighton & Hove bus drivers wearing Albion shirts (and possibly a few rouge ones!)

One of the garages is holding a fundraising day in aid of a colleague who was suddenly and very unexpectedly taken ill a few weeks back. He’s still very ill and is expected to remain in hospital for some time, he is making progress but it’s a slow process to say the least.

The Albion angle is that he was certainly one of our own, a “tier oner” rarely missing a match home, away or abroad. He’s the sort of fan that ticks all the boxes on the “good neighbour at the Amex thread” Passionate, loyal, knowledgeable and likes the odd beer and a sing up without acting like an arse (well, certainly nothing that would appear on the radar!)

So if you see us on the road tomorrow give us a wave and I’m sure you’ll join in in wishing him a full recovery.

 

[Chicken Run]

Does the Newcastle fan still drive for B & H, he was a great driver, always had his scarf in the windscreen, he use to drive around and use that secret whistle type horn you have in the buses.

 

[Peacehaven Wild Kids]

Does the Newcastle fan still drive for B & H, he was a great driver, always had his scarf in the windscreen, he use to drive around and use that secret whistle type horn you have in the buses.

I think you’re going back to about 1998

 

[Left Footer]

I think you’re going back to about 1998

He used to drive the 1/1A when i lived in Mile Oak around 2015.

 

[Chicken Run]

He used to drive the 1/1A when i lived in Mile Oak around 2015.

Yep i remember banter between he and I when they pipped us to the Championship Title so maybe the OP has just started at B & H or he’s at a different garage ?

 

[Perfidious Albion]

This sounds an excellent thing to happen . I hope they raise plenty of money for the bloke.

 

[essbee1]

Hope this all goes well. Just as an aside, does anyone know what happened to Krispies? Used to see
him every match in the 90's (Gillingham etc).

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Hope this all goes well. Just as an aside, does anyone know what happened to Krispies? Used to see
him every match in the 90's (Gillingham etc).

Krispies

Krispies. For years we all thought he had a hearing problem, but then we found out that he puts his hand to his ear to hold his glasses on while he sings. :clap: I wondered why he did that!:clap2: Krispies,Krispies what's the score?

www.northstandchat.com

 

[Guinness Boy]

Hope this all goes well. Just as an aside, does anyone know what happened to Krispies? Used to see
him every match in the 90's (Gillingham etc).

STH in the West Upper near me. Thought it was him and then had a chat with "Dover" on the way to the Swan recently, who confirmed.

 

[essbee1]

Good to know he's doing ok. Never really talked to him that much- but remember he
always wore the stripes with his name on the back.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Good to know he's doing ok. Never really talked to him that much- but remember he
always wore the stripes with his name on the back.

Well you're half right. For much of the Withdean era, due to letters peeling off, the name on the back of his shirt was 'I PI S'

 

[Cowfold Seagull]

He used to drive the 1/1A when i lived in Mile Oak around 2015.

Worked out of Whitehawk depot then.

As for the hospitalized driver and the topic of this thread, how did he get to see Albion home and away so often? Bus drivers work to a roster pattern. He must have had plenty of obliging collegues who were willing to swap shifts!

 

[Justice]

Worked out of Whitehawk depot then.

As for the hospitalized driver and the topic of this thread, how did he get to see Albion home and away so often? Bus drivers work to a roster pattern. He must have had plenty of obliging collegues who were willing to swap shifts!

I was thinking the same no Saturday shifts during the football season.

 

[Chicken Run]

Worked out of Whitehawk depot then.

As for the hospitalized driver and the topic of this thread, how did he get to see Albion home and away so often? Bus drivers work to a roster pattern. He must have had plenty of obliging collegues who were willing to swap shifts!

At no point in his opening post did he say ‘driver’ i think that’s just an assumption on our part

 

[Mellor 3 Ward 4]

I wonder if it's the guy I spoke to a few weeks ago when I got on the No 1 at Whitehawk flats, where the 1 bus starts from?

He was sitting reading a match report in The Argus - we got chatting - nice guy - he was a massive Albion fan - get well soon.

 

[Peacehaven Wild Kids]

Worked out of Whitehawk depot then.

As for the hospitalized driver and the topic of this thread, how did he get to see Albion home and away so often? Bus drivers work to a roster pattern. He must have had plenty of obliging collegues who were willing to swap shifts!

Time served drivers can get on to a rota that includes all the school buses, subsequently working Mon - Fri usually finishing by teatime at the latest
He’d miss the odd away up north midweek but often used his holiday days.

 

[Peacehaven Wild Kids]

Does the Newcastle fan still drive for B & H, he was a great driver, always had his scarf in the windscreen, he use to drive around and use that secret whistle type horn you have in the buses.

He used to drive the 1/1A when i lived in Mile Oak around 2015.

About 20/25 years ago there was one that used to stick a mini kit and scarf on the cab window every time he went out, if he was running empty back to the garage he put on the destination board things like “17 Newcastle Metro Centre”
Haven’t seen him for years.

More recently there was an older, little guy going a bit bald.he used to do the 1s. He went by the original nickname of “Geordie” He works down Newhaven now, doing garage duties

 

[US Seagull]

My brother-in-law just recently started working on the buses in Brighton. I'll have to ask if he's participating. Not sure if he owns an Albion shirt though.

 

[Guinness Boy]

I know an ex Brighton bus driver who comes away on our annual 'blokes who should know better' long weekend. Activities last year, fly to Slovakia, ride go karts very fast down mountain, take cable car to huge mountain summit, walk a 15k mountain hike including 1000ft ft of elevation and hire e-Scooters (and ride them off road even though you are told 'don't go off road'). And this fella is the maddest of the lot of us. Still skateboards, has broken pretty much every bone is his time.

He described driving a Brighton bus as 'basically controlling a large go kart'.

He no longer works the buses. I'm staggered they let him in the driver's seat even once

 

[Cowfold Seagull]

I do know of a Scotsman by the name of Dixie who drives buses out of Lewes Road Garage, often to be found on the 25's to and from ther Amex.

A nice guy, Celtic fan, though not his fault l guess.