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Day out at Wembley

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One of Eavesway's coaches.
One of Eavesway's coaches.
Photo: Eddie.
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Item #: 27165
May as well be hung for a sheep as a lamb. I've put this photo in the Wembley category, as I believe that's where it was taken. No doubt someone will contradict me. How proud is that driver? Year unknown.

Photograph borrowed from Terry Lawrenson.

Comment by: Stuart on 6th December 2015 at 10:15

It is definitely taken in London because there is a London bus behind the coach and the building on the right looks like Wembley Arena or Earl's Court.

Comment by: John G on 6th December 2015 at 16:44

Eddie: Eavesway was a very good company always had top of the range coaches when I was at school around early to late sixties.
They used to take Ashton secondary on trips & to football matches.
I even booked them for my stag-night poor driver had to drop the lads off Wigan and St/Helens, but he had a big smile when we gave him a good whip-round.

Comment by: Eddie. on 6th December 2015 at 17:12

I did a few trips for Eavesway's during the recession in the early 80's when driving jobs were thin on the ground. I still have the collection of foreign coins, washers and buttons that were kindly donated by my passengers. You don't suppose they were trying to tell me something do you?

Comment by: John G on 6th December 2015 at 18:33

Eddie: You no the old saying, but I can assure you the young lad on our coach that night got more tips than wages, he could not thank us enough.

Comment by: Eddie. on 6th December 2015 at 19:32

John, let me assure you that I also got more in tips (albeit mostly in Deutschmarks and Drachmas) than I did in wages, which effectively amounted to zilch. It's unfortunate that I didn't get the job of carting you lads about, but being the new kid on the block (as it were) at the time, I was assigned the less desirable jobs, i.e.stag do's and hen parties. Not wishing to be disrespectful John, but have you ever had the experience of trying to coerce forty odd Lambrini fuelled females back onto a bus at two o' clock in the morning?.....' Fricknin'....It's a Wigan word but it fits the scenario perfectly. It should really go into the ' Webster's Dictionary of Wigan Words '...along with 'sprise' and ' slopstone'. Regards. Eddie.

Comment by: AB on 7th December 2015 at 16:52

Eddie,good coaches. We had an experience with them on a Wembley trip After arriving late at Wembley due to roadworks, we disembarked at the stadium and the driver then parked up.After the match we knew the coach was on the coach park, But Where?? What a job standing on the concourse overlooking the mass of coaches

Comment by: Vb on 9th December 2015 at 18:25

Eddie I bet you could have curled up in a corner and "scriked' when confronted with all those women out for a good time. We had a coach driver who came back year after year and each year he said he was 'retiring'just like o'l Blue eyes yet he still came back he became part of the crowd. Each year we went to the same little village in Norfolk for 5 days and none of his colleagues would go........I think he quite liked us! Or he just liked the peace and quiet.

Comment by: Eddie. on 10th December 2015 at 15:00

Yes, another good one Vb, I'll admit I was ' fain' 't' get wom ' after those hen parties. Taking the old folk to Llangollen on a Sunday was more up my street. Not that the money was any better, or the tips either come to that. Tha varnier 'at sprise it from their clenched fingers.

Comment by: Vb on 10th December 2015 at 18:57

No answer to that! Poor o'l pensioners having their pension "sprised" from their hands!!! That's after they went through the war for us baby boomers!

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