Re: Melbourne on track for a connie comeback

["Daniel Bowen" <dbowen@custard.REMOVE.net.au>]

"Stuart Thyer" <s.thyer@anatomy.unimelb.edu.au> wrote in message
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> Uniform?? What about South Melbourne connies, bright leggings, multiple
> earrings, multi coloured hair, you always knew when you had a south Melb
> connie. I bet they won't get a chance for that any more, but it was always
> part of the fun of travel, conductors were always anthing but normal (in
the
> nicest possible way)

My favourite was the guy from Camberwell who wore a plastic Gumby on his
strap, and instead of ringing the bell twice to start the tram, would shout
at the driver "Ding ding!"


Daniel
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