Re: Melbourne on track for a connie comeback

[Railway Rasputin3 <james_ccj@my-deja.com>]

In article <%hxz5.5005$Z06.40475@news-server.bigpond.net.au>,
  "Daniel Bowen" <dbowen@custard.REMOVE.net.au> wrote:
>
> "Stuart Thyer" <s.thyer@anatomy.unimelb.edu.au> wrote in message
> 8qlrjf$p5q$1@ariel.ucs.unimelb.edu.au">news:8qlrjf$p5q$1@ariel.ucs.unimelb.edu.au...
> > 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
> --
> Daniel Bowen, Melbourne, Australia
> dbowen@custard.REMOVE.net.au
> http://www.custard.net.au/bowen/daniel/
One of the Preston connie would give candy/lollies to the
passengers.....would he be back this time round?

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Cheers

RR3


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