maidstone and district: A memory of Gillingham

Maidstone And District

A Memory of Gillingham.

me and my brother drove for the M/D in the mid 1960s at that time a few younger peaple were starting onthe company the money was not very good but we made so menny good friends there and being a young guy the girl conductors were very nice , the canteen was so good a lot of the crews used to have there sunday dinner on there days off gillingham and chatham was a wonderfall place to live, i later drove for reeds paper mill for 40 years .

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Is there any body who worked on the m/d buses gillingham depot 1967/68 time sutch a great bunch of peaple had so much fun , Bill waller was our boss , it would be so great to be in touch ,

By woolg.chris on Thu Feb 6th 2020, at 5:36 pm

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Bill Waller was my Dad, and I have memories of his Crew Foreman office, next to the Inspectors' one. We lived at 40 Nelson Road, next to the depot, and after school, I sometimes went to his office, which had the redolent reek of tobacco smoke. He had a Conducter who worked with him, Cyril Lamberton, and I used to enjoy playing with his ticket machine.

Of course (along with many staff at the time) the best place to find them was in the staff canteen at the back of the workshops, which had a bar (great for the drivers!). The snooker tbles were brilliant.

Dad died in 2009, and some of his old colleagues came along to his funeral.

By Nick Waller on Sun Dec 18th 2022, at 4:24 pm

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