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Driving buses...
Posted: Sat Jun 05, 2021 3:13 pm
by eastanglianclaret
....apparently this is what one of my fave ex-clarets now does/recently did. Came across this photo by chance. Can you name him?
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Re: Driving buses...
Posted: Sat Jun 05, 2021 3:26 pm
by Longside
John Pender
Re: Driving buses...
Posted: Sat Jun 05, 2021 3:29 pm
by mkmel
I too think it's John Pender
Re: Driving buses...
Posted: Sat Jun 05, 2021 3:35 pm
by eastanglianclaret
Correct! I found the photo on a Wolves legends site. Driving buses some how seems an unusual occupation for an ex-pro footballer. I'm sure that there are plenty of other examples though.
Re: Driving buses...
Posted: Sat Jun 05, 2021 3:44 pm
by ClaretTony
It is John Pender but I didn’t know he drove buses
Re: Driving buses...
Posted: Sat Jun 05, 2021 3:46 pm
by Steve1956
These guys missed out on the really big money,shame really.
Re: Driving buses...
Posted: Sat Jun 05, 2021 3:47 pm
by tim_noone
eastanglianclaret wrote: ↑Sat Jun 05, 2021 3:35 pm
Correct! I found the photo on a Wolves legends site. Driving buses some how seems an unusual occupation for an ex-pro footballer. I'm sure that there are plenty of other examples though.
Billy ingham
Re: Driving buses...
Posted: Sat Jun 05, 2021 3:51 pm
by eastanglianclaret
CT - here's the link to where I found the photo. I am a very lazy reader but I think it says he became a bus driver in the penultimate paragraph.
https://www.wolvesheroes.com/2019/02/16 ... e-front-2/
Re: Driving buses...
Posted: Sat Jun 05, 2021 3:54 pm
by tim_noone
Steve1956 wrote: ↑Sat Jun 05, 2021 3:46 pm
These guys missed out on the really big money,shame really.
I know what you mean....but in the grand scheme of things money means Jack Sh!t .. that said you wouldn't get me driving a bus....at any Price.
Re: Driving buses...
Posted: Sat Jun 05, 2021 3:55 pm
by minnieclaret
Steve1956 wrote: ↑Sat Jun 05, 2021 3:46 pm
These guys missed out on the really big money,shame really.
In 20 years time we’ll be saying that about Messi and Ronaldo.
Re: Driving buses...
Posted: Sat Jun 05, 2021 3:58 pm
by Steve1956
minnieclaret wrote: ↑Sat Jun 05, 2021 3:55 pm
In 20 years time we’ll be saying that about Messi and Ronaldo.
Naw...them two will never be bumming around driving space ship public transport
Re: Driving buses...
Posted: Sat Jun 05, 2021 3:59 pm
by Steve1956
eastanglianclaret wrote: ↑Sat Jun 05, 2021 3:13 pm
....apparently this is what one of my fave ex-clarets now does/recently did. Came across this photo by chance. Can you name him?ex-claret.jpg
He actually looks to happy to be a bus driver.
Re: Driving buses...
Posted: Sat Jun 05, 2021 4:00 pm
by Bosscat
The wheels on the bus
go round and round
go round and round
go round and round
The wheels on the bus
go round and round
All day long
Re: Driving buses...
Posted: Sat Jun 05, 2021 4:04 pm
by ClaretTony
I’d seen the photo before and he was some size last time he was at the Turf. I’d no idea he’d followed in Billy Ingham’s footsteps and taken up bus driving though.
Re: Driving buses...
Posted: Sat Jun 05, 2021 4:09 pm
by eastanglianclaret
Too many Double Deckers? I'll get my coat..........
Re: Driving buses...
Posted: Sat Jun 05, 2021 4:20 pm
by COBBLE
I have long thought that driving a bus with dozens of peoples safety in your hands was one of the most undervalued and underpaid jobs.
Re: Driving buses...
Posted: Sat Jun 05, 2021 5:04 pm
by claretburns
My dad drove buses for years but gave it up around 15 years ago because he couldn't put up with the chavs all piling on each day after school.
Re: Driving buses...
Posted: Sat Jun 05, 2021 5:22 pm
by ClaretTony
claretburns wrote: ↑Sat Jun 05, 2021 5:04 pm
My dad drove buses for years but gave it up around 15 years ago because he couldn't put up with the chavs all piling on each day after school.
I’m not surprised. Behaviour of school kids on buses now is nothing short of a disgrace.
Re: Driving buses...
Posted: Sat Jun 05, 2021 5:28 pm
by bobinho
tim_noone wrote: ↑Sat Jun 05, 2021 3:54 pm
I know what you mean....but in the grand scheme of things money means Jack Sh!t .. that said you wouldn't get me driving a bus....at any Price.
Couple of my mates used to drive buses... both said it was the best job in the world, until they hit the button to let the public on...
Re: Driving buses...
Posted: Sat Jun 05, 2021 6:15 pm
by tim_noone
bobinho wrote: ↑Sat Jun 05, 2021 5:28 pm
Couple of my mates used to drive buses... both said it was the best job in the world, until they hit the button to let the public on...
Re: Driving buses...
Posted: Sat Jun 05, 2021 6:16 pm
by tim_noone
ClaretTony wrote: ↑Sat Jun 05, 2021 5:22 pm
I’m not surprised. Behaviour of school kids on buses now is nothing short of a disgrace.
Re: Driving buses...
Posted: Sun Jun 06, 2021 5:31 pm
by Claretitus
Good guy too was John, he lived round the corner from me in Ightenhill, remember talking to him about the tour of Russia, that CT highlighted on here the other day.
Re: Driving buses...
Posted: Sun Jun 06, 2021 7:21 pm
by Wokingclaret
Always thought we got rid of him too soon, especially seeing what was to come in.
Re: Driving buses...
Posted: Sun Jun 06, 2021 10:14 pm
by dsr
Didn't Ray Deakin drive buses as well?
Re: Driving buses...
Posted: Sun Jun 06, 2021 10:26 pm
by Somethingfishy
dsr wrote: ↑Sun Jun 06, 2021 10:14 pm
Didn't Ray Deakin drive buses as well?
I think so..in fact didn't he drive the team coach a few times?
Re: Driving buses...
Posted: Sun Jun 06, 2021 10:29 pm
by Herts Clarets
Ray Deakin drove the team bus but I don't think he ever worked as a bus driver. The last time I spoke to Ray mid 90s he was working in sales for a chemical company.
Re: Driving buses...
Posted: Sun Jun 06, 2021 10:53 pm
by bfcjg
Jose Mourinho would love Pender to join him as an assistant ,let's face it his teams are notorious for parking the bus.