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Memories of Libya 1956 to 1959 |
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Edited by Trevor STUBBERFIELD 52A |
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Libyan Extras Continued. |
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Photos and comments by John Doggett,
Royal Engineers. |
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22 Field Engineer Regiment, Gialo
Barracks, Tripoli. |
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Contemporary Publications. |
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Remembrance Sunday, Tripoli, 1957. |
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Editor’s Note (1). |
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The
image shown above is a bus timetable for a service run by the ‘Tripoli Army
Bus Service’ (TABS) and staffed by the Royal Army Service Corps (RASC). There was a small fleet of buses, sand
coloured, and ranging from 8 to 30 seater vehicles. They enabled service personnel and their
families to get around the city and local districts for shopping and
recreation etc. When there was a
shortage of a driver or two, anyone with a driving licence, such as ‘The
Editor’, was liable to be press-ganged from their unit to do a shift behind
the wheel. All too often the journey
depended on the passengers keeping the temporary drivers on route. Somehow, a few travellers seemed to end up
very near to where they lived, disembarking with instructions for the driver on
how to get back onto the correct run.
This probably prompted the acquisition of two Ford Fairlane saloons to
be run as taxis. Later,
the bus fleet was further augmented with the arrival of a much bigger bus which
was named ‘Big Ben’. This retained a
dark green livery and can be seen in the photo below, parked in Castle
Square, near to the RMP Info Post, so at least it was on the proper timetable
stop. Must have been a regular driver? |
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Editor’s Note (2). |
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When
John supplied the concert programme shown above, memories flooded back. Wilbur de Paris and his band played two
concerts, back to back, on the same day.
One performance in the afternoon followed by one in the evening. Starved of good live music, ‘The Editor’
dug deep in his purse and found enough piastres to buy
tickets for both sessions. Variations
of content in both concerts made it a very special day to remember. Thanks John. |
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First Published: 1st July 2018. Revised and Latest Update: 1st August 2018. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ |
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