DECISIONS were taken at a more leisurely pace in the sixties it seems. This is Glasgow Corporation’s first one-man-operated bus which was introduced for a trial run.

And don’t the staff look smart back then with their green uniforms and caps? But anyway, the problem was that about 70 per cent of costs went on staff, so reducing bus crews from two to one would be a significant saving, although The Herald recorded there were concerns about traffic hold-ups caused by buses being at stops longer while customers queued to buy their tickets.

Note too the door at the back to allow passengers to leave – although folk were known to nip on through that door to avoid buying a ticket.

Anyway, following the story in The Herald it seems that this bus ran from the city centre to the south side for a whole year while its benefits were discussed.

What I also like is that general manager Mr ERL Fitzpayne was quoted as saying the trial was a “reasonable success”. Who doesn’t remember ERL Fitzpayne from having his name on the side of every corpy bus? And even The Herald did not use his first name while quoting him, sticking to his intials “ERL”.

The man was a legend.