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Knollmead
Tolworth man has 65 bus inked on leg
School caretaker Neale Titchener, who grew up riding the 65 bus route, is such a fan he had the bus tattooed on his leg.
Mr Titchener, who has worked at Knollmead Primary School in Tolworth for 15 years, went to his old friend Dave Lyeach, who runs Nu-Clear in Leatherhead Road, Chessington, to get the work done. Mr Titchener, 51, who grew up in Angus Close, Chessington, has even planned a landmark life event around the classic bus, which came as something of a surprise to his now- fiancee, Sally Mulkerrins.
Mr Titchener said he still occasionally rides the heritage number 15 service in London, which travels from Trafalgar Square to Tower Hill, “to keep my eye in and my leg in, jumping on and off the back”. Even the tattoo’s number plate has significance: 62 CLT for the year of Mr Titchener’s birth, and the initials of his children Cara and Luke. The 65 route was introduced in 1934 and ran from Ealing to Leatherhead, but was later split when the 71 took over between Kingston and Chessington.
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Comments
Surely this is the best Kingston-themed tattoo, ever! I totally get it, why someone would be such a fan of route-master buses. It is still considered "going in style", amongst world transportation methods!:) -Sawaki
Bizarre,either the Tattooed operate on a higher cultural or spiritual or nutty plain than me,or I am just a boring old fart who does not get it.
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