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Beatty takes a trip down memory lane on her 90th birthday
A lady from a retirement housing estate in Folkestone, Kent who was born in the golden twenties and has vivid memories of the dawn of the Jazz age took a nostalgic trip down memory lane when she boarded a 1964 classic ‘Regent’ double decker bus for her 90th birthday.
Former bus conductress and Hanover resident 90- year old Beatrice (Beatty) MacDonald relived her bus conducting days with the East Kent Road Company when she donned her original uniform for the special journey.
Susan Sheppard, Floating Support Officer, Hanover Housing Association said; “Beatty is a lovely lady we have literally had hours of fun talking about her exploits during the War and her bus conducting days which spanned some 30 years.
“I really wanted to do something special for Beatty, when I contacted the Friends of the East Kent Road Company, they remembered her with fondness and agreed to donate a bus for her trip.”
The bus went on the same Folkestone to Dover route that Beatty worked on. She said: “In some ways it was as if I never left, it was a fantastic surprise and a wonderful memory which I will remember for the rest of my days.
Tony Hammond, Chairman, Friends of East Kent Road Company “ When I heard that it was Beatty’s birthday I immediately encouraged the committee to send a bus to her celebratory party.” The committee all agreed to personally fund the trip.
Beatty is very popular amongst all of our members when she gets a chance she often pops down to local vintage bus events in her uniform.”
