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When
ITV celebrated it's 50th Anniversary I was contacted by the production team. They asked if I was willing
to meet with Reg Varney and interview him for a section to appear in 'The South Bank Show' I didn't
need asking twice, so myself and a few lucky club members went down to the South Coast near Budley Salterton. Myself and 3 other fans from the fan club, the famous bus man Tommy Steele, Ian
and Chris spent the morning with Reg onboard a Lodekka Bus with a film crew and what a great morning
it was.
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Reg had not been well at the time and they did not want a mass of fans turning up and
Reg getting overwhelmed. As you can see though even at 88 years young he still had a twinkle in his eye.
I'm glad to say I think Reg enjoyed it as much as we
did and I must also say thank you to his daughter Jeanne. (Jeanne appeared in ON THE BUSES).
After the filming we took a ride along the
sea front to the cafe on the Lodekka. Yes it was the number 11 and yes it did have ON THE BUSES on the destination board.
(With thanks to David
Sheppard and his Dad, who owns the bus)
When we arrived at the cafe (on time) we
had double egg and chips with beans, bread and butter and a mug of tea. A real busmens meal and it was "smashin" as Stan would
say.
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