tony
when i was in school, the school bus drivers were all miserable bastards (i suppose i would be if i had to drive a bus full of brats 5 days a week)
however one man was the exception.
he was known as tony, for that was not his name (we just called him that)

he'd drive a long with everyone pressing the bell in time to a tune and chanting tony. without fail every day
on the way back from school 20 kids all in time chanting,begginning as soon as he closed the bus doors and
started to drive and ending when we reached the town centre. anyone else would have become pissed off with this but
tony loved it.

highlights of the bus ride home include:
+ being told to all stick the finger up as we drove past another school bus cause the driver was a miserable git.
+ kicking one of the school bullies off the bus in the middle of nowhere (we used to go past lots of fields to get to town)
+ the time the bell was broken so he had us all clapping and chanting instead.

that man was great.... can't remember his real name. he did actually tell us what it was once.
unfortunately he retired in my last year and we were given another driver who was sadly not as fun.
(stitched, Sat 27 Jun 2009, 14:15, 1 reply)

My school bus driver was called Tony too
He was a lot like your one. Didn't used to drive a Jeffs coach in Northamptonshire by any chance, did he?
( chart cat has an itch, Tue 30 Jun 2009, 7:02, closed)