A pointless identify the man on a bus quiz.

[Tonji]

Identify this famous old fella in the hat.

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I've got 3 photographs of him. The last should be a big clue. I'll put the rest up over the course of the day.

Guess away 

[Colchester Kev]

Its tikay obv.

[Laxie]

Dunno about the guy in the hat, but the other guy looks just like Fagin from the film 'Oliver'

[cdw1111]

Old Charlie Chaplin?

[tikay]

Not sure of the Gents identity, but if it helps to elimninate "suspects", it is NOT a London Bus.

The RT's, RTL's, & all RM variants did not have that window detail - they had little stainless steel "turn handles", the windows hinged at the bottom, & were not "sliders".

So, probably not taken in London.

That should narrow it down.

[kinboshi]

Is it tikay's great-great grandson?

[Tonji]

Not sure of the Gents identity, but if it helps to elimninate "suspects", it is NOT a London Bus.

The RT's, RTL's, & all RM variants did not have that window detail - they had little stainless steel "turn handles", the windows hinged at the bottom, & were not "sliders".

So, probably not taken in London.

That should narrow it down.

Great Bus knowledge Tikay. Your right not London.

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He's got off the bus, & now is heading to work. The location is a clue to his identity.

[kinboshi]

Lowry?

[The_nun]

Member of the Guiness family ? 

[Tonji]

Lowry?

Correct Kin 

you win a round of

the last one was Lowry at work, in his studio.

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I've spent the past few days reading about him. An interesting fella, spent most of his working life as a rent collector.

also from Wikipedia.

Lowry declined an 'Order of the British Empire'(OBE) in 1955, a 'CBE' in 1961, 'knighthood' in 1968, and 'Order of the Companions of Honour' (CH) in 1972 and 1976. He holds the record for the most honours declined.

[The_nun]

I've spent the past few days reading about him. An interesting fella, spent most of his working life as a rent collector also from Wikipedia.

Didn't know Wikipedia was around in Lowrys day. How much was thier rent.

[tikay]

Not sure of the Gents identity, but if it helps to elimninate "suspects", it is NOT a London Bus.

The RT's, RTL's, & all RM variants did not have that window detail - they had little stainless steel "turn handles", the windows hinged at the bottom, & were not "sliders".

So, probably not taken in London.

That should narrow it down.

Great Bus knowledge Tikay. Your right not London.

next

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He's got off the bus, & now is heading to work. The location is a clue to his identity.

A total shot in the dark, but that picture - in particular the beautiful brick-built viaduct - reminds me very much of Stockport.

[tikay]

And here is a Stockport picture, with precisely the same Bus variant & livery, in shot, lower left. And trams, fascinatingly.

[kinboshi]

Not sure of the Gents identity, but if it helps to elimninate "suspects", it is NOT a London Bus.

The RT's, RTL's, & all RM variants did not have that window detail - they had little stainless steel "turn handles", the windows hinged at the bottom, & were not "sliders".

So, probably not taken in London.

That should narrow it down.

Great Bus knowledge Tikay. Your right not London.

next

Click to see full-size image.

He's got off the bus, & now is heading to work. The location is a clue to his identity.

A total shot in the dark, but that picture - in particular the beautiful brick-built viaduct - reminds me very much of Stockport.

It certainly is.

[kinboshi]

Just done a bit more research, and can tell you the name of the photographer and the year it was taken:

L. S. Lowry Sketching Stockport Viaduct, 1961, by Crispin Eurich (1936-76).