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This week: The Beach Bus

Brighton & Hove Bus Company has launched the Beach Bus, a flamboyant tribute to the city’s famously fun-packed seafront. The new bus is dedicated to Andy Durr, the much-missed former Mayor, councillor and academic who masterminded Brighton’s seafront revival. Unveiling the name plaque on the front of the bus, Andy’s wife Carole Durr said: “I’m so happy Andy is being recognised in this way, and his legacy will live on. He would have loved the idea of his name being on a bus dedicated to the seafront – and he’d have been the first to get on it and go down to the beach!”
This is the second in the Get Bus(y) series of Brighton-artist-designed buses that celebrate the city’s unique appeal, and the way buses help people to enjoy life here to the full.

Nick Hill, Brighton & Hove Bus Company’s Head of Commercial said: “Our buses play their part in helping people to have fun-filled days out – and we wanted to reflect that with this light-hearted tribute to the city’s famous beach. We’re sure it’ll make heads turn and bring a smile to people’s faces. And we’re delighted that the Durr family have given us permission to dedicate it to Andy, with his passion for the seafront and his love of fun. I can’t think of a more fitting person to have his name on this bus.”
The Beach Bus’s big, bold images – including a giant 99 ice cream, massive sparkly sunglasses, and a monster-size seagull’s head – are on a background of deckchair stripes, beach-hut colours and deco polka dots. Inside, iconic seaside images are everywhere – from fish and chips and fruit machines to swimming trunks and sticks of Brighton rock.
There is more about Andy Durr at http://history.buses.co.uk/history/fleethist/489ad.htm