Impunity wrote:MatataMingi wrote:sqft wrote:Ngong wrote:kiash wrote:Wow when was this? wish i could have known those times
Nice, which part of Nairobi is this?
I can see National Archives, Ambassador Hotel. That stage must be the area outside Hilton hotel.
The Hilton Hotel was built on that bus terminal.
What were those green buses called?
I don't remember who was running the buses. It think it was a British company,
before they were taken over KBS.
However, very fond memories of those times.Things were organized
- We used to live in Nairobi South, and there were no high schools nearby.
- Therefore,I went to the Duke of Gloucester ( called DOG ) from 1961 to 1964 for my O levels, and by that time
Highway Secondary had opened in Nairobi South, and so I went there from 1965 to 1966 for my A levels
- The transport to school was very organized. To go to DOG and other schools, the bus company ran a special
Double Decker service, subsidized, for school kids
only . It used to leave at 7am from Nairobi South
and stop on the way to pick more kids going to schools in Ngara, Parklands etc.
- On the way home this student bus was not operational. The reason was that, whereas, all students had to go to school
at the same time in the morning, but they did not come back at the same time. This was due to fact that we had
extracurricular activities, like the photography club, different sports etc etc.
-Therefore, for the ride home I had to take a bus from near DOG, and change for the bus to Nairobi South at that
Bus terminal,that is now Nairobi Hilton.
- The bus fares were cents, not shillings.
- We used to have a hearty lunch of Githiri from Mama Rose, or a boiled & roasted corn cob from Mwangi, for 10 cents.
The school system at the time was no financial burden for my civil servant father.
You know what. Just writing this has brought tears to my old eyes.
Does were the days. How did we manage to mess everything up. ?????