Pink wheels keep on turning at station

Stonehouse bus driver Robert Kennedy turned a few heads when he spent the day dressed as a woman, raising over £1200 for charity.

Robert saw an advert for Breast Cancer Now’s Wear It Pink Day on October 18 and decided to raise funds for the charity, in memory of his gran, Agnes Kennedy, who passed away in October 2008 having suffered from breast and lung cancer.

That saw him dress up as a woman in pink for his entire shift, which ran from 6am until 4.15pm, after which he had to walk the entire length of Hamilton Bus Station in heels.

The 26-year-old, who has been a bus driver for nearly three years, raised a total of £1281 for the charity.

Robert said: “I was on Facebook and saw an advert for Wear It Pink and thought, since my gran, Agnes Kennedy, passed away on October 3, 2008, of breast cancer, I would go for it.

“I personally hadn’t raised any money for a cancer charity, so I decided I would dress up as a woman in pink for Wear It Pink . “I was working on this particular day (October 18) so the night before I decorated my bus with bunting and pink fans, and also had posters up.

“My shift started at six in the morning and I finished at 4.15pm.

“Throughout the day I had all my passengers and passers-by taking pics and donating money to my cause.

“There were a lot of people waving and cars tooting their horns as I was driving throughout the day.

It was a great laugh and I put a smile on everyone’s face that saw me. I had to walk the length of Hamilton Bus Station twice when I got off the bus for my break – trying to walk in heels for the first time wasn’t easy, and I got the odd funny look off folk in the bus station.

“I got a few pics with Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) staff in there, along with members of the public.

“I would do it again, it was for a great charity.”