Retired Glasgow bus drivers receive thank you message with a difference

Retired bus drivers George Blain (left) and John O’Gorman. "We’ll be the talk of the town"

Retired bus drivers George Blain (left) and John O’Gorman. "We’ll be the talk of the town"

Readers may remember George Blain and John O’Gorman, two long-serving bus drivers from First Group’s Parkhead depot in Glasgow. The pair, who retired last month after a total of 83 years of service (Transit March 20), got the surprise of their lives when they received a thank you message with a difference.

Blain (64) and O’Gorman (64), both from Springboig, accrued 44 years and 39 years service driving for First in Glasgow and the company joined forces with its bus...