Fowler’s Travel gives birthday surprise to Nancy, who has been travelling with them for 60 years from Sutton St Edmund to Spalding and Wisbech
There was a big birthday surprise for a bus passenger who has spent decades travelling around our area.
The team at Holbeach Drove based Fowler’s Travel, treated regular customer Nancy with some special gifts to mark her 75th birthday.
Nancy, who did not wish to give her surname, has been traveling from Gedney Hill and Sutton St Edmund to Spalding and Wisbech on the same buses for 60 years.
She said: “I’ve always travelled with Fowler’s since I was 15 years old and I can’t fault them at all.
“I would say they are the best bus company in Lincolnshire – I’ve tried the others but never again.
“Andrew (Fowler) is one of the best people you will ever meet and his drivers are so loyal.
“When they gave me the bunch of flowers and chocolates for my birthday I must admit I had a few tears. I didn’t expect it at all.”
Driver Colin Millar added: “Nancy is a remarkable lady who is ‘in charge’ of the passengers on the bus.
“She travels most weeks on Mondays to Spalding on the 43 service and then on Thursdays to Wisbech on the 43a service and still collects all the bus passes and scans them on the ticket machine before handing them all back to each passenger again.
“Her age isn't slowing her down after 60 years of travel!”