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Horace Clarke and conductress

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"Transport Minister Horace Clarke Clarke paying his fare to conductress Verona Brown before beginning the tour of the new 38 bus route to Havendale and Meadowbrook yesterday."

Jamaica Omnibus Services buses

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Jamaica Omnibus Services (JOS) buses parked up at a depot.

Vandalized JOS bus

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"It was a lucky driver who escaped the wrath of vandals last week when they attacked this JOS bus, L115, in the Olympic Gardens area. Picture shows splintered glass from the shattered windscreen, all over the driver's area."

Washing JOS bus

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Jamaica Omnibus Services (JOS) employees washing a bus.

Victory J type bus

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"The original: photograph shows original configuration of Victory J type bus wind-shield area. Note the curved glass."

Tivoli Depot

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Jamaica Omnibus Services (JOS) buses parked at the bus depot.

Number 24 JOS terminus

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"The No. 24 Terminus for 'Jolly Joe' at Hillside Crescent, Rennock Lodge. In the background is the Cement Factory. To the left, an uninhabited section of the Wareika Hills. The Rennock Lodge Youth Centre is out of sight, on the left."

Fire extinguisher on JOS bus

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"The fire extinguisher [arrow] were disappearing too fast from the buses so JOS electrician designed a system which allowed the driver to push a button near his seat and discharge extinguisher on the turbine charger, at the rear of the Nationals."

Crankshafts

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"Ken Facey, J.O.S. Training Officer, points out the scored crankshaft journal of Olympic buses to some of the new class of trainee apprentices at the J.O.S. Engineering Training School at Tivoli Depot. Twelve youths between 15 and 17 years of age…

Rennock Lodge

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"The Rennock Lodge Story: As seen near the entrance to Hillside Crescent, 'Jolly Joe' is on its way back to Kingston."