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| A clipping from the 'Metro' newspaper, Friday 3rd
February 2006. Terror ban on my photos of buses. A BUS SPOTTER has been banned from taking pictures of his favourite transport - because officials thought he might be a terrorist. Alan Turnock , 61, has spent the past 50 years collecting 200.000 photos of buses. He was snapping buses at a depot (bus station - the press don't know the difference!), in Sunderland, when a manager came over and told him to stop. He said yesterday "It was completely over the top. One of the staff told me I had to put away my camera because of the threat of terrorism after the London bombings." Mr Turnock, who runs 'Transport Photography' magazine from his home in Millfield, Co. Durham, added "It was just complete madness. I felt as if they were accusing me of being a terrorist, which is ludicrous." A spokesman for Nexus Buses said: "Our staff acted totally appropriately in asking this gentleman to take his pictures outside the bus station." Whilst the team here at 'Robert & Jim's World of Buses' agree with Alan Turnock, that some garages and bus station managers seem to be 'over the top'. Our policy has always been to ask permission when photographing buses at bus stations and depots etc. This way you know where you stand before you start photographing. In most cases permission is granted. On the few occasions that we are refused, then we find a suitable spot nearby. One tip we can offer anyone contemplating photographing buses, is to wear a 'high viz' vest over your jacket. This helps to ensure your safety and for some reason tends to lend a bit of weight when asking permission to photograph buses. Don't forget... If you enjoy taking photos of buses, then send us some of yours...and we'll send you the same amount of ours...Fair? Enjoy your photography. Robert & Jim. |
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