About bus shelters ...

On the bus shelter matter, there's this thatched one near Weymouth in Dorset, England, writes Brian Byrne. A war memorial, the shelter was erected probably shortly after the Second World War, on the south side of the main road in the village of Osmington.

It was built by Harry and Ethel Parry-Jones in memory of their son, David, a lieutenant in the 1st Battalion of The Rifle Brigade who died at the age of 20 on 3 August 1944 during the Battle of Normandy.

It was listed during the summer passed on the Historic England Heritage Register. And reminds us of the former Esso petrol station across the road from Kilcullen's own bus stop, built for this writer's father in the 1960s to attract attention and business from passing motorists.

(Filling station picture from the Kilcullen Gathering Heritage Collection of local photos.)

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