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Den 24 maj firade SMJ sin hedersordförande Otto BvL som passat på att fylla 80 år under senvintern.
Text: Anders L
Foto: HjP
Firandet gick av stapeln i en abonnerad spårvagn på Djurgårdslinjen och omkring 30 stycken SMJ:are deltog under den kombinerade middagen/resan. Hyllningstal till jubilaren hölls och gåvor överlämnades, bland annat en specialdesignad kaffemugg.
Vi erbjöds också att få en specialvisning av de museala fordonen som Djurgårdslinjen disponerar vilket vi självklart tackade ja till. Visningen skedde med sakkunnig ledning av våra värdar samt inte minst vår egen medlem BjörnS (som av olika skäl har mycket god insikt i Svenska Spårvägssällskapet, Djurgårdslinjen och AB Stockholms Spårvägar).
Jubilaren påminde i sitt tacktal om sitt starka band till spårvagnar vilket han menar är grunden för hans ferroviala intresse. Som liten pojk var ringlinje 4 i Stockholm hans ’dagis’ under den tid hans mor gjorde dagens inköp. Ett varv var lagom tid så att modern hann handla. Denna gång var det en extravagn på linje 7 som gällde men det fungerade också bra!
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