Not to get too "Operation Normal" (to quote a former premier), but news this week that Newcastle Transport was getting all nostalgic about the history of its public network in the city had us smiling a bit like Scot MacDonald did when Gladys uttered that immortal line in 2019; that is, with visible concern and hoping no one looks at us while we stand in front of that big red tram no one asked for.
It's almost a decade (nine years in November) since the state government removed the first pieces of the heavy rail from the city centre and five years since Lyle Lanley and Co. swanned up the M1 from Macquarie Street for the Newcastle Mono - sorry, old habit - light rail's maiden voyage.
