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Bus driving minister raised in Scotland is awarded MBE
The Rev David Hands, a Church of the Nazarene minister in Sunderland, and a full-time service bus driver, was awarded the MBE in the New Year honours for services to public transport, after customers commended him for his guided tours.Mr Hands, 63, will retire from bus driving when he turns 65, though not from the church. Born in Birmingham - his dad was also a minister of the Church of Nazarene - he moved to Scotland aged two and grew up in Motherwell, Govan, and Perth.
He pledged to the Band of Hope, a temperance organisation for working-class children, when he was seven and has never drank alcohol.
As well as minister and bus driver, Mr Hands is chairman of the Sunderland Counselling Service.
Full story and interview at the Northern Echo.
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