Bus nostalgia

[Lizzie_Zoom]

Well it is back to the future time for London buses!

Today it was announced that the new London bus which Boris Johnson promised is to be a design which is a very close successor to the beloved Routemaster.

It has two staircases, two entrances/exits with folding doors, AND has the open platform at the rear!!  Although at certain times this will be closed off, at other times passengers will be able to do what we always did; jumping off and on buses with ease! 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-)

I found this on YOUTUBE today, Lizzie you beat me to it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wjbQFl8Z1Y

An interesting piece that Splott!

However, on that site I couldn't help noticing this video on a surviving Routemaster service:

Just listen to that wonderful engine sound and feel again the wonderfully feeling of being on the top deck.  Pure nostagia! 8-) 8-)

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKVKYuOgZqs&feature=related[/media]

8-)

[splott]

short piece on the history of double deckers on "the one show" of all places, probably be available on i-player tomorrow 

Thanks Banjax!

Cheers Banjax, will check it out tomorrow

[splott]

Well it is back to the future time for London buses!

Today it was announced that the new London bus which Boris Johnson promised is to be a design which is a very close successor to the beloved Routemaster.

It has two staircases, two entrances/exits with folding doors, AND has the open platform at the rear!!  Although at certain times this will be closed off, at other times passengers will be able to do what we always did; jumping off and on buses with ease! 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-)

I found this on YOUTUBE today, Lizzie you beat me to it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wjbQFl8Z1Y

An interesting piece that Splott!

However, on that site I couldn't help noticing this video on a surviving Routemaster service:

Just listen to that wonderful engine sound and feel again the wonderfully feeling of being on the top deck.  Pure nostagia! 8-) 8-)

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKVKYuOgZqs&feature=related[/media]

8-)

Brill You know what, I have never been on a Routemaster. Couldn't afford to go to London when I was young.
Drive there/ through London now

[splott]

BBC Four 'Behind the scenes' commercial vehicle museum. Its on now, full of buses and trucks

[splott]

BBC Four 'Behind the scenes' commercial vehicle museum. Its on now, full of buses and trucks

This is what it's about without the bickering
Some lovely old vehicles in this
http://www.lancashireone.com/the-leyland-transport-festival/

[Seth]

However, on that site I couldn't help noticing this video on a surviving Routemaster service:

Just listen to that wonderful engine sound and feel again the wonderfully feeling of being on the top deck.  Pure nostagia! 8-) 8-)

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKVKYuOgZqs&feature=related[/media]

8-)
That's definitely the beat of the 9.6-litre AEC AV590 engine
An iconic motor in an iconic bus!

[Martin_1962]

[Lizzie_Zoom]

I don't know what that coach is, although it seems to be an AEC (Byron will no doubt tell us more - please!) but it certainly takes me back to childhood when the average coach looked as good, before the sixties 'ultra modern' Duple coaches came along 8-) 8-) 8-)

[splott]

Sethsmate asked me to post these photographs for him, a couple of weeks ago, and this is the first chance I've had.Re changed my job
Sorry, Byron, that they're late but here they are...............



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[Lizzie_Zoom]

Sethsmate asked me to post these photographs for him, a couple of weeks ago, and this is the first chance I've had.Re changed my job
Sorry, Byron, that they're late but here they are...............



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They are lovely looking buses, obviously for tourist work

I take Byron will tell us more about them 8-) 8-)

[splott]

Is that you in the drivers seat Martin?? Nice picture

[Lizzie_Zoom]

Not all open top were tourist buses of course, and this NS-AEC example of 1923 is a standard service vehicle.

I suppose the open top was referred by some as this was in the days of the great unwashed, lack of deodorant, and unlaundered clothes.........downstairs in the covered area it must have been a delightful atmosphere!



8-) 8-)

[Lizzie_Zoom]

Now these buses I certainly remember giving tourists a lovely coastal ride along the South Coast towns in the 1960s.  This Southdown bus is from 1964:



8-) 8-)

[splott]

Not all open top were tourist buses of course, and this NS-AEC example of 1923 is a standard service vehicle.

I suppose the open top was referred by some as this was in the days of the great unwashed, lack of deodorant, and unlaundered clothes.........downstairs in the covered area it must have been a delightful atmosphere!



8-) 8-)

Suppose passengers didn't mind others smoking either then, re B.O. etc

[Martin_1962]

Is that you in the drivers seat Martin?? Nice picture

No it was visiting Glendurgan gardens - saw 2 others that day as well doing cruise liner shuttles