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London Buses 1970 - 1980: Matthew Wharmby Routemaster Bus Transport Metro book
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- Condition
- Brand New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
- Personalised
- No
- Signed
- No
- Book Series
- Historical
- Ex Libris
- No
- Narrative Type
- Non-Fiction
- Original Language
- English
- Intended Audience
- Adults
- Inscribed
- No
- Vintage
- No
- Type
- Picture Book
- Era
- 1970s
- Features
- Illustrated
- Genre
- Transportation
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- United Kingdom
- Item Weight
- 1500 g
- Personalise
- No
- ISBN
- 9781473872943
- Publication Year
- 2017
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Book Title
- London Buses 1970-1980:A Decade of London Transport and London Country Operations
- Item Height
- 282mm
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books LTD
- Topic
- Local History, Commercial Vehicle
- Item Width
- 216mm
- Number of Pages
- 160 Pages
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The 1970s were among London Transport s most troubled years. Prohibited from designing its own buses for the gruelling conditions of the capital, LT was compelled to embark upon mass orders for the broadly standard products of national manufacturers, which for one reason or another proved to be disastrous failures in the capital and were disposed of prematurely at a great loss. Despite a continuing spares shortage combined with industrial action, the old organisation kept going somehow, with the venerable RT and Routemaster families still at the forefront of operations. At the same time, the green buses of the Country Area were taken over by the National Bus Company as London Country Bus Services. Little by little, and not without problems of their own, the mostly elderly but standard inherited buses gave way to a variety of diverted orders, some successful others far from so, until by the end of the decade we could see a mostly NBC-standard fleet of one-man-operated buses in corporate leaf green. AUTHOR: Matthew Wharmby is an author, photographer and editor who specialises in London bus history. His published books include London Transports Last Buses: Leyland Olympians L 1-263, Routemaster Requiem and Routemaster Retrospective (with Geoff Rixon), London Transport 1970-1984 (with R.C. Riley), The London Titan and The London Metrobus. He has also written many articles for Buses, Bus and Coach Preservation, Classic Bus and London Bus Magazine. John Laker was born in Ruislip and began to take an interest in Londons buses as in the late 1940s. In 1957 he bought a camera to start colour photography. Initially, he concentrated on photographing the disappearing British trams and trolleybuses, some examples of which have been published. Mid-career he joined London Transport based at Chiswick Works and remained with them, and later London Buses Limited, where he held the position of Contracts Manager, until taking severance in 1995. 160 colour images
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Pen & Sword Books LTD
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9781473872943
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Book Title
London Buses 1970-1980:A Decade of London Transport and London Country Operations
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Local History, Commercial Vehicle
Publication Year
2017
Number of Pages
160 Pages
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Item Height
282mm
Item Width
216mm
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United Kingdom
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