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Buses

Billy87

Is anyone else on here interested in buses? I took my little one to the London Transport Museum yesterday and it was so nice seeing all the old buses again. I used to love going there when I was a kid

Buses are a real special interest for me especially the old ones. Routemasters are my favourite as I grew up going on them round London, even the smell of one can take me back to the old days. I love RTs too and Bristol Lodekkas, which were the buses used in On The Buses

Just wondered if anyone else shares this interest. I love trains as well, especially steam trains and old London Underground trains

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  • I have the full TV series of on the buses, on DVD and the three feature films.  It never ages.

    The old buses were great with both drivers and conductors and being able to get on and off from the back.

    A few weeks ago I was on a bus which went past a bus garage which looked just like the one being used on, On the buses, it brought back memories.

  • in reply to Robert124

    I love On The Buses. Which is your favourite of the films? Its close but for me it has to be Holiday On the Buses

    I love old bus garages, you hardly ever see them these days. I read that a lot of the series was filmed in Wood Green in North London where I used to live

  • in reply to Billy87

    I enjoy all three films equally, holiday on the buses is almost like a precursor to Hi DE Hi.

    I also like looking at bus stations and they have developed over the years.  Some are booming full of people, other are dead, almost deserted because the people and buses have gone elsewhere.

  • in reply to Robert124

    Very interesting. 

    Robert124 said:
    The result is that they have a clean well built bus station that's almost deserted 24/7.

    I think that is a metaphor for the modern world. Everything is very clean and well built but mostly unused, mainly because people can't afford to use it or are too busy with other things. What a sad state of affairs.

    I think the dirty, scruffy run down places of the old days had a lot more character 

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  • in reply to Robert124

    Very interesting. 

    Robert124 said:
    The result is that they have a clean well built bus station that's almost deserted 24/7.

    I think that is a metaphor for the modern world. Everything is very clean and well built but mostly unused, mainly because people can't afford to use it or are too busy with other things. What a sad state of affairs.

    I think the dirty, scruffy run down places of the old days had a lot more character 

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