Routemaster Bus JJD 549D
Gallowgate In the video below, we see Routemaster bus JJD 549D (RML 2549) driving along…
Routemaster Bus JJD 549D
Gallowgate In the video below, we see Routemaster bus JJD 549D (RML 2549) driving along the High Street in Glasgow proceeding towards Gallowgate. Manufactured in 1966, it began its days transporting London passengers particularly those in Hackney and Aldenham. The bus was decommissioned by London Transport in 2005 with its final day of normal service…
A London Bus Journey
A film produced in 1950 by the ‘Colonial Film Unit’. The language appears quaint and outdated by today’s standards and speaks to a time when London was the biggest city in the world, a world long past. After the end of the second world war, Britain was in need of workers to rebuild the war…
Wrightbus
Wrightbus In December 2009, ‘Transport for London’ (TfL) announced that Wrightbus had been chosen to design and build the ‘New Bus for London’. Wrightbus based in Ballymena was originally called ‘Robert Wright & Son Coachbuilders’ before eventually morphing into Wrightbus. Established in 1946, the company had a long history of working with lorries and buses…
Mariposa Supplements
Routemaster Buses is happy to announce its partnership with Mariposa Supplements. Folic acid is a type of B vitamin. It is important for proper brain function and the production of red blood cells. It is commonly used as a supplement during pregnancy to help prevent birth defects in the baby’s brain and spine. It can…
Classic Television with ‘On The Buses’
Reg Varney ‘On The Buses’ was a British television sitcom that originally ran between 1969 and 1973 on the ITV network. The Olive character played by Anna Karen originally appeared in the television series ‘The Rag Trade’ that ran on the BBC between 1961 and 1963. She is thought to be the first ever British…
AI Generated Images of Routemaster Buses
The modern age allows us to see what Artifical Intelligence makes of the search term ‘Routemaster Buses’ with some surprising results. The following image was returned when the search term ‘Red London Bus’ was used, which suggests that the AI models were shown Routemaster buses as an example. The following image was returned when the…
Harry Potter and the ‘Knight Bus’
Photo by Guneet Jassal on Unsplash Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban It’s a common misconception that the bus featured in the 2004 film ‘Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban’ is a Routemaster bus, it is understandable though as the the Routemaster’s design owed much to its predecessors. The bus used in the…
The Classic British Red Letter Box
Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash Rowland Hill The story of the post box in Britain owes much thanks to Rowland Hill who introduced many innovations and reforms to the British postal delivery service. Before Hill’s reforms of 1840, the postal system was expensive and complicated with postage charged by distance. Collection of post was…
The Red Telephone Box… a British Icon
Photo by Ilinca Roman on Unsplash Sir Giles Gilbert Scott When people think about London, many images permeate their minds. Images of the British bulldog, Red buses, telephone boxes and post office boxes that are as iconic as yellow new York taxis, the Eiffel Tower or the Taj Mahal. Another iconic structure famous around the…
London Bus Routes
Photo by Ben Garratt on Unsplash You used to be able to catch an old style Routemaster on the number 15 Heritage Route and you can catch the new style Routemaster buses on the following routes: The number 03 – Crystal Palace to Conduit StreetThe number 08 – Oxford Circus to Bow ChurchThe number 09…
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