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London Buses in the 1970s: 1970-1974: From Division to Crisis by Jim Blake (Hardcover, 2018)

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Using photographs from Jim Blake's extensive archives, this book examines the turbulent period in the history of London's buses immediately after London Transport lost its Country Buses and Green Line Coaches to the recently-formed National Bus Company, under their new subsidiary company, London Country Bus Services Ltd. The new entity inherited a largely elderly fleet of buses from London Transport, notably almost 500 RT-class AEC Regent double-deckers, of which replacement was already under way in the shape of new AEC MB and SM class Swift single-deckers. London Transport itself was in the throes of replacing a much larger fleet of these. At the time of the split, it was already apparent that the 36ft-long MB class single-deckers were not suitable for London conditions, particularly in negotiating suburban streets cluttered with cars, and were also mechanically unreliable. The shorter SM class superseded them, but they were equally unreliable. January 1971 saw the appearance of London Transport's first purpose-built one-man operated double-decker the DMS class. All manner of problems plagued these, too. Both operators were also plagued with a shortage of spare parts for their vehicles, made worse by the three-day week imposed by the Heath regime in 1973-4. London Transport and London Country were still closely related, with the latter's buses continuing to be overhauled at LT's Aldenham Works. Such were the problems with the MB, SM and DMS types that LT not only had to resurrect elderly RTs to keep services going, but even repurchased some from London Country! In turn, the latter operator hired a number of MB-types from LT, now abandoned as useless, from 1974 onwards in an effort to cover their own vehicle shortages. Things looked bleak for both operators in the mid-1970s. AUTHOR: Jim Blake was born at the end of 1947, and he soon developed a passionate interest in railways, buses and trolleybuses. In 1965, he bought a colour cine-camera, with which he captured what is now very rare footage of long-lost buses, trolleybuses and steam locomotives. These transport photographs have been published in various books and magazines. Jim also started the North London Transport Society and, in conjunction with the group, has compiled and published a number of books on the subject since 1977, featuring many of the 100,000 or so transport photographs he has taken over the years. 25 b/w photographs

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Pen & Sword Books LTD
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9781473887206
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Book Title
London Buses in the 1970s: 1970-1974: from Division to Crisis
Author
Jim Blake
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Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Commercial Vehicle
Publication Year
2018
Number of Pages
164 Pages

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Super book with loads of LT bus info
Excellent history of LT in the seventies. Great pictures and a great read.
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by norrie16robert09 Dec, 2020
An excellent reference book on London Transport buses in the early 70s
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item 1 LONDON BUSES IN THE 1970s: 1970-1974:From Division to Crisis ISBN: 9781473887206

item 2 LONDON BUSES IN THE 1970S 1970-74 Division To Crisis Transport,Country,GreenLine

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Super book with loads of LT bus info

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