Bus We Loved by Travis Elborough

Bus We Loved by Travis Elborough

Slowly, month by month, route by route, London is losing one of its most famous symbols: the Routemaster bus - a bus designed and made in London, by Londoners for Londoners, which is to London what the gondola is to Venice. In terms of postcards, books, films, and cheap souvenirs, and in the eyes of the world, the Routemaster represents the city just as much as Big Ben. It was the last bus to be have conductors as well as drivers, the last bus to ring familiar shouts that are at least a century old: Fares please, Full up inside but room on top, Next stop the British Museum! The last bus, in other words, to be a proper bus. In this fond history, Travis Elborough tells the story of the routemaster's invention, rise and decline, of the people who worked on it, and of the enthusiasts who were mad about it. The streets will never be the same again.

Travis Elborough is a former bookseller and freelance journalist. He lives in London.

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ISBN 13	9781862077942
ISBN 10	1862077940
Titre	Bus We Loved
Auteur	Travis Elborough
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Type de reliure	Hardback
Éditeur	Granta Books
Année de publication	2005-09-05
Nombre de pages	192
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