London Buses, Coaches & Recollections, 1970
Author: Michael H. C Baker
Publisher:
Published: 2020-06-24
Total Pages: 64
ISBN-13: 9781857945652
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Michael H. C Baker
Publisher:
Published: 2020-06-24
Total Pages: 64
ISBN-13: 9781857945652
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Henry Conn
Publisher: Silver Link
Published: 2015
Total Pages: 48
ISBN-13: 9781857944570
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Alan (Alan B.) Cross
Publisher:
Published: 2006-01-01
Total Pages: 180
ISBN-13: 9780901307675
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Malcolm Batten
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Published: 2018-03-15
Total Pages: 165
ISBN-13: 144568022X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A terrific range of previously unpublished images of East London buses, including Routemasters, during the 1970s-1980s.
Author: Stephen Dowle
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Published: 2018-09-15
Total Pages: 192
ISBN-13: 1445681366
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Stephen Dowle offers up a terrific selection of previously unpublished photographs documenting the British bus and coach scene of the late 1970s.
Author: Matthew Wharmby
Publisher: Pen and Sword Transport
Published: 2021-06-30
Total Pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9781526786913
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Propelled towards the end of the 1990s by accessibility imperative requiring low floor buses both in London and the rest of Britain, Dennis developed a tri axle Trident double decker for Hong Kong and then adapted the design as a two axle version for Britain. Orders came thick and fast between 1999, when the first Tridents for London entered service with Stagecoach and 2006, when the Enviro 400, a combination of its unified body builders, replaced it. In those years over two thousand of the type appeared in London, ordered by Stagecoach, First London, United, Metroline, Metrobus, London General, Blue Triangle, Connex, Armchair, and Hackney Community Transport. The body work was by Alexander ALX400, Plaxton, (Precedent) and East Lancs, to two available lengths, while badging itself progressed although Trans Bus, until this troubled organisation was suspended in 2004 by todays Alexander Dennis. Versatile and personable, the Trident in all its forms lasted two decades in London, the last examples being withdrawn from service in 2020
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Published: 2007-09
Total Pages: 140
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Author: Azmat Ashraf
Publisher: FriesenPress
Published: 2020-08-21
Total Pages: 250
ISBN-13: 152556384X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Following a bloody, violent struggle, in 1971 East Pakistan became the independent state of Bangladesh. Caught in the midst of this conflict were the Biharis, a Muslim minority group who originally fled the Indian state of Bihar when India was partitioned by the British in 1947. Author Azmat Ashraf, himself a Bihari, was one year old when his family escaped India in 1953 for the relative safety of East Pakistan. Less than two decades later, after building a solid life for themselves, his family were targeted by communal violence during Bangladesh’s turbulent birth, in which most of Azmat’s family members were killed. On the road once again, it wasn’t until 2002, nearly fifty years after his first migration, that Azmat finally completed his epic search for a home, settling in Canada with his wife and three daughters. This book is a memoir of one family’s fight for survival and to rebuild their lives following a series of unimaginable tragedies. It is a story of human resilience in the face of evil, of real love and true friendship, and an inspiration for refugees everywhere who are struggling to find a place of security and prosperity in this world. Despite the personal tragedies that Azmat and his family have suffered, he has taken great care to provide a balanced view of the conflict of 1971 to help Pakistanis and Bangladeshis in particular and people of the subcontinent in general understand this painful part of their mutual history.
Author: Bernard Warr
Publisher: Pen and Sword Transport
Published: 2021-11-30
Total Pages: 250
ISBN-13: 1526727064
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Midland Red in Retrospect covers the period during the 1960s when the Midland Red bus company dominated the Midlands, operating the lions share of the bus services and also operated express coach services from the Midlands to London and other locations. Like London Transport, Midland Red had a very distinctive image and had its own fleet of vehicles designed exclusively for its operations. This volume is written by someone who worked for the company during this period and reflects the color and atmosphere of this much loved and well remembered bus operator. Sadly the author passed away in September 2020, before the book was published and this volume of Midland Red bus pictures is a tribute to him.
Author: Matthew Wharmby
Publisher: Pen and Sword Transport
Published: 2021-12-30
Total Pages: 595
ISBN-13: 1526786966
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →At the turn of the century Volvo found itself in a three-way tussle with Dennis and DAF to design and produce Britain’s first low-floor double-deck buses. The resulting B7TL was later into service in London than its competitors, but quickly caught up to achieve parity with the Dennis Trident. Two lengths were available and three bodies, by Alexander, Plaxton and East Lancs. Between them, London’s TfL-contracted London bus operators took over two thousand Volvo B7TLs between 2000 and 2006, after which noise problems obliged Volvo to develop the B9TL and its later B5LH hybrid. The Volvo B7TLs saw sterling service in the capital for two decades, with the last leaving service in the first week of 2021.