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The Bus We Loved: London's Affair With The Routemaster Paperback – 4 Sept. 2006

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In December 2005, London lost one its most famous symbols: the Routemaster bus - a bus designed and made in London, by Londoners for Londoners, which was 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 represented 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.

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4 Sept. 2006
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12.9 x 1.5 x 19.8 cm
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1862078858
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978-1862078857
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"Elborough's cheerful memoir provides all manner of information
about the vanished vehicule"
-- The Sunday Times

A pocket- sized production as sleek as the vehicle it elegises -- London Review of Books

Heartfelt elegy to the Routemaster, as it disappears from our streets and Satan s squeezebox takes its place -- Metropolitan Books, Independent on Sunday

Quirky ...a light hearted read...that will amuse as well as tell the story of one of London s best loved buses -- Bus Fayre

This well-told story is one that was worth telling -- TLS

About the Author

Travis Elborough is a former bookseller and freelance journalist for the Guardian, Sunday Times and Observer. He lives in London.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Granta Books (4 Sept. 2006)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 210 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1862078858
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1862078857
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 12.9 x 1.5 x 19.8 cm

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Travis Elborough is an author and social commentator, described by The Guardian as ‘one of Britain's finest pop cultural historians’. His books include The Bus We Loved, a history of London’s Routemaster bus; The Long-Player Goodbye, a hymn to vinyl records published as The Vinyl Countdown in the Unites States; Wish You Were Here, a survey of the British beside the seaside and A Walk in the Park, a loving exploration of public parks and green space, hailed as 'a fascinating, informative, revelatory book' by William Boyd.

Atlas of Improbable Places, his collaboration with the cartographer Alan Horsfield, was saluted by Monocle magazine for ‘making the world feel bigger.’

He has also compiled such anthologies as Our History of the 20th Century: As Told in Diaries and Letters to Change the World: From Pankhurst to Orwell.

A regular contributor to international print and broadcast media, he has penned articles on all aspects of travel and culture, from pirates in the Caribbean to donkeys at the British seaside.

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P. Mellor

Great Book and Great Service

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 17 August 2020

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I have just received the book today, and even though it is second hand it looks like new. I did contact seller Better World Books, and even though it was at weekend they were marvelous, and they got in touch with me in a matter of minuets, so all in all, well done Better World Books, thank you for a wonderful service.

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Donald McIntyre

THE BUS WE LOVED

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 27 December 2008

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THIS IS A GREAT LITTLE BOOK, WITH PLENTY OF NOSTALGIC INFO ON THE ROUTEMASTER BUS. IF I NEEDED TO REPLACE IT, I WOULD DO SO FOR A LARGER PRINT FORMAT, AS THE PICTURES ARE LOST A LITTLE..IT COULD BE MY EYESIGHT I SUPPOSE..
ON THE WHOLE THIS IS A GREAT BOOK FOR ALL TRANSPORT ENTHUSIASTS, AND WILL HELP WHILE AWAY THE HOURS ON ANY JOURNEY YOU TAKE.

BY THE BY...WHEN I ASK FOR HARDBACK, WHAT I EXPECT IS A NON FLEXING CARD, BUT WHAT I RECEIVED WAS A PAPERBACK WITH A PLASTIC FILM ON IT..THAT IS NOT WHAT I REGARD AS HARDBACK! SORRY, JUST A PERSONAL RANT! I`M SURE IT WAS NOT MEANT TO BE MISLEADING..?

DING DING!

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Dominic Moss

Tickets please, plenty more room up top, ding ding

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 7 September 2020

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A great eulogy to the Routemaster written with loving passion by Travis E.

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Cyndy Beedell

Memories !

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 6 January 2017

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A very interesting and enjoyable book with lots of facts and information,brings back lots of memories,being a Londoner.

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Paul Brown

A well written book describing this well loved bus

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 6 February 2013

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A nice description of the Routemaster setting it in the context of the time it was in service and the public response to this atttempt to provide London with the best possible public transport vehicle.

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Mr. S. A. Mccloud

From A Different Perspective

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 26 December 2013

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There have been hundreds of books written about the Routmaster Bus over the years but this little book is a bit different.
It's written from the view point of Londeners that used them every day, day in day out.
If you want a book that tells you all the details of the bus design, history etc, then this is not the book for you.
I liked it. Because it's different. It was a good read.

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susan

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 10 January 2018

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much appreciated by recipient

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System Airey

The Bus We Loved: London's Affair with the...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 2 September 2015

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Lovely little book with some interesting little footnotes - all written in non-tech-speak.

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warren hastings

Quick read with plenty of local tidbits of color

Reviewed in the United States on 3 April 2023

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After having visited London and had opportunity to ride on one of the retired double-deckers, enjoyed the historic travelogue immensely. Quick easy read full of colorful tidbits

SNB

Long live The Routemaster!

Reviewed in the United States on 30 December 2015

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An informative and well written history of The Routemaster, "The London Bus".

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