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afterlives of classic british buses
Author_Douglas G MacDonald
british buses
bus
bus operators
buses|omnibus
caravans
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classic british buses
classic buses
contractor's transport
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exhibition units
fairground vehicles
glamping
living quarters
omnibus
overseas
second-hand buses
showmen vehicles
stage carriage
transport
vehicles

Product details

  • ISBN 9780752450834
  • Weight: 340g
  • Dimensions: 170 x 230mm
  • Publication Date: 01 Dec 2009
  • Publisher: The History Press Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Paperback
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The humble omnibus has been seen on the UK's highways and byways for many decades, not least the era before car ownership reached its zenith. These motorised workhouses clocked up thousands of miles and carried tens of thousands of people, but what happens when an operator decides his vehicles have reached their journey's end for the last time? This illustrated book affectionately traces the 'afterlife' of vehicles withdrawn by their original owners, examining the myriad purposes second-hand buses serve, from contractor's transport, showmen and fairground vehicles, caravans and living quarters, exhibition units and the like, to finding new owners around the country for further stage carriage and non-PSV sevices, as well as emigrating to serve new lives overseas.

Douglas G. Macdonald is a self-employed marketing consultant and speech writer with a passion for local and transport history. An avid collector of memorabilia, he has written three books for The History Press, Lanarkshire Buses, Saved from the Scrapyard and Baxter's of Airdrie. He lives in Lanarkshire.

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