British Buses in the 1960s and 70s
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- čas přidán 7. 01. 2013
- This video features buses to seen on the roads of Britain in the 1960s and 70s.
The song Omnibus is an old music hall number.
The bus sound effects, here just for atmosphere were recorded in 1953.
For ringtones based on these effects visit
tones.eavb.co.uk
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Glasgow Corporation buses at 6mins +; in a rain soaked Glasgow scene. Still the same today lol and the bus museum does occasional runs in the buses of this livery to this day 👍 thanks for posting
I loved the old RTs with their pre selector gearbox , spent many an hour on them.
Thankyou.I loved this.Beautiful charm and character of buses.
I love the subtle sound effects.... and the songs too.....oh and the buses and coaches of course!!
Great shots, lots of memories flooding back, spent many years driving RT,s and RM,s on routes 77, 77b, 155 and 49 out of Merton Garage, SW19.
The person who mentioned the double deck coaches is thinking of the Bristol VRL, engine mounted vertically lengthways at the rear offside. This was operated by many companies by then all painted in the white of National Express.
Thanks, great to see buses from my childhood.
Do not change the music, it adds to the character. I enjoyed it and actually rewound to listen again. Thanks for the upload btw.
1:15 Hastings buses. Thanks for the upload. Britain will never be the same now - it's lost.
Lovely buses, all of them, many thanks for posting your photos.
Beautiful! Thank-you!
The music at the beginning was perfect..thank you so much for posting this, enjoyed it from start to finish, just ignore the fools that you'll never satisfy on here (and why bother even trying to!)
Loved it ... " hold tight"... thanx!
Standerwick ran Leyland Atlanteen double decker coaches to the North West but not at 100mph. Midland Red operated between London and Birmingham when the M1 opened with 100 mph single deck coaches specially built by them for the purpose. They soon restricted them to a mere 90 mph in the interest of fuel economy.
Very good, love all the Southdown, M&D, London Country and LT stuff, I took a Ex Southdown Queen Mary open topper to Paris two years running a few years back,, bet im theres not many done that, and nice seeing tin front Leylands later on took my test and a Ex Manx on a good while ago now thx for posting
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The first four pictures are from Brighton: picture 1, the Old Steine; picture 2,, outside Brighton Station; picture 3, Western Road; and picture 4, Brighton's main bus station, Pool Valley.
Keep the music it's great
So I'm not the only one who thinks so.
Fine pictures and I didn't mind the song at all (although I probably wouldn't want to hear it every day!). If you do a video devoted solely to LT, you might be able to use some Flanders and Swan. Thanks.
The 21st century is a good time to live in with all this technology and medical advances and everything but there is something about life from the 50s to the early 90s that I find intreging and a great era to live in evn if there were ups and downs like any era. Would love to explore those times and see how people lived
this is my memory in 1960 in singapore a.leyland guy bus the company name singapore traction company
For a minute I thought the music was courtesy of Monty Python lol!
Great comment! xD
Do you remember the special double deckers that used to run up & down the M1 in the sixtys they used to do 100mph, cant seem to find any mention of them on line, can you help???
Sorry i don`t recall them, you sure they were not using the M1 for testing but. Found this below on Wikipedia, the company was Midland Red.
"1959: The introduction of the CM5T, a turbocharged coach capable of almost 100 mph, for non-stop motorway services"
yeah fantastic vid.if the wingers stop winging they will hear the engine sounds.
@3:39 there's a photo: the sign reads "BOAC AIR TE..." (I'd guess thats "TERMINAL"). Does anybody know where exactly that is?
Now the National Audit Office, Buckingham Palace Road. Opposite Victoria Coach Station.
Can anyone please tell me where the bus station in the last shot, it looks so familiar.
steve harper The final shot of an AEC Regent is the Sea Terminal at Douglas, IOM..
Beulah22 Thank you
Glory days of England lost forever-thanks to Mrs Thatcher and Mr Bliar(not the wrong spelling he is a liar)
No - times have just moved on.
Can someone please identify the bus at 3.58 for me..?
I remember them well when growing up, but they disappeared I guess around the mid 70's.
Only thing I remember is that i'm sure they were powered by a 5 cylinder Gardner engine..?
Many thanks..
Yuxin Wang This is a Bristol Ominus MW, fitted with the 5 cylinder Gardiner engine. It was new in October 1958 and operated with Bristol until January 1976
Thanks an awful lot - you have now put me out of my misery!
So I was right about it being a 5cyl Gardner.
Regards
Beulah22 Can I confirm the name with you..?
Is it 'Ominus' or 'Omni-bus' ?? Also are you referring to the single deck green bus at 3.58 - 4.03?
Thanks again..
Some history from that time:
www.blackhistorymonth.org.uk/article/section/bhm-heroes/the-bristol-bus-boycott-of-1963/
@@garethifan1034 =Omnibus,of course.I lived just up the road from the Gardners factory in Peel Green,Eccles,Manchester UK and when the day shift finished,you couldn't cross the A57 main road for about half an hour -----mostly. bicycles,
The girl in 3.01..
I wonder if her legs are still that good ? Lol.
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Great memories! I miss those gay conductors going "Tra La!"
Shames it only photos.
Hideous music at the start spoils this Mute is your friend
+1966myke You have no imagination. I thought it a witty choice and enjoyed it.
Me too ZL54JK8
Sorry but that music made me turn over
No one cares.
What on Earth possessed you to use that bloody awful music?I had to watch on mute.
The music hall song only lasts for the first 1 minute and 30 seconds the rest is bus sound effects from the period .
"Bloody awful music"? I thought it clever choice. Pity you didn't comment on mute as well.
I would have watched through but for the hideous awful so called "british design" at 5:12 I stopped because of "sickness"
I would have watched through but for the hideous awful so called music.
+SuperTimskip You can always mute the sound. The music hall song only lasts for the first 1 minute and 30 seconds the rest is bus sound effects from the period
Ghastly "music"! Turned on mute.
Shame we can’t put you on mute.