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  • čas přidán 10. 02. 2015
  • Thames News report following London Buses and the prospect of deregulation of the London Bus System
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Komentáře • 52

  • @borderlands6606
    @borderlands6606 Před 4 lety +32

    The end of corporation buses was nothing short of civic vandalism. They were seen as anti-competitive, but as soon as buses were deregulated prices went up and services went down. Transport and essential utilities are too important to be left to the market. They are one of many factors that makes a nation civilised.

    • @handsoffmycactus2958
      @handsoffmycactus2958 Před 2 lety

      London buses are run by TFL, the prices are hardly cheap.

    • @itcfan
      @itcfan Před rokem

      @@handsoffmycactus2958 London's buses are operated 12 companies. TFL is the regulatory body. When the buses were under London Transport, it was both the operator and authority.

    • @CA-ee1et
      @CA-ee1et Před rokem

      Bus services are hardly the mark of civilisation. I don't remember Lord Clark going on about them. It's not the job of government to run bus services. Oh, and those low fares on municipal buses? You pay more in tax to subsidise the fares, so the economic cost doesn't get magically avoided.

    • @borderlands6606
      @borderlands6606 Před rokem +1

      @@CA-ee1et What is the mark of civilisation, everyone driving private cars? Corporation buses were well used and often full at busy times. They got people to their places of work and kids to school.

    • @itcfan
      @itcfan Před rokem

      @@borderlands6606 well said 👍

  • @rez4405
    @rez4405 Před 4 lety +10

    I miss the paying cash fares of 90s sometimes people were nice when you have short of change somone would always be like here love aww

  • @IlfordRetro
    @IlfordRetro Před 3 lety +4

    Nostalgic to see traffic around Trafalgar and the National Gallery, as was. Horrible to cross back then.

  • @ed9709
    @ed9709 Před 4 lety +6

    Oh it is like in Istanbul now. Here in Istanbul we call those mini buses DOLMUSH. It litraly means FULL UPS. They don't have set times to departure. They wait till they get full.😀

  • @haroldofcardboard
    @haroldofcardboard Před 4 lety +14

    OMG, that’s me in sunglasses 2:17!!

    • @Isleofskye
      @Isleofskye Před 4 lety +2

      Still wearing the boiler suit? :)

    • @nicoriggall
      @nicoriggall Před 4 lety +1

      it’s a good look

    • @bonnie3447
      @bonnie3447 Před 4 lety +4

      You look like your off to a Duran Duran gig 😂

    • @incarnateTheGreat
      @incarnateTheGreat Před 3 lety +1

      Now we must know where you were going!!

    • @sanchoodell6789
      @sanchoodell6789 Před 2 lety +1

      Duran Duran gig? You're about as easy as a nuclear war!

  • @PaulRoseGuitar
    @PaulRoseGuitar Před 2 lety +2

    Coins and tickets... What a memory.

  • @ianmangham4570
    @ianmangham4570 Před 4 lety +9

    I miss 1989 and my Hillman Minx

    • @spirowthedragon457
      @spirowthedragon457 Před 4 lety

      Ian Mangham have you ever heard nwa on tv then ?

    • @ianmangham4570
      @ianmangham4570 Před 4 lety

      @@spirowthedragon457 Margaret is getting married on Wednesday.

  • @SiVlog1989
    @SiVlog1989 Před 3 lety +2

    Thank goodness it never fully happened

  • @204driver
    @204driver Před 5 lety +8

    Thought the RM and Olympian were going to have a coming together!

    • @YaMan-ry6gp
      @YaMan-ry6gp Před 5 lety +1

      I was thinking the exact same, it was very close!

  • @letsdiscussitoversometea8479

    1:40 you'd struggle to find defence of one's dignity like that today.
    2:25 😢 just like the relationship I used to have with my mother back then. 😢

  • @utrapzab
    @utrapzab Před 4 lety +14

    london looked cleaner then, perhaps because back then the people that lived there cared about the place, actual brits

    • @letsdiscussitoversometea8479
      @letsdiscussitoversometea8479 Před 4 lety +2

      Compared to now, yes.
      But there were *definitely* problems with littering by some - I really disliked that!

    • @CA-ee1et
      @CA-ee1et Před rokem

      @@letsdiscussitoversometea8479 All the bins were removed to stop the IRA putting bombs in them.

    • @letsdiscussitoversometea8479
      @letsdiscussitoversometea8479 Před rokem

      @@CA-ee1et yes that's true.
      You also couldn't leave items in the storage area behind the driver (except pushchairs) without permission from what I remember as well.

  • @amberkhan7162
    @amberkhan7162 Před 2 lety +3

    London buses are not deregulated. Transport for London are in full control of the network!

  • @meyergaelle8108
    @meyergaelle8108 Před 4 lety +7

    Late 80s starting to get bad London gang knife culture just on

  • @jacksugden8190
    @jacksugden8190 Před rokem

    I remember Harlow when it was London Transport Country Area with RT’s

  • @GokTurkBey
    @GokTurkBey Před 3 lety +3

    it looks not much different from the early 2000's

  • @ianmangham4570
    @ianmangham4570 Před 4 lety +1

    FUCKING typical, now it's a clusterfuck.

  • @sanchoodell6789
    @sanchoodell6789 Před 2 lety +1

    Great seeing the ol' 'Silkies' doing the rounds! 0:08 2:25

    • @CA-ee1et
      @CA-ee1et Před rokem

      What's a silky?

    • @sanchoodell6789
      @sanchoodell6789 Před rokem

      @@CA-ee1et Daimler DMS bus type, ubiquitous on London's streets in the 1980s. They were particularly noteworthy for that distinctive rear end. The asymmetrical engine air cowls above the extended bustle of the B20 Leyland engine housing. These were usually referred to by their drivers as "Silkies" They were noisy but fast and good for the job they did!

  • @Isleofskye
    @Isleofskye Před 4 lety +8

    Go on ANY bus from Monday-Friday North/South/East and West in INNER London away from Central London and The City Of London and there will be less than 10% White/British. When I grew up there it was,literally,99% White/British other than the admirable 250,000 strong Jewish population in The East End...

    • @Mgameing123
      @Mgameing123 Před rokem

      And is there anything wrong with that?

  • @Sawrattan
    @Sawrattan Před 5 lety +4

    Hang on - is that the National Gallery with traffic in front of it?!

    • @Isleofskye
      @Isleofskye Před 4 lety +2

      Of course. in 1981 ( 8 years b4 this) I used to have driving lessons round the old Trafalgar Square and at some points there were no lights. I lived 2 miles away at The Elephant and Castle from 1954-83 when I saw the way Inner London was going and "fled" to the Outer South London Suburbs and it's been brilliant,I have to admit. More scary than that was the Devils Corner at Hyde Park/Marble Arch Junction with no lights and "every man for himself" which is fine but not ideal for a London Learner Driver. In February,2020 I celebrate exactly 40 years driving...lol

    • @billyh88uk
      @billyh88uk Před 2 lety +1

      I think it was 2003 when that road was pedestrianised.

  • @duffymoony
    @duffymoony Před 3 lety +2

    01:32, Fk me, Arfur Mullard's bruvvah, caahnt.

  • @joseollero3788
    @joseollero3788 Před 26 dny

    Año?