A fascinating array of operators and vehicles are portrayed in the
years leading up to 1972, when National Bus Company amalgamations
changed so much. Starting in Oxford, characterised by City of
Oxford's red, maroon and duck-egg green buses, the River Thames is
followed through Wallingford to Reading, where the Corporation ran
trolleybuses until 1968. A diversion along the Thames' tributary
River Kennett displays both Thames Valley and independent
Reliance's vehicles around Newbury. Back on the Thames at Henley,
wartime Bedford OWBs were in service as late as 1966. Looping down
river through Marlow and Maidenhead, Windsor and the boundary of
London Transport's monopoly area are reached. Continuing downstream
past Staines and Walton-on-Thames, London Transport's final day of
trolleybus operation around Kingston upon Thames in 1962 is
illustrated before conclusion with unexpected independent bus
operation at Richmond upon Thames. As well as quality pictures of
both major and independent operators, the book contains unique
images of buses and coaches bringing supporters to the iconic early
1960s CND Aldermaston Marches, along with second-hand buses on
construction sites at AERE Harwell and elsewhere.
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