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Elborough, Travis

 
9781862077942: The Bus We Loved: London's Affair With the Routemaster
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ISBN 10 : 1862077940 ISBN 13 : 9781862077942
Editeur : Granta Books, 2005

Synopsis

Slowly, month by month, route by route, London is losing one of its most famous symbols: the Routemaster bus - a bus designed and made in London, by Londoners for Londoners, which is 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 represents 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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À propos de l'auteur

Travis Elborough is a former bookseller and is now a freelance journalist. He lives in London.

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Éditeur
Granta Books
Date d'édition
2005
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1862077940
ISBN 13 
9781862077942
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
192
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Personne responsable
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