Colours of London's Buses 1970's Lotus large capacity one-man operated buses

large capacity one-man operated buses were introduced on suburban bus routes for the first time and many routes were altered and shortened

Lang and Fangio

from firms like Wood & Pickett

With a superb collection of period photographs and detailed captions written by Doug Nye

The 997 series was the first to be fitted with Japanese-manufactured transmissions

Colours of London's Buses 1970's Lotus large capacity one-man operated busesVehicles in the traditional London liveries have not been ignored but many of the pictures depict this remarkably colourful era and often against the backdrop of famous or historically interesting landmarks which the author has been able to describe. As far as is known, none of the photographs has been published before, and the vast majority were taken by one photographer, sadly now deceased, who had the foresight to compose his picture well. The