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[@borderlands6606]

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]

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

[@itcfan]

@@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]

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]

@@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]

@@borderlands6606 well said 👍

[@rez4405]

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

[@letsdiscussitoversometea8479]

It was also private - not tracked like everything is now.

[@IlfordRetro]

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

[@haroldofcardboard]

OMG, that’s me in sunglasses 2:17!!

[@Isleofskye]

Still wearing the boiler suit? :)

[@nicoriggall]

it’s a good look

[@bonnie3447]

You look like your off to a Duran Duran gig 😂

[@incarnateTheGreat]

Now we must know where you were going!!

[@sanchoodell6789]

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

[@utrapzab]

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

[@letsdiscussitoversometea8479]

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

[@CA-ee1et]

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

[@letsdiscussitoversometea8479]

@@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.

[@ianmangham4570]

I miss 1989 and my Hillman Minx

[@spirowthedragon457]

Ian Mangham have you ever heard nwa on tv then ?

[@ianmangham4570]

@@spirowthedragon457 Margaret is getting married on Wednesday.

[@PaulRoseGuitar]

Coins and tickets... What a memory.

[@handsoffmycactus2958]

I have a memory of that a week ago?

[@ed9709]

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.😀

[@Mgameing123]

I mean thats green right? 😉

[@amberkhan7162]

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

[@204driver]

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

[@YaMan-ry6gp]

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

[@SiVlog1989]

Thank goodness it never fully happened

[@meyergaelle8108]

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

[@letsdiscussitoversometea8479]

Wasn't it the National Front back then? Sorry if I'm mistaken.

[@sanchoodell6789]

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

[@CA-ee1et]

What's a silky?

[@sanchoodell6789]

@@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!

[@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. 😢

[@GokTurkBey]

it looks not much different from the early 2000's

[@jacksugden8190]

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

[@ianmangham4570]

FUCKING typical, now it's a clusterfuck.

[@Isleofskye]

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]

And is there anything wrong with that?

[@Sawrattan]

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

[@Isleofskye]

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]

I think it was 2003 when that road was pedestrianised.

[@duffymoony]

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

[@joseollero3788]

Año?