An era when things were designed properly, designed to be maintained not just thrown away.
@SkaterStimm5 ай бұрын
Buses in use today see service just like this, but they have better paints that last a lot longer.
@l337pwnage5 ай бұрын
@@SkaterStimm lol, have you seen how low modern busses are? They wouldn't make it a block on the old roads that those buses handled easily every day. It's fun to watch videos of when "developing" (lol, "developing" for the last 10,000 years) places get their hands on a modern bus and try to drive it down what they call "roads" and then end up tearing it all up and getting it stuck in the mud. Heck, a modern 4x4 "SUV" couldn't even keep up to a Ford Model T in most off road scenarios.
@Meal-deal5554 ай бұрын
And yet ironically it was improvements in bus build and material quality requiring fewer full overhauls that was partly responsible for Aldenhams decline.
@l337pwnage4 ай бұрын
@@Meal-deal555 Capitalism 101. That's just how Capitalism works. That's why it always burns itself out.
@harryandrew12774 ай бұрын
What a great programme to watch when Britain was great
@conradfung55373 жыл бұрын
These types of jobs kept the youth busy and taught them valuable skills , instead of running around the street aimlessly!
@ChangesOneTim2 жыл бұрын
They ran around aimlessly as well...in their spare time!
@nzsaltflatsracer80545 ай бұрын
No young guys working in the video, most would have been WW2 vets in 57.
@throttlegalsmagazineaustra73615 ай бұрын
@@nzsaltflatsracer8054Apprentices mate, look closely. You can see them.
@l337pwnage5 ай бұрын
@@nzsaltflatsracer8054 That would have been considered a very good job, so there would not be much turnover. Typically, if you see a lot of young people at a place, it means it's either low paying and/or a toxic workplace.
@spencersandman67285 ай бұрын
Best thing I’ve watched in ages. A glimpse back at a better London.
@monteceitomoocher5 ай бұрын
The London of my youth, grieves me to see how that clean well ordered world has gone, fantastic time.
@ShowRyuKen2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for archiving all these vintage documentaries, Joanne - it's a real joy to watch these films.
@windbag452 жыл бұрын
It's a pleasure
@alank2296 Жыл бұрын
The scale and capability of these engineering workshops is mind-blowing what a fascinating piece of film, many thanks for posting ....
@paulchance37663 жыл бұрын
I never really tire of seeing this video...
@peterbradbury1592 Жыл бұрын
Brilliant film, I’d loved to have seen Aldenham working. Thanks for sharing.
@billywhippet5 жыл бұрын
Was an apprentice welder at Aldenham made redundant in 1985 thanks Maggie. A fantastic place to work, the good old days.
@mannythelimodriver60036 ай бұрын
Why thanks to a Aggie? To young to know
@xg5zm5 ай бұрын
He is referring to Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and her controversial reforms during her mandate.
@randymagnum1434 ай бұрын
@@mannythelimodriver6003 British industry was horribly inefficient, and labor had grown militantly lazy and socialist. Margaret Thatcher was a stern and forceful woman who made difficult decisions in order to put things on a sustainable path. And the lazy socialist detest her for it.
@lanctermann72614 жыл бұрын
I world have loved to have lived in London during that era. I love everything about it.
@dereksbuilds82892 жыл бұрын
Yes it was special,
@stevedickson58539 ай бұрын
Changed a bit these days..
@gbentley81765 ай бұрын
People were much more friendly and polite. However train trip up to Waterloo although just as quick as today, was often a dirty experience. Also smoking on public service vehicles and tubes was smelly and awful to non smokers. However the mood of the people today is the difference. Too much imm igration of the wrong sort in the capital.
@nigelprettyc33 жыл бұрын
What an amazing place and time to have lived
@woden20 Жыл бұрын
When England was English. This is how we like our country. Fantastic upload.
@inglepropnoosegarm78015 ай бұрын
Lack of diversity was our strength.
@jerrypartington36505 ай бұрын
A film about buses, but it's still fair game for the racists, pitiful.
@scouseaussie16385 ай бұрын
@@jerrypartington3650cry me a river
@rexjolles5 ай бұрын
@@DaysOfDarknessUK most british reaction to that comment
@Greenturkeyman5 ай бұрын
Good old asbestos brake linings, lead paint and no meaningful protection from it. ... Maybe not so great days.
@grahamsibbert24122 жыл бұрын
This was an era where public safety was considered above private profit. I worked for a coach company and we did the same thing except removing bodies. If it was removable, it was removed. Even road springs were stripped down. Proper maintenance, not the quick oil change and through it out as happens these days.
@97pws2 жыл бұрын
I remember watching this film among others when they were used as Colour TV trade test films when I was young.
@seandoole65045 ай бұрын
Today, in a world bent on sustainability, I see this video and see a bus built to last, built to be repaired, re-powered, rebuilt, and capable of being so for generations. There we were, in 1957, achieving something. Where are we today? We throw away everything, repair nothing, and any piece of equipment like this that gets bought for the job ends up over budget, can't do it as effectively, and is totally unsustainable in the long term. So much for progress!
@strasbourg-eu5 ай бұрын
Il n'y avait pas l'esprit du "jetable" dans les moeurs à cet époque. Beau reportage historique
@robharding5345 Жыл бұрын
Impressive maintenance procedure, I was born this year in 57, at UCH .Great piece of film,enjoyed the whole thing,
@waynetetley5844 жыл бұрын
Amazing logistics organisation bringing all those components together at the end
@ManofMode5 ай бұрын
What a fantastic little doc. Thanks for posting. ❤ Funny watching this. They said the RT's were replacing the trolley busses. Interesting how they were replacing a less locally polluting vehicle with a diesel powered one. Now we have electric ones but at what cost? I think we should have kept trolley busses longer until we figured out a better one for the local and wider environment. We should have kept trams too. Now it costs countless millions to re-establish them. Crazy.
@GWLAD3 жыл бұрын
Aldenham really was world class when it came to the Routemaster depot 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
@jamesfrench72992 жыл бұрын
Not many Routemasters yet. These are their simpler predecessor the RT(L).
@normanboyes49835 ай бұрын
As a recently retired Marine Engineer, this was an absolute delight to watch and I enjoyed every minute of it. But, it is a difficult watch when you consider the skills, capabilities and confidence we have lost in our once great organisations and institutions. Having said that, a lot of the activity shown in the video, was even in the the 1950s totally uneconomic. They were rightly proud of their organisation, methods and measurable efficiency and doing what they did - but they were in the process burning cash unnecessarily and it was unsustainable. I regularly repair my cars, motorcycles, domestic appliances but my labour is free if I was paying someone to do it- it would be ruinous. London Transport probably thought the labour was free in those days.😉
@daveshongkongchinachannel5 ай бұрын
It would be good to study which aspects of that era should have been retained and which aspects should have been modernised. Modern computer systems and production technology could have vastly improved efficiency without taking away the core skills, work ethics and sense of purpose people seemed to have back then.
@germanturchetti63515 ай бұрын
It is remarkable to read what you describe when you talk about work ethics and sense of purpose of the workers of that time. It seems to be a global problem. I am from Argentina where we had excellent work capacity and labor and today it seems impossible to prepare a young person and teach them a trade or make them understand that their work is important. Clearly world society has changed drastically, but you have to understand that artificial intelligence in the future will not repair your kitchen faucet, we will always need the hand of the human being. greetings.
@normanboyes49835 ай бұрын
@@germanturchetti6351 Thank you for telling me what I need to understand.
@jacksugden81905 жыл бұрын
I remember it all too well with those wonderful RT’s both green and red, all gone to pot, if only they could have remained on the road in 2020.
@leytonexile4 жыл бұрын
Epping Ongar Railway operate RT type buses on their 339 service from Epping Station to Shenfield Station. Weekends from Easter to October. (Coronavirus permitting!)
@johnlarge93174 жыл бұрын
I was a coach and bus builder for 40 years. The Route Master was a fantastic bus design for a city like London. Todays (BORIS BUS) in my view is horrible and if you look at the bus from the front and imagine a face it looks like it has suffered a stroke. The RM should of been replaced with the same design with a new engine Londoners loved them. I understand the new RM cost £350,000 per unit from Wrights the ALEXANDER DENNIS ENVIRO DOUBLE DECKER WAS FAR FAR CHEAPER AND LOOKED BETTER. When I visit London I love to see the old RMs on heritage routes not many left now but some are in transport museums thank god.
@windbag454 жыл бұрын
Three words really, Wheelchairs, Buggies and disabled. The routemaster couldn't really deal with that so had to go in the end, sad though that be
@TheMusicalElitist3 жыл бұрын
@@windbag45 Yes, heaven forbid we make vehicles more accessible...
@edward002gaming Жыл бұрын
Yest but the regent type
@danwoodhouse9290 Жыл бұрын
One thing that was wrong was branding it as "New Routemaster" When in reality it had nothing to do with the proper Routemaster.
@srfurley5 ай бұрын
@@danwoodhouse9290 Totally agree. I am no fan of the New Bus for London. I will however say one thing in its favour, they are being kept in very good condition, inside and out. They still look almost like new, and the first ones were introduced before the Olympics so they must now be approaching the end of their 14 year intended lifespan.
@christopherhulse83852 жыл бұрын
Fantastic film showing the 1950's in colour as most footage from that era is only black & white.
@David-lb4te6 жыл бұрын
Excellent film. Such dedication, attention to detail, and professionalism. Most of the technicians in this film are part of the wartime generation and their dedication is clear. It is also interesting to see the public of London; all pre immigration, all British, all going to work. Sadly none of this remains; buses are boring boxes like any other bus and half the babies born in London are to mothers who were not born in the UK. All in the last 50 years.
@Eddiecurrent20005 жыл бұрын
Change the record. Xenophobic halfwit. There were thousands of immigrants behind the rebuilding of the UK.
@yup.49013 жыл бұрын
@@Eddiecurrent2000 Simp
@GeorgeSmith10663 жыл бұрын
I agreed with you until the part where you started banging on about immigration. Sad.
@yup.49013 жыл бұрын
@@GeorgeSmith1066 Someone's got an internet bride 🤣🤣
@steveluckhurst23502 жыл бұрын
Wow, how quickly a film about buses stirred up all the bigots! Surprised not to see the word "indigenous" thrown around.
@stephenabbot79052 жыл бұрын
Really enjoy,d this ,i started as an Engine boy apprentice,at Upton park Garage 1970 ,transferred into the Stores Dept,and then into Chiswick works on progress chasing,returned to the garage,s on the Float,eventually back to where I began at U,and then ,spent the the last years off Service,on decommissioning, U, WH,T L,RD,AP .then took Severence,shame it's all gone now,also spent time on the introduction off the Pilot fleet off Dms,SMS fleet also, visited Alderman on Progress work, "the good old Days".
@windbag452 жыл бұрын
Glad you liked it.
@cheshirebowman44655 ай бұрын
Absolutely first class video. Thank you. Great memories of GREAT BRITAIN.
@ricogo24475 ай бұрын
And that's why everybody loved those old buses, they had a soul as they were not just throwaway objects. Treated that way with pride and TLC they could be used and re-used indefinitely.
@dougfunnie83213 жыл бұрын
Execelent!! Vídeo! Fantastic I Love Bus!!!! Joanne this vídeo is a present! Thanks !!! Thanks!
@derekthompson69922 жыл бұрын
No doubt about the London Buses each a work of art of practicality and good engineering
@Diger65Line5 ай бұрын
Thank you for the video, memories a the days when work meant achieving something. You struggle to find skills like this now.
@gsperanza075 ай бұрын
This is why i love English engineering!!! They know how to build and do it with great skill !
@fathernick9910 Жыл бұрын
Why does everyone think these are Routemasters? Every single one is an RT (Regent). The film was made in 1957. The Routemaster dates from 1959.
@robertp.wainman40945 ай бұрын
At last someone who knows the difference!
@howardsimpson4895 ай бұрын
As a Kiwi, my guess was 1955 from the cars, a great video. A hell of a lot of moving things around, Henry Ford should have been consulted. No sign of Health and safety those days.
@VHKDK5 ай бұрын
Also RTLs, (Leyland Titan PD2), RFs (Regal IV) and a GS (Guy Special).
@barcelonian6 жыл бұрын
Fantastic film for a fan of transports and history, advanced concept at Aldenham Works, and a víctim of thatcherism I suspect....
@ChangesOneTim2 жыл бұрын
Same was done to the railway. Despite the obvious efficiency of modular replacement using standardised parts across much of British Rail's fleet, the Thatcher government turned public opinion against inefficient, lazy, nationalised monopolies that ran old, dirty, smoky and unreliable transport operated and maintained by heavily-unionised workers who hated any change, wasting taxpayers' money by going on strike every five minutes....
@JeffreyOrnstein9 жыл бұрын
Superb! This was highly interesting!
@weerobot4 жыл бұрын
These Buses are Legend now...
@Rosario195803 жыл бұрын
Well put together video love the RTs
@markcaldwell28315 ай бұрын
When workers were WORKERS, and when buses were BUSES. None of those two exist today. Quite the impressive factory too. Britain was once the envy of a lot of countries for having the best....shame its not that way now.
@smurf3027 жыл бұрын
love watching programs about Aldenham
@viggenajs34087 ай бұрын
Perfect! That's how it was done back in 50's. That's how it should be done today 2024. Things were made to last. Single use culture was unheard thing. In this respect things have not gotten better.
@shanedebarra49865 ай бұрын
Thank you for posting this !!! Such a fantastic insight into a different time ❤
@montyzumazoom13373 жыл бұрын
Amazing, what an operation. Surely the envy of the world at the time, one bus out every hour. Very interesting this, I wonder how many people were employed by London Transport at its peak?
@decentman31813 жыл бұрын
London Transport was the envy of the world. Now, thanks to its destruction and dismemberment by Thatcherism, what is left doesn't even rate any more.
@metalman41414 жыл бұрын
Tyburn Road in Birmingham did exactly the same hi quality work
@garywade19385 ай бұрын
Oh you can hear Mr Khan saying cant have this , to many indigenous English men there we will have to change this . I miss this England .
@Bugsworth5 ай бұрын
Beautiful film. Thank you from Nottingham Uk
@rickydub69503 жыл бұрын
Thanks for posting 👍
@rickarmstrong47045 ай бұрын
Simply Incredible this is, sad to think of how it is now ! Thank You for the Look Back! Cheers!!! from across the Pond : )
@motor-werner19895 ай бұрын
Love it. Back then, when things were made to last and were taken great care about. Nowadays this is just unimaginable...
@willtricks94325 ай бұрын
The route master was built well, so was able to be maintained. Thanks for a view of these fine Machines.
@jerrypartington36505 ай бұрын
The buses shown in the film are Route Traders the predecessor of the Route Master which was introduced in 1956.
@Sohave5 ай бұрын
It looks like a superior civilization compared to Britain of today.
@jimeditorial5 ай бұрын
Another majestic British Transport film
@ryszardlorenc70475 ай бұрын
I'd almost forgot the Tapley meter ! Used for brake testing on MOTs before rollers became the norm. It's been decades since I last saw and used one !
@conantdog5 ай бұрын
Amazing factories, brilliant British engineering of the past .
@nahimwazir16167 ай бұрын
Love this.
@seamusblack58763 жыл бұрын
Craftsmen everywhere
@UraTrowelie3 жыл бұрын
Makes me wish I could have been around back then. Had to be better than now.
@TheMusicalElitist3 жыл бұрын
Yes, and here you are replying on your computer at home. Something that hadn't been invented yet. What makes me laugh about you boomers is that you hark back to a "simpler time", all the while not understanding the irony that you're sharing your opinion (pointless opinion at that), on a digital platform.
@Thecrazyvaclav3 жыл бұрын
Yea the smog, cold non central heated houses, warm beer, poor wages, must have been great
@stevedickson58539 ай бұрын
Look at London now..horrid place, will never be the same again, and wear a stab vest when visiting and hope you don't get mugged by our new third world visitors.
@l337pwnage5 ай бұрын
@@TheMusicalElitist He has to, because it's no longer safe to go outside. I grew up with no internet, it was awesome.
@l337pwnage5 ай бұрын
@@Thecrazyvaclav Um, now a college education gives you less purchasing power than a minimum wage job did then. (edit)(addendum) as someone pointed out, although it seems youtube didn't like something they said as I don't see the comment now, "minimum wage" probably wasn't a thing then. The study I'm referring too, IIRC compares the 1980's or so to today. Back then things would have been _even better,_ although there were drastic changes from decade to decade in those days as well.
@ThreenaddiesRexMegistus5 ай бұрын
Imagine being caught without a necktie in this place with many hazards?! A modern WHS practitioner’s nightmare, but at least they were trying. This looks very much like the advent of “just in time” logistics. Quite a sophisticated and efficient operation. 👍🏻
@bobgorman94815 ай бұрын
And everybody looks about 70 whatever age they actually are 😊
@dcobblers7 жыл бұрын
Brilliant!
@jamesjames35254 жыл бұрын
Good luck getting this level of service in our present times. Too costly I would think. Back then employing folks wasn't in crime to be punished by the market forces.🤔🤔
@nickinthefield42025 ай бұрын
Such a great example of an all encompassing system..
@NarrowboatWill5 ай бұрын
Fantastic viewing. ❤
@gaurangnidhitripathi35705 ай бұрын
Love the pride passion in their work 🇬🇧🙏
@enochpowelghost5 ай бұрын
British standards in those day were quite high, also the kitemark on products. I have noticed things made in china using uk brands like washing machines using 1/3rd of thickness cable, so they get quite warm when heating water and motor running.
@jamesfrench72993 жыл бұрын
One of the three pillars of London buses now history. Aldenham, Chiswick and AEC Southall.
@ChangesOneTim2 жыл бұрын
The AEC works also overhauled the underfloor engines that powered some of British Rail's once vast fleet of diesel multiple units (DMUs) built in the late 1950s/ early 1960s. They were essentially a 150hp horizontal version of AEC's bus engines. It wasn't by accident that BR built a DMU depot at Southall; engines could almost be 'swung over the fence' to/from AEC next door.
@jamesfrench72992 жыл бұрын
Oh gosh, I recall seeing pictures of railway lines going to the works. It was appalling their main rival bought them. It should have been prevented on national interest grounds. Joint ventures only, like the road train. Kept autonomous otherwise.
@jamesfrench72992 жыл бұрын
@@ChangesOneTim did they overhaul other engines as well as their own?
@ChangesOneTim2 жыл бұрын
@@jamesfrench7299 IDK for sure, but it's possible that B.U.T. derivatives were
@martingliddon36735 жыл бұрын
Brilliant, but how did they overcome the regulations regarding chassis/engine numbers relating to that vehicle as they would be different when the bus left the works?
@stewartsmotorcycles.3155 жыл бұрын
In short, they didn't bother with mere regulations! London Transport being a quango were a law unto themselves. When I was a driver on route 207 in the early eighties, I remember being told by an inspector en route to change buses at Hanwell, because the bus I was driving was supposed to have gone to Aldenham. Upon pulling onto the forecourt at Hanwell fully loaded, the maintenance staff not only swopped over the number plates, to the newly re-conditioned Routemaster that was waiting for me on the forecourt, they swopped the tax disc too! Wouldn't get away with that nowadays I suspect.
@christopherhulse83855 жыл бұрын
Regulations different for LT, they have to be for large fleets, as long as it's all documented.
@xanadudawn5 жыл бұрын
@@christopherhulse8385 London Transport weren't insured either. They used to cover their own liabilities. Wouldn't be allowed now either
@CycolacFan4 жыл бұрын
I imagine chassis number remained the same regardless of what body was used, engine swap would be the same as with any vehicle it was just performed and no one cared.
@npet68423 жыл бұрын
@@xanadudawn Same as the Police
@spottypigg85775 ай бұрын
The good olds day - when Great Briton was GREAT !
@fixinitwithchris19855 ай бұрын
Vary impressive, I wonder if they still do that for the Buses, if they have that factory still and how much did they get paid back then. I feel like this is a good system, it creates jobs, and keeps public transport operational. Any Brits in here, I would appreciate some Insite. Thank you.
@windbag455 ай бұрын
Unfortunately the whole industry has been privatised and buses are not as well looked after as they once were. Once privatised the only concern for any company is profit
@fixinitwithchris19855 ай бұрын
@@windbag45 Sad but true.
@KK-qu7jb5 ай бұрын
3:02 "Now like a shotgun cartridge going into the breach, the bus moves towards disintegration". Poetry!
@aaaaaa-lt2tl5 ай бұрын
Beautiful
@matthewsmith27873 жыл бұрын
Good old days
@simonlunt3534 ай бұрын
As a joiner in a workshop it was very interesting and to see yanke pump screwdriver my dad used one of those 😊l wonder if this place is still there
@alibabapasbabouchetoutesbr64326 жыл бұрын
Very intéressant document
@jasonmillers69415 ай бұрын
wonderful.
@PA3456 Жыл бұрын
No computers and it worked very well
@historybarf2 жыл бұрын
I wish we had these in America
@jamesfrench72992 жыл бұрын
If you guys hadn't opted for independence, you may have. Instead you became a country of GMs (for many decades).
@srfurley5 ай бұрын
There are a few Routemasters that were taken to America. I am amazed that they are allowed to operate there, with an open platform on the ‘wrong’ side of the bus. They are used as a sort of British novelty, not for normal service.
@rockingaz51085 ай бұрын
I worked at both Chiswick and Aldenham bus works sometimes you could sit on the buses when doing the tilt test and skid test Fun times with little health and safety Also remember working with a couple of guys that were extras in the Summer Holiday movie
@jimmydickson88542 жыл бұрын
This overhaul shop was highly organised I see brilliant I think and plenty of jobs for people is this similar to to day 2022
@ronmccullock14074 жыл бұрын
Fantastic
@markjurkovich78145 ай бұрын
Does anyone know if this repair facility is still doing this kind of work? If so, it would be fascinating to see a modern version of this film.
@Zeem45 ай бұрын
According to Wikipedia, it closed in 1986 and was demolished in 1996. The article makes for interesting reading as to the reasons for its decline.
@markjurkovich78145 ай бұрын
@@Zeem4 Thank you.
@giogio48332 ай бұрын
FIRST could learn a thing or two watching this .the buses round Sheffield are clapped.
@davidrussell86893 жыл бұрын
Where have all these skills gone ?
@stevedickson58539 ай бұрын
..to robots..
@LydiaBurton-tx9qm3 ай бұрын
Remember when you could rebuild things? Good times. Now days the body control modual would flip shit if you tried any of that, the seat structure wouldn't hold up long enough to warrent rebuilding, and the motor would have to have a rod hanging out the side before theyd even consider pulling it from service
@davepoul84834 ай бұрын
My grandad used to drive a routmaster in Lancaster.... :)
@d.chance4 жыл бұрын
What a wonderful video. I wonder if they do buses here in the states like that, or, do they crush them and buy new ones? I don't think I have seen a video like this made here.
@jamesfrench72994 жыл бұрын
I doubt they do it anywhere now, including London. Now they only give a respray once or twice in their lives, replace an engine here and there and run it into the ground and throw it away!
@d.chance4 жыл бұрын
@@jamesfrench7299 I do believe you hit that one right on the nose ! Throw them away, and yes, the tax payers will buy the new ones.
@TheDoosh794 жыл бұрын
@@d.chance Well they will have done the maths against running a maintenance shop on the scale of this one, Vs the cost of just replacing them.
@decentman31813 жыл бұрын
@@TheDoosh79 It's more than just maths and cost; this facility ensured that London's buses were kept in excellent condition, lasted a long time and ultimately provided passengers with reliable transport. In today's world of concerns about the environment, repairing and maintaining what we already have is far less damaging to the environment than buying new every few years.
@warmike2 жыл бұрын
@@jamesfrench7299 I know Saint-Petersburg does something like that for trams
@edward002gaming Жыл бұрын
imagine all of this hard work just to be gone because most of them is scrapped
@berndcassel25815 ай бұрын
Does this plant still exist nowadays?
@windbag455 ай бұрын
No it has long gone with most routes now privatised
@Goldi3loxrox3 ай бұрын
Skilled craftsmen Jobs people could take pride in. Such a shame we have lost those skills and have replaced it with a throw away society.
@terrortorn Жыл бұрын
Good grief the future looks brilliant doesn't it.
@billybowbob20715 ай бұрын
What an amazing time. I wonder if our children will look at the 80's the same 🤔
@howardsimpson4895 ай бұрын
The only thing to look back on now is how senseless everything is. Mind you, there may not be many people around to look back.
@532bluepeter15 ай бұрын
This was at a time when it was realised that state enterprises could in many cases be tun more efficiently than fractionated private ones and without siphoning away tax funds in profit to tax havens. Such state enterprises were good for our economy and society and for the people that worked in them.
@hellohellohello68475 жыл бұрын
Full overhaul every 4 years! Not a long time that!
@unions1004 жыл бұрын
Hello hello hello !!!! That’s because buses where much used, Fuller in them days
@TheDoosh794 жыл бұрын
@@unions100 but only 150,000 miles in those 4 years, not much by today's standards.
@succulent9512 жыл бұрын
That's how long the rust prevention lasted!
@stevedickson58539 ай бұрын
It's London of course they needed an overhaul every 4 years and looked better for it
@normanbrunt20535 жыл бұрын
How many buses did London Transport have in order to have this number off the road? Running the rebuild centre must of cost a fortune,
@CycolacFan4 жыл бұрын
About 8000 according to the film narration.
@charlesregan45764 жыл бұрын
It also ensured reliable, decent and safe buses for the people of London and the Home Counties to travel on. Buses and trains were regarded as a public service back then in those pre Thatcher days and not as a means to a short term profit for the few at the expense of the many.
@npet68423 жыл бұрын
@@charlesregan4576 Your knowledge of transport decline in Britain is rather poor , old chap .
@charlesregan45763 жыл бұрын
@@npet6842 @N Pet On the contrary, 'old chap', my post is factual and sets out what such work on the stock achieved; it also explains the ethos underpinning public transport in those days, and how its decline under Thatcher resulted from the destruction of that ethos. Perhaps that is beyond your limited understanding, 'old chap'. Is that why you hide behind a pseudonym?
@jean-philippefahrni84155 ай бұрын
Workers and ties ❤
@petersampson46355 ай бұрын
All done in a shirt and tie. I was taught to drive in a shirt and tie 👔. Dear boy!
@TheLuisg924 жыл бұрын
Did they always wear a tie or was just for the occasion? It seems to me unnecessary and even dangerous if the tie gets caught by a machine.
@tonydelo72924 жыл бұрын
Keep your uneducated tracksuit wearing comments to yourself
@alloneword74274 жыл бұрын
Shoes, trousers, shirt and tie were pretty common in the work place back then, regardless of the industry.
@CycolacFan4 жыл бұрын
Fella in the crane even wearing a hat.
@TheLuisg924 жыл бұрын
@@alloneword7427 Thank you for your educated response. Since I am not From the UK, there are things that are unkhown.
@davesaunders33344 жыл бұрын
@@tonydelo7292 - You brainless, no-class sack of shit.
@arthurcarter51265 ай бұрын
Where's cliff and the shads ?
@NickRatnieks Жыл бұрын
The past is, indeed, a foreign country. 1957, that's five odd years before Cliff Richard worked at Aldenham.
@Khakhees5 ай бұрын
@2:58 "like a shotgun cartridge going into the breach, the bus moves towards disintegration" Goes a lot harder than it has any right to
@thalissonmedeiros1553 жыл бұрын
Muito legal 👏👏👏😃
@deepakk13475 ай бұрын
Carpenter 🪚 Wearing Suit and Tie while working Most British thing ever seen
@stoveguy21335 ай бұрын
They wore collared shirts and ties on assembly line?