the Red London Bus

[the Red London Bus]

Another of the great icons we grew up with as kids as did those before us, the red London bus, an icon for sure.  See this one without advertising signage




They look great from the front




Since the first appearance of the Routemaster bus in the 1950s, its double-decker design has been adopted and adapted for buses in cities around the country – and world.

Explore the story of this design and its development, as well as the symbolic value the red double-decker has come to hold for Londoners and tourists. Routemaster double-deckers have become famous the world over through their appearances in countless films and books.

http://www.icons.org.uk/theicons/collection/routemaster-bus/features/london-buses-in-popular-culture

and of course a TV series with Reg varney.  Funny as buggery.  I remember that Inspector, and the Brother - in - law

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nNNe-7wvuE" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nNNe-7wvuE</a>
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AlnJ5x3pxA" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AlnJ5x3pxA</a>

[Re: the Red London Bus]

Yes, just great.

We have them in New York now, imported from our trans-Atlantic cousins.

Just lovely.

[Re: the Red London Bus]

Yes, just great.

We have them in New York now, imported from our trans-Atlantic cousins.

Just lovely.

Yep they are excellent.  There are great sites on the London bus too

http://www.bus.uk.com/tourist.htm

http://www.smh.com.au/ffxImage/urlpicture_id_1077072782787_2004/02/19/london_bus,0.jpg