Big Red London Bus
Big red buses are recognized , and even
found all over the world
, and people recognize them as symbols
of London. It was almost
100 years ago, on October 25th 1911, since then the
big red motor
bus has been
London's "king of the road". The idea of the
"double decker" is
actually much older than the
motor bus. The earliest horse-drawn doubledeckers
in London had steps at the
back, so that people could
climb up onto the roof. Things started to go wrong
for the London bus in the
late 1960's. London, however , resisted the
bureaucrats ! , it's not too
late to enjoy
travelling on one of these
historic buses. Some of the
old buses have been preserved,
and are used
on two "heritage routes" through the centre
of London, specially for tourists.
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