Britain's Buses in the Seventies

Two of my favourite things: old buses and the 1970s in one book, so how can this be anything other than awesome? Actually, it isn't quite as good as it could have been. All of the photographs inside are black and white, which does take a way some of the atmosphere a bit. However, this is a great nostalgic read.

The book, by E.L Cornwell and John Parke in 1976, covers all sorts of bus operations and operators across the country. What i like most with these kinds of books are the details alongside the actual bus. By that i mean the shops, the street scenes, and, yes, even the fashions. All very enjoyable.

As the book has no bus photographs in colour (apart from on the cover), here are a few photographs of preserved buses from that period, and of my 1970s youth.