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Manchester Buses
Paul Williams
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Description for Manchester Buses
Paperback. A wonderfully illustrated history of Manchester's buses, showing how the city and its transport have changed from the 1960s through to the twenty-first century. Num Pages: 96 pages, 180. BIC Classification: 1DBKENL; WGCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 165. .
The first bus service in Manchester was a horse bus that started running in 1824. By 1969, 2,000 buses in the region were in the hands of eleven municipal bus operators, who combined into SELNEC, the Passenger Transport Executive (PTE) for Greater Manchester. The new executive inherited a fascinating mix of transport in all shapes and colours, while forging a new identity of its own. These were exciting times in which to watch the buses go by. In this book, Paul Williams looks at Manchester's buses from the 1960s to deregulation in 1986, using both his own ... Read more
The first bus service in Manchester was a horse bus that started running in 1824. By 1969, 2,000 buses in the region were in the hands of eleven municipal bus operators, who combined into SELNEC, the Passenger Transport Executive (PTE) for Greater Manchester. The new executive inherited a fascinating mix of transport in all shapes and colours, while forging a new identity of its own. These were exciting times in which to watch the buses go by. In this book, Paul Williams looks at Manchester's buses from the 1960s to deregulation in 1986, using both his own ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
96
Place of Publication
Chalford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781445653143
SKU
V9781445653143
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-49
About Paul Williams
Paul Williams is a transport enthusiast and a volunteer at the Museum of Transport, Greater Manchester. He lives in Lichfield.
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