Books - Reviews by Railmaster London

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Railmaster London 12th Mar 2019		Book Malcolm Keeley - The Colours Of The West Midlands (2009)	Review The best bus books are like a good novel, a good play or a good film. They should draw you in and take you away to another time and another place and make you feel you are there, experiencing it for real. This book does that. It deals with a period now long gone but, as you turn the pages, the intervening years melt away and you start to smell the smells and hear the sounds around you. A Midland Red Guy Arab drops off a lonely passenger in Dudley’s hills and powers off; the buzz of the streets of Britain’s second city is interrupted by a Corporation Daimler double-deck purring through - and the buses go about their business passing people in the styles of the day, shops selling goods of the day, and all oblivious to the photographer recording the moment for posterity. Whether by design or accident, the photographers here have all caught a slice of life where the compositions tell a much bigger story that puts the bus into the context of place and time. Pure pleasure, a good read and a nostalgic journey. Ray Stenning, Editor, Classic Bus 6 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
Railmaster London 8th Mar 2019		Book Kevin McCormack - The Colours Of London Buses 1970s (2015)	Review Publisher Blurb This is a colour album of London Buses concentrating mainly on the 1970s which was the first decade since London Transport s inception in 1933 to feature a large number of buses on London streets which were not painted in the mainly all-red (or in a few cases, all-green) livery with which people are familiar. Vehicles in the traditional London liveries have not been ignored but many of the pictures depict this remarkably colourful era and often against the backdrop of famous or historically interesting landmarks which the author has been able to describe. As far as is known, none of the photographs has been published before, and the vast majority were taken by one photographer, sadly now deceased, who had the foresight to compose his picture well. The author is a well-known London Bus enthusiast and this is his 34th transport book and second for Pen & Sword. 7 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?