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Malcolm Batten

Bus Preservation and Rallies

The Early Years to 1980

Malcolm Batten

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English
Pen & Sword Transport
06 April 2023
Buses, trams & commercial vehicles: general interest
How it all began - the story behind bus preservation and rallies. The origins of some of our most prominent UK transport museums. Photographs from the rally scene of the 1970s, mostly previously unpublished. Vehicles that have since been lost to the preservation movement. Timeline of key events.

The preservation of our transport heritage is something that the British excel at. The Buses magazine Museum & Rally Guide 2020-21 lists forty museums in the United Kingdom plus one in the Republic of Ireland with collections of buses (and sometimes trams or trolleybuses) amongst their exhibits. The rally calendar section lists hundreds of events taking part every year. This has all developed since the 1950s. Prior to this a few far-sighted companies such as The London General Omnibus Company (later London Transport) had put aside some old vehicles but they were not on regular display. Private preservation started in the 1950s and the first clubs for preservationists were established such as the Historic Commercial Vehicle Club in 1958. A few early events were held, but the first regular event was the HCVC (now HCVS) London to Brighton Run which began in 1962 and has continued ever since. Museum sites were established in the 1960s - The Museum of British Transport opened in stages between 1961 and 1963 and would lead eventually to the London Transport Museum. The East Anglian Transport Museum at Carlton Colville and the Sandtoft Transport Centre both opened in the 1960s. But it would be the 1970s when the rallies and 'Open Days' we know today really began to take off. This book looks back at the formative years to 1980 when the seeds of the preservation and rally movement of today were being sown.

AUTHOR: Malcolm Batten is a retired librarian with a lifelong interest in transport. He has been photographing buses, railways and shipping since 1969, and is the author of more than twenty books on transport history. When he started photography, bus rallies had only just started to happen but would develop through the 1970s, and Malcolm was there to record many of the events of those times.

200 b/w illustrations
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Imprint:   Pen & Sword Transport
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 282mm,  Width: 216mm, 
ISBN:   9781399087902
ISBN 10:   1399087908
Pages:   128
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Malcolm Batten is a retired librarian with a lifelong interest in transport. He has been photographing buses, railways and shipping since 1969, and is the author of more than twenty books on transport history. When he started photography, bus rallies had only just started to happen but would develop through the 1970s, and Malcolm was there to record many of the events of those times.

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