The great H.V Morton, a prolific and passionate chronicler of London, once wrote that the capital was composed of only three colours: black, white and red. Black for the soot that clung to the buildings, the more noted of which were originally of white Portland Stone. The flecks of red were provided most vividly by the sight of London’s fleet of Routemaster buses – the famous double-deckers huffing and puffing their way from Clapton Pond to Victoria, from Tower Hill to Trafalgar Square and all points beyond and in between.
First built by Associated Equipment Company in 1954 and in service from 1958 – 2005, the red Routemaster buses remain a London icon. This despite the fact that the last one was built as long ago as 1968. Once ubiquitous in London, only two remain in captivity: the No.15 and the No.9.
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