On the floor in Sainsbury's there are pictures of Harry Potter buses.
What is few of the people I talked to had noticed is that the bus has 3 decks
- it's surprisingly had to realise what is odd about it.

But I think I remember newspapers reports that at one time London
Transport were REALLY thinking of 3-decker buses. Anybody know anything
about it?

Michael Bell

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On the floor in Sainsbury's there are pictures of Harry Potter buses.
What few of the people I talked to had noticed is that the bus has 3 decks
- you look at the picture and feel there is something odd about it, but you
can't put your finger on what it is.

But I think I remember newspapers reports that at one time London
Transport were REALLY thinking of 3-decker buses. Does anybody know
anything about it?

Michael Bell


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On the floor in Sainsbury's there are pictures of Harry Potter buses.
What is few of the people I talked to had noticed is that the bus has 3 decks
- it's surprisingly had to realise what is odd about it.

If you look carefully, the notice on buses which usually has "23+31
passengers" (or whatever the numbers are) says "3+3+3 passengers".

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Michael Bell writes:
But I think I remember newspapers reports that at one time London
Transport were REALLY thinking of 3-decker buses. Anybody know anything
about it?

No, but Heath Robinson once did a cartoon showing 3- and 4-decker buses.
The title was something like "Some suggestions for improving traffic in
London", and it used to be -- perhaps still is -- available as a poster.
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From: Michael Bell
Date: 13/12/2004 23:22 GMT

But I think I remember newspapers reports that at one time London
Transport were REALLY thinking of 3-decker buses. Does anybody know
anything about it?

Are you sure you're not thinking about a newspaper dated 1 April? Funny things
can appear in them from time to time.

In article , Acrosticus
wrote:
From: Michael Bell
Date: 13/12/2004 23:22 GMT

But I think I remember newspapers reports that at one time London
Transport were REALLY thinking of 3-decker buses. Does anybody know
anything about it?

Are you sure you're not thinking about a newspaper dated 1 April?
Funny things can appear in them from time to time.

Well, maybe. It was in the Guardian. It was a whole-page spread about various
kinds of innovation. Maybe!

But it's funny how plausible the drawing was. It LOOKED possible.

Michael




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In message , Acrosticus
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From: Michael Bell
Date: 13/12/2004 23:22 GMT

But I think I remember newspapers reports that at one time London
Transport were REALLY thinking of 3-decker buses. Does anybody know
anything about it?

Are you sure you're not thinking about a newspaper dated 1 April? Funny things
can appear in them from time to time.

BBC Radio Oxford ran exactly such a story on 1 April quite a few years
ago. It explained that certain of oxford's older buildings were going
to have to be demolished to make way for the new vehicles and -
predictably - elicited a plethora of complaints from the public.......

(Good to be back on the NG after an absence of a couple of weeks caused
by a pretty serious PC failure!)
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