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An amazing day.
A big Thank You to all the staff that made this such a memorable
occasion (and Thursday too, of course), and good luck to all those
losing their jobs today.

I've just returned to the West Midlands after four days in London
combining business with pleasure (if pleasure is the word at seeing the
end of "regular" RM operation).

Can I echo that big "thank you", to all the crews for such good humour,
to the people at TfL and the operating companies, to the owners of the
visiting special vehicles and to volunteers at LOTS for all the
information they've given on this and all previous "last days", which
allowed us all to enjoy them so much.

Major memories of the day?

Ordinary people taking such a special interest in the Routemasters
serving their neighbourhoods.......

A ride on an LD along Whitehall.......

Being surrounded in the dusk by an RT, the STL and what seemed like a
whole host of RMs in Parliament Street.......

The queue for the limited edition models at the LT Museum shop on
Thursday morning (an hour's wait but I did get them). Great company in
the queue there, too. (Has anyone else noticed how much friendlier
staff are in the shop since the temporary move to the Market proper?)

The "carnival" atmosphere in Oxford Street on Friday morning.......

Seeing final buses arrive at Streatham and still being in time to hot
foot it to Brixton Garage to witness the festivities there.......

Patting RM2217 as it turned into the garage.....

........and finally, my wife correcting me by saying "it's an RML,
actually" when I announced that an RM was coming on Thursday
evening.....


It was like being in "The Elephant Will Never Forget"!
--
Ian Jelf, MITG
Birmingham, UK

Registered Blue Badge Tourist Guide for London and the Heart of England
http://www.bluebadge.demon.co.uk