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| A selection of Routemaster interior
posters |
| Including driver recruitment
and passenger information concerning the changeover
from the old shillings and pence to decimal money
in February 1971. The change actually took place
on Monday the 15th but, worried that people would
not have the new coins that morning, bus companies
across the country continued charging fares in old
money until the following Sunday. The conversion
table shows: |
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Adult |
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Child |
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d |
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p |
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s |
d |
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p |
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6 |
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2½ |
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4 |
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1½ |
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| 1 |
0 |
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5 |
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6 |
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2½ |
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| 1 |
6 |
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7½ |
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9 |
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4 |
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| 2 |
0 |
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10 |
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1 |
0 |
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5 |
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| 2 |
6 |
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12½ |
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1 |
4 |
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6½ |
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| 3 |
0 |
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15 |
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1 |
6 |
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7½ |
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| 3 |
6 |
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17½ |
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1 |
9 |
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9 |
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| 4 |
0 |
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20 |
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2 |
0 |
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10 |
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| London Buses |
| Map and list of routes, 1978. |
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| For the Conductor |
| A cash bag, webbing for a Gibson
ticket machine and a selection of paperwork including
Gibson waybills. Plus coin bags and a budget key
for opening destination boxes. |
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