Comments on: The Last Days Of London https://spitalfieldslife.com/2026/07/03/the-last-days-of-london-iii/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Mon, 06 Jul 2026 01:01:18 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 By: JohnB https://spitalfieldslife.com/2026/07/03/the-last-days-of-london-iii/#comment-2121558 Mon, 06 Jul 2026 01:01:18 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=207506#comment-2121558 My dad used to drive London buses for many years, both RTs (as this is) and RMs. He stopped a year or so after the one man buses (OMOs) were introduced. Londoners will remember a driver and their clippie (male or female, same name) sharing a smoke sitting on the back seats at the end of a run out before they turned back to the station. My dad hated not having this cameraderie.

Lovely photos, as always, thanks.

]]> By: M D WEST https://spitalfieldslife.com/2026/07/03/the-last-days-of-london-iii/#comment-2118215 Fri, 03 Jul 2026 21:49:42 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=207506#comment-2118215 The number plate MXX261 identifies the bus as RLH61 , a low bridge RT variant, but it has a foreign ( American) plate underneath so is probably a bus-enthusiast owned
vehicle joining in the Routemaster celebration….pic when in service here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1628545290941018/posts/1975465539582323/

]]> By: Marcia Howard https://spitalfieldslife.com/2026/07/03/the-last-days-of-london-iii/#comment-2117866 Fri, 03 Jul 2026 16:12:29 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=207506#comment-2117866 More fascinating photos. What happened to the shoe repair shop that Suleyman bought? Is it still in business elsewhere, and still run by perhaps a descendant of Suleyman?

]]> By: Rick Armiger https://spitalfieldslife.com/2026/07/03/the-last-days-of-london-iii/#comment-2117597 Fri, 03 Jul 2026 11:45:31 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=207506#comment-2117597 Just 100 years ago, UK trams were in their golden era, having both single-level and upper double-level, with London having the largest network.

They were doing fairly well for 50 – 60+ years, right up until 1960-65. When we copy the USA (rather than our nearest nicer neighbors) things rarely turn out well?

]]> By: Dick Selwood https://spitalfieldslife.com/2026/07/03/the-last-days-of-london-iii/#comment-2117452 Fri, 03 Jul 2026 09:29:12 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=207506#comment-2117452 The 38 bus is not a Routemaster, but an RT (AEC Regent III RT). But these are wonderful photographs.

]]> By: Greg T https://spitalfieldslife.com/2026/07/03/the-last-days-of-london-iii/#comment-2117336 Fri, 03 Jul 2026 07:42:47 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=207506#comment-2117336 Clapton Pond
Err.. NOT a Routemaster – that’s a much older design – is it one of the “special” lowbridge types?
{ It’s not a standard “RT” either }

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