0:00:31 > 0:00:34# On top of a bus
0:00:34 > 0:00:36# There you'll find us
0:00:36 > 0:00:40# Snug in the back seat On the top of a bus
0:00:40 > 0:00:43# Me and my miss
0:00:43 > 0:00:45# We steal a kiss
0:00:45 > 0:00:47# When no-one's looking
0:00:47 > 0:00:49# We do, do, do what you would do
0:00:49 > 0:00:52# On top of a bus
0:00:52 > 0:00:54# Love knows no cares
0:00:54 > 0:00:56# Why should we worry?
0:00:56 > 0:00:59# When we've paid our fares
0:00:59 > 0:01:03# Spinsters, bachelors How they envy us
0:01:03 > 0:01:06# Riding on top of a bus. #
0:01:08 > 0:01:10Whee-hee!
0:01:10 > 0:01:12Hey!
0:01:27 > 0:01:30Oh, I miss my friends.
0:01:30 > 0:01:32- The job was great.- I miss the buses.
0:01:32 > 0:01:36- I've been doing it for the last 24 years.- The people you work with.
0:01:36 > 0:01:37The company in the garage.
0:01:37 > 0:01:39They were good people, good friends.
0:01:39 > 0:01:42- We got on like a family. - You miss just...- Life on the road.
0:01:42 > 0:01:45- Contact with the people. - Doing a day's work.
0:01:45 > 0:01:49- Regular employment.- The money's useless...- You think, "I can't wait to be off..."
0:01:49 > 0:01:51But the crack's great.
0:01:51 > 0:01:54Now I've left, I wish I was still on 'em.
0:01:57 > 0:02:02BIG BEN CHIMES
0:02:02 > 0:02:06- BICYCLE BELL - Morning, all!- Morning, Ted.
0:02:27 > 0:02:29- RADIO:- Well, it's nine o'clock,
0:02:29 > 0:02:34and today the last British bus conductor takes his final trip around the streets of London,
0:02:34 > 0:02:37so we're going to play a jolly little tune to send him on his way.
0:02:56 > 0:02:58# Gather round, people
0:02:58 > 0:03:02# Let me tell you 'bout Dupree
0:03:04 > 0:03:09# Gather round, people let me tell you 'bout Dupree
0:03:11 > 0:03:13# And his woman
0:03:13 > 0:03:16# Back in 1903
0:03:19 > 0:03:23# Betty was her name Said she wanted a diamond ring
0:03:26 > 0:03:31# Betty was her name said she wanted a diamond ring
0:03:33 > 0:03:35# Dupree told Betty
0:03:35 > 0:03:38# "You can have most anything
0:03:40 > 0:03:45# "Just lay down, pretty Betty See what tomorrow brings"
0:03:48 > 0:03:53# Said, "Lay down, pretty Betty See what tomorrow brings... #
0:03:55 > 0:03:57Any more fares, please?
0:03:57 > 0:04:00# ..It may be your diamond ring... #
0:04:00 > 0:04:03HE COUGHS
0:04:03 > 0:04:07# Dupree went downtown A .44 in his hand... #
0:04:07 > 0:04:12Coming from Scotland, coming to London, the lights, the people,
0:04:12 > 0:04:16lots of different fashions and so many different cultures.
0:04:18 > 0:04:22It was just wonderful, you know, it was a new life, a different life.
0:04:26 > 0:04:32When I was young, much younger than I am now, erm, in 1966,
0:04:32 > 0:04:37I used to have my hair short, as I have it now, but I looked more like a boy, I suppose, in my uniform.
0:04:37 > 0:04:42And one day I had a busy bus and I was taking fares,
0:04:42 > 0:04:45and a little boy kept saying, "Is that a man or a lady?
0:04:45 > 0:04:47"Is that a man or a lady?"
0:04:47 > 0:04:49And, in the end, I went up, and I said to the little boy,
0:04:49 > 0:04:53"It's a lady, but shush, don't tell anybody."
0:04:54 > 0:04:56You were your own boss.
0:04:56 > 0:05:00And so long as you did the job probably, you never had problems from anyone.
0:05:03 > 0:05:05Tourists were absolutely loved on our route,
0:05:05 > 0:05:10because we used to travel through town and we used to point out all places of interest to them
0:05:10 > 0:05:14and giving them a history of London, you know.
0:05:14 > 0:05:16That was very important.
0:05:16 > 0:05:19And sometimes, often, you would get a tourist asking you
0:05:19 > 0:05:26if you would give them a guided tour of London, "I'll pay you for a guided tour."
0:05:26 > 0:05:29"No, I'll give you it while you're on the bus," you know.
0:05:29 > 0:05:32You see, they went back to their countries,
0:05:32 > 0:05:36saying and remembering how good it was to travel on a London bus,
0:05:36 > 0:05:38and especially on a Routemaster.
0:05:48 > 0:05:51They liked the idea of a conductor being on the back of the bus,
0:05:51 > 0:05:55because then you could help them, whereas on a one-person operated bus you can't.
0:05:55 > 0:05:57Good afternoon, everybody.
0:05:57 > 0:06:00On behalf of Driver Sykes and his crew,
0:06:00 > 0:06:04we welcome you aboard Routemaster 136.
0:06:04 > 0:06:08There will be no smoking on the lower decks.
0:06:08 > 0:06:11We will be travelling at about nine miles per hour.
0:06:11 > 0:06:16The time of day is 10 past 11, our time.
0:06:16 > 0:06:18I trust you will all have a pleasant journey.
0:06:18 > 0:06:21The weather in Copshill is fine.
0:06:22 > 0:06:25Bonjour, mesdames et messieurs.
0:06:25 > 0:06:27Bienvenue. Maitre...
0:06:29 > 0:06:30BELL RINGS
0:06:30 > 0:06:35The regulation position was to stand facing outwards on the platform,
0:06:35 > 0:06:40but for me personally there was always a tendency to be looking in there
0:06:40 > 0:06:43so you could see what was coming up next.
0:06:43 > 0:06:46I normally stand facing... facing the platform.
0:06:46 > 0:06:48You weren't supposed to sit down.
0:06:48 > 0:06:51I normally stand like this or... or like that.
0:06:51 > 0:06:56We used to have a...fire extinguisher there, and you could sit on it.
0:06:56 > 0:07:02Once you left the garage, you were on your own, so there was nobody looking over your shoulder.
0:07:02 > 0:07:05Nothing better than working on an open-platform bus.
0:07:05 > 0:07:07In the summer, it's nice.
0:07:07 > 0:07:09In the winter months, no.
0:07:09 > 0:07:11It is bloody cold.
0:07:11 > 0:07:15You could stand here and, while it was going along,
0:07:15 > 0:07:19you have all the nice cool air blowing in.
0:07:19 > 0:07:21I think of it as freedom.
0:07:21 > 0:07:22And that's what I loved about it.
0:07:32 > 0:07:35When I first arrived in England,
0:07:35 > 0:07:40I really thought that...life was going to be quiet.
0:07:40 > 0:07:46But it turned out to be very, very difficult indeed.
0:07:46 > 0:07:53If it was I could afford to go back home the very first week I started on the buses, I would have done so.
0:07:53 > 0:07:55But I was stuck.
0:07:55 > 0:07:56I was stuck.
0:08:00 > 0:08:05FILM: The control of immigration in this crowded island is one of the big questions of the moment.
0:08:05 > 0:08:09In the last ten months, over 57,000 chose to come from the West Indies alone.
0:08:09 > 0:08:13I think that all immigrants into this country should be controlled.
0:08:13 > 0:08:16Half of them come over here without jobs.
0:08:16 > 0:08:20Consequently, they're making it very hard for our own people to find jobs and housing.
0:08:20 > 0:08:25They come here without any hopes of work.
0:08:25 > 0:08:27They don't have a job when they come here.
0:08:27 > 0:08:30And...that's my opinion.
0:08:30 > 0:08:32They should be stopped.
0:08:51 > 0:08:54# London is the place for me
0:08:54 > 0:08:56# Dum-dum dum-dum
0:08:56 > 0:09:00# London, this lovely city
0:09:01 > 0:09:04# You can go to France or America
0:09:04 > 0:09:08# India, Asia or Australia But you must come back
0:09:08 > 0:09:11# To London City Dum-dum dum-dum... #
0:09:12 > 0:09:14I could have cried.
0:09:14 > 0:09:16I did actually cry one night.
0:09:16 > 0:09:23When I think back, when my life was quite pleasant at home, why did I come here?
0:09:24 > 0:09:29My first week on the buses was hell in a basket.
0:09:29 > 0:09:34Because your very first week, in fact your first day,
0:09:34 > 0:09:36and you do not even know where you are.
0:09:36 > 0:09:39You had your landmarks,
0:09:39 > 0:09:42but you were looking around and you wouldn't know where you were.
0:09:42 > 0:09:46You'd get remarks, "I don't know why our government sent for you.
0:09:46 > 0:09:51"Why did they send for people like you to work on the buses when you don't know where you're going?"
0:09:51 > 0:09:53So sometimes you'll get somebody scratching,
0:09:53 > 0:09:58"How the hell you know where you're going when he doesn't know where he is?"
0:10:01 > 0:10:06At that time, there was a lot of fog and smog about.
0:10:06 > 0:10:10Well, as a black person, I couldn't see my hand.
0:10:10 > 0:10:13You couldn't!
0:10:13 > 0:10:16Those were bad days and especially...cold?
0:10:16 > 0:10:18Oh, my God...
0:10:21 > 0:10:23The officials, the inspectors,
0:10:23 > 0:10:28if they saw you standing by the heat, you would be on report.
0:10:28 > 0:10:30I got reported several times.
0:10:31 > 0:10:36You were supposed to be standing on the platform at all times, other than when collecting fares.
0:10:37 > 0:10:42# ..Well, believe me I am speaking broad-mindedly
0:10:43 > 0:10:47# I am glad to know my mother country
0:10:48 > 0:10:51# I've been travelling the countries Years ago
0:10:51 > 0:10:55# But this is the place I wanted to know, darling London... #
0:10:55 > 0:10:59Anyone who were anybody travelled on the buses at that time.
0:10:59 > 0:11:06You could be full up from about half past six up until half past eight all the time, all the time.
0:11:08 > 0:11:11The workmen, or the people who were doing menial jobs,
0:11:11 > 0:11:15mostly travelled on the top saloon.
0:11:15 > 0:11:21Most of the people who travelled on the top saloon, the top deck, would be smokers or potential smokers,
0:11:21 > 0:11:29and when all 38 of them light up, all 35 of them light up, some smoke up there, you know, mmm!
0:11:29 > 0:11:32All of the posh ones would travel downstairs,
0:11:32 > 0:11:36and even the ones who worked in the City.
0:11:36 > 0:11:42They would always travel with a rolled-up umbrella, a briefcase and a bowler hat.
0:11:42 > 0:11:47And they always struggled to sit to the front. Always, up to the front.
0:11:47 > 0:11:50Snooty!
0:11:50 > 0:11:54I'll be a bus conductor, and you can be a really funny passenger on a bus.
0:11:57 > 0:11:59Any more fares, please?
0:11:59 > 0:12:00I've got a chauffeur,
0:12:00 > 0:12:03and every time I go to the lavatory, he drives me potty!
0:12:03 > 0:12:07- Boom-boom, one in a row! I'm not unusual...- Fivepenny, please!
0:12:07 > 0:12:10Five beautiful pennies going into the bag,
0:12:10 > 0:12:13and you are the lucky winner of...one fivepenny ticket!
0:12:13 > 0:12:17It's how I was brought up, to interact, erm...
0:12:17 > 0:12:19and always be civil and polite to people.
0:12:19 > 0:12:23And I found that throughout the job, that's a very good thing to be.
0:12:24 > 0:12:27- Would you like a blanket? - Oh, no, thank you.
0:12:27 > 0:12:29I'm getting off at Market Street.
0:12:29 > 0:12:32And when I first went route learning, at Putney...
0:12:33 > 0:12:37I got on the bus and I rode on the bus to learn the route.
0:12:37 > 0:12:45It's record time, and our first record this evening has been requested by a...Mr Taylor?
0:12:45 > 0:12:48Ah, who I believe is making his first trip with us this evening.
0:12:48 > 0:12:54And I was amazed at some of the conductors and the public in how they dealt with people.
0:12:56 > 0:12:57Coffee, anyone?
0:12:57 > 0:13:01And after about six weeks, I was on the 74s...
0:13:02 > 0:13:05and I went upstairs,
0:13:05 > 0:13:09stood at the front of the bus and...
0:13:10 > 0:13:12Good morning, can I have your attention?
0:13:12 > 0:13:15And I said, "I'm your friendly bus conductor,
0:13:15 > 0:13:17I've come among you for the last six weeks, saying,
0:13:17 > 0:13:21"Fares, please," and "Thank you," and all I get is... "Ngh. Uh."
0:13:21 > 0:13:22"Ngh. Uh."
0:13:22 > 0:13:26I'm not coming down to your level, how about coming up to mine? Thank you.
0:13:30 > 0:13:33In London Transport, you have...
0:13:33 > 0:13:34officials who had little badges,
0:13:34 > 0:13:39and it was a lady with a little silver badge got on my bus the next day and she said,
0:13:39 > 0:13:42"Very nicely done, conductor, I like the way you did that."
0:13:42 > 0:13:44- More!- More!
0:13:44 > 0:13:46More! More!
0:13:46 > 0:13:48More!
0:13:48 > 0:13:51People come on the bus,
0:13:51 > 0:13:56and you see the character, the way that they behave
0:13:56 > 0:13:58and how you approach them.
0:13:58 > 0:14:00Some people get on miserable.
0:14:00 > 0:14:02"Hello, good morning!"
0:14:02 > 0:14:06Everybody would tell you their problems and their jokes.
0:14:06 > 0:14:08They like to talk to somebody.
0:14:08 > 0:14:11You also hear an awful lot of stories.
0:14:11 > 0:14:15- Sometimes you could be a predictor. - You do see a lot of life, yeah.
0:14:15 > 0:14:16Sometimes you can be a healer.
0:14:16 > 0:14:19Take care of them, they take care of you, too.
0:14:19 > 0:14:22You see everything on this job.
0:14:25 > 0:14:30# Just lay down, pretty Betty See what tomorrow brings
0:14:32 > 0:14:39# Said, "Lay down, pretty Betty See what tomorrow brings... #
0:14:42 > 0:14:45You've taken children to school,
0:14:45 > 0:14:46they grow up, they have babies,
0:14:46 > 0:14:51and then their babies you take to school as well, you know, so you feel really old.
0:14:51 > 0:14:55But because these children have grown up with you,
0:14:55 > 0:14:58they can confide in you something
0:14:58 > 0:15:02they probably can't tell their mother, ask advice on their lives.
0:15:02 > 0:15:08You have people who have broken relationships who you go through the saga with them,
0:15:08 > 0:15:11or if they've lost a pet, or how they're feeling.
0:15:11 > 0:15:17Some of the older people who used to ride on the bus all day long because they couldn't afford their heating.
0:15:17 > 0:15:22So when we used to get to the points, we'd buy them a cup of tea.
0:15:22 > 0:15:25And if children were crying at a bus stop,
0:15:25 > 0:15:28they'd no money, someone used to let them ride on the bus.
0:15:28 > 0:15:32I've had one or two people who, you know, have had mental problems
0:15:32 > 0:15:35that I could talk round and help
0:15:35 > 0:15:39until such time as we got someone else to take care of them.
0:15:39 > 0:15:42And that's... that's quite sad,
0:15:42 > 0:15:47because people taking advantage, making a fool of...
0:15:47 > 0:15:49There but for the grace of God go we.
0:15:56 > 0:15:58- FILM:- Here, in the near countryside,
0:15:58 > 0:16:00two African students studying in London
0:16:00 > 0:16:06have been enjoying a walk in the fields and now have to get back to their studies.
0:16:06 > 0:16:09Visitors from overseas are always impressed
0:16:09 > 0:16:13by the efficiency and comfort of the London Transport bus service.
0:16:18 > 0:16:22Collecting fares and giving tickets is very important business,
0:16:22 > 0:16:27and when passengers help the conductor by having their money ready, his task is made easier.
0:16:39 > 0:16:40Any more fares, please?
0:16:44 > 0:16:48Sometimes you would get the passenger
0:16:48 > 0:16:51who, when you go to them for a fare,
0:16:51 > 0:16:56they would throw the money on to the seat and tell you, "There it is."
0:16:56 > 0:16:58And you would have to pick it up.
0:17:00 > 0:17:03And when you gave them the ticket,
0:17:03 > 0:17:06they would stare. They would still say, "Thank you,"
0:17:06 > 0:17:09but they would snatch the ticket in the process.
0:17:12 > 0:17:17This man, he got onto the bus and left his luggage on the pavement,
0:17:17 > 0:17:21and then he said to me, "Pick it up."
0:17:21 > 0:17:23I smile, I says, "No!
0:17:23 > 0:17:26"It's yours, you pick it up."
0:17:26 > 0:17:28So he says,
0:17:28 > 0:17:30"I'm telling you to pick it up!"
0:17:30 > 0:17:34And I said, "And I'm telling you that it has nothing to do with me."
0:17:34 > 0:17:37But he almost threatened me.
0:17:37 > 0:17:43I have never yet been accosted in that manner in my life in Barbados,
0:17:43 > 0:17:46so when I got here to be accosted like that,
0:17:46 > 0:17:52it was terrible, I thought, "Oh, no, I thought that this was supposed to be a civilised country."
0:17:52 > 0:17:56I was at Tottenham Court Road when somebody came on.
0:17:56 > 0:17:57A lady
0:17:57 > 0:17:59with a dog on the seat.
0:17:59 > 0:18:02I told him point-blank that the bus was full up.
0:18:02 > 0:18:07- "Excuse me, madam, your dog isn't allowed on the seat." - I don't know why it happened.
0:18:07 > 0:18:12- But she was getting off at North End Road!- He just spit at me.
0:18:12 > 0:18:14"You're a nigger, and don't you forget it!"
0:18:14 > 0:18:17# London is the place for me
0:18:17 > 0:18:19# London
0:18:19 > 0:18:22# This lovely city
0:18:22 > 0:18:26# You can go to France or America India, Asia... #
0:18:26 > 0:18:30There were 32 of us who came, at that time there were 32 garages,
0:18:30 > 0:18:35and we were scattered all over London, and we all kept in contact with one another
0:18:35 > 0:18:39because it was just us, we didn't know anyone in London.
0:18:39 > 0:18:44Imagine a youngster leaving home, coming from school, 18 or 19,
0:18:44 > 0:18:47then to have to come here and do that.
0:18:47 > 0:18:49# ..My mother country
0:18:49 > 0:18:52# I've been travelling to countries years ago
0:18:52 > 0:18:54# But this is the place I wanted to know... #
0:18:54 > 0:19:00The boys, when they finished their normal duty, they would hibernate in the canteen,
0:19:00 > 0:19:05because you could get something to eat and never have to go home and cook.
0:19:07 > 0:19:12Some of them came out here and were about to take their A levels or O levels or whatever.
0:19:12 > 0:19:17One boy, in particular he was so intense,
0:19:17 > 0:19:21and the problems started when he was doing late turns.
0:19:21 > 0:19:26And he would finish at say half past one in the morning.
0:19:26 > 0:19:32By the time he reached home, it might be two or half past two, and he would go straight to his books.
0:19:32 > 0:19:36And he would study all the time until about five or six o'clock
0:19:36 > 0:19:39the following morning, then he would leave the books,
0:19:39 > 0:19:43and he was doing this concurrently from week to week.
0:19:43 > 0:19:46And I'd be telling him, "Man, you've got to give it a break!"
0:19:46 > 0:19:49But it never happened.
0:19:51 > 0:19:57BLUES HARMONICA PLAYS
0:20:19 > 0:20:21I'm going to work one morning,
0:20:21 > 0:20:25and everybody's looking at the common, Ealing Common.
0:20:27 > 0:20:31And my friend is walking on the common in the winter naked!
0:20:31 > 0:20:33Stark naked!
0:20:35 > 0:20:38Because he'd had a mental breakdown.
0:20:38 > 0:20:41But that's the kind of pressures that we were under.
0:20:43 > 0:20:46We met in the Green some years ago,
0:20:46 > 0:20:51and by then he had left the buses and was driving a London cab.
0:20:54 > 0:20:58I was so pleased to see him, and I said, "Are you all right?"
0:20:58 > 0:21:00He says, "Yes, boss, I'm all right now.
0:21:00 > 0:21:02"I am all right now."
0:21:05 > 0:21:10London's always had double-decker buses with a front engine and entrance at the rear.
0:21:10 > 0:21:15Now these conventional buses are being compared with a design that reverses the familiar pattern,
0:21:15 > 0:21:18with engine at the rear, entrance at the front.
0:21:20 > 0:21:23It's the driver who operates the front entrance door.
0:21:27 > 0:21:29Front-entrance buses are nothing new
0:21:29 > 0:21:32but they'd not been tried in the congested streets of the capital,
0:21:32 > 0:21:35and this caused a bit of a hoo-hah right at the start.
0:21:35 > 0:21:39Police said the demonstration bus had been causing obstruction.
0:21:42 > 0:21:46At least one passenger was distinctly puzzled by the whole thing.
0:21:52 > 0:21:53BELL RINGS
0:21:58 > 0:22:02Now, is the winter of our discontent
0:22:02 > 0:22:06made glorious summer by this son of York.
0:22:06 > 0:22:08Fares, please! All the fares...
0:22:08 > 0:22:14I was never, ever bored as a conductor, because you never knew what was coming next.
0:22:14 > 0:22:16- Any more fares before the soliloquy? - No, no, no!
0:22:16 > 0:22:20Ha, such stars as do collide... And stand back!
0:22:20 > 0:22:23Each journey would be different.
0:22:23 > 0:22:26- A man got on with a snake. - Each few yards would be different.
0:22:26 > 0:22:28And he put it straight around my neck.
0:22:28 > 0:22:33- Two women started to fight. - One of them was hitting the other one's encyclopaedia.
0:22:33 > 0:22:35The guy then wobbled a bit on the platform.
0:22:35 > 0:22:38He'd just about lost his legs at that point.
0:22:38 > 0:22:41He head-butted the railings near the Marquis Estate.
0:22:41 > 0:22:46And literally disappeared into an abyss at about 30 mile an hour
0:22:46 > 0:22:49and rolled up this side turning like a sack of potatoes.
0:23:03 > 0:23:06- Come on then, start if off. Let's go.- Ring the bell.
0:23:06 > 0:23:09- You want to start it off?- Ding Ding. - All right.
0:23:09 > 0:23:11Ding ding!
0:23:15 > 0:23:16- What's Granny's name?- Meager.
0:23:16 > 0:23:20- What's Granddad's name?- Meager. - What's Mummy's name?- Meager.
0:23:20 > 0:23:22- What's Uncle James's name?- Meager.
0:23:22 > 0:23:23- What's your name?- Stephens.
0:23:30 > 0:23:34I started driving buses because my husband was a bus driver.
0:23:37 > 0:23:41He lost his licence for two years, so he was my conductor for two years.
0:23:44 > 0:23:49The reason I started conducting was that I got done for drink-driving
0:23:49 > 0:23:51and then lost my licence for two years.
0:23:51 > 0:23:54Dad drives like a complete and utter nutter.
0:23:58 > 0:24:01My mum, she's just so calm and just toddles along.
0:24:01 > 0:24:04The men's meant to be driving and the women's on the back.
0:24:04 > 0:24:07In our case, it was me on the back and you driving.
0:24:07 > 0:24:09I'm the man you see.
0:24:09 > 0:24:12It felt like I was taking over a woman's place.
0:24:12 > 0:24:15You should have put a skirt on. You'd have been right at home.
0:24:17 > 0:24:21In the mornings when I go in there, I have to get his time pass,
0:24:21 > 0:24:25his log cards, sort his money out for his cash tray.
0:24:25 > 0:24:30And when he gets off, he comes in - I cash in for him, take his module off,
0:24:30 > 0:24:35sign off - he doesn't even take his emergency pack out of his back pocket.
0:24:35 > 0:24:38I have to take the emergency pack out the back pocket.
0:24:38 > 0:24:41He does nothing. All he does is get on his bus, drive.
0:24:41 > 0:24:44And when I go in the canteen, all you hear is "Helen? Helen?"
0:24:44 > 0:24:48And it's not just from him, it's from a few other drivers in there, as well.
0:24:48 > 0:24:52"I'll have tea." I'm carrying six teas with lids on - juggling them.
0:24:52 > 0:24:55When I get there, they say, "Oh, you forgot the sugar."
0:24:55 > 0:24:58You're only good for two things, cooking and cleaning.
0:24:59 > 0:25:01Nothing else.
0:25:01 > 0:25:03Ain't it marvellous(!)
0:25:03 > 0:25:05They won't let us have equal pay.
0:25:05 > 0:25:07They won't let us become inspectors.
0:25:07 > 0:25:10They won't let us drive the buses. What will you let us do?
0:25:10 > 0:25:12Shall we tell her?
0:25:18 > 0:25:21# When I was just a little boy
0:25:21 > 0:25:23# My mother said to me
0:25:23 > 0:25:27# Sonny You don't have to beam at strangers
0:25:27 > 0:25:30# Lucky as can be... #
0:25:30 > 0:25:33For the sexually promiscuous male...
0:25:34 > 0:25:38working on the buses would be ideal.
0:25:38 > 0:25:44# ..Lucky lips are always kissing Lucky lips are never blue
0:25:44 > 0:25:50# Lucky lips will always find A pair of lips or two... #
0:25:50 > 0:25:54It has ruined my life, I know that.
0:25:55 > 0:26:01Cos I've been married twice and I've been divorced twice and the ladies would not leave me alone.
0:26:01 > 0:26:05No, correction - I could not leave them alone.
0:26:05 > 0:26:08# ..You don't need A four-leafed clover
0:26:08 > 0:26:11# Just as your good luck charm
0:26:11 > 0:26:13# For with lucky lips
0:26:13 > 0:26:21# You'll always have A baby in your arms! #
0:26:21 > 0:26:24That's it. OK. Yeah.
0:26:24 > 0:26:26THEY CHUCKLE
0:26:26 > 0:26:28When we came here,
0:26:28 > 0:26:32we saw the conductors were so filthy.
0:26:32 > 0:26:34Their uniforms were filthy.
0:26:34 > 0:26:40I'm sure that if you had taken them off some of those fellows uniforms and put the trousers to stand up
0:26:40 > 0:26:42they would start walking.
0:26:42 > 0:26:44They were really filthy.
0:26:46 > 0:26:48They started to have a go at us.
0:26:48 > 0:26:50Telling us that they've come here to show us the job.
0:26:52 > 0:26:56Your shoes would be shining and your hat would be clean.
0:26:56 > 0:27:01Your clothes would be pristine and the passengers recognised that.
0:27:01 > 0:27:03They did.
0:27:03 > 0:27:08What was your ideal way to pick up the ladies?
0:27:11 > 0:27:14You had to psychoanalyse them first.
0:27:14 > 0:27:16You couldn't just go straightaway.
0:27:17 > 0:27:19You talked to them
0:27:19 > 0:27:22and if they responded, then you make a move.
0:27:24 > 0:27:28They would struggle to sit on the long seat. At that time, it was cold,
0:27:28 > 0:27:32there wasn't any heating on the buses. They would sit...
0:27:32 > 0:27:34HIS FEET "CHATTER"
0:27:34 > 0:27:38"Why don't you go up there and sit?" "No, I'm OK here." We start talking.
0:27:38 > 0:27:41Until I get myself into trouble again.
0:27:42 > 0:27:47I'd put my thumbs in my pocket, and they'd find interest in my pockets.
0:27:47 > 0:27:51You get what I mean. Sometimes They say, "You want a sweet?"
0:27:51 > 0:27:56Oh, yes, but it wouldn't be a sweet, there'd be a note with the sweet. So what do you do?
0:27:58 > 0:28:03If, for instance, I had seen a lady that I really fancied,
0:28:03 > 0:28:05I had a trick.
0:28:05 > 0:28:07Especially if it was early-morning.
0:28:09 > 0:28:12I would go looking smart,
0:28:12 > 0:28:16change my clothes every day, in fact. I changed my shirt every day.
0:28:16 > 0:28:20Then I get some aftershave, and when I'd go to collect her fare...
0:28:20 > 0:28:25I would crawl down low beside her...
0:28:27 > 0:28:29..and she would say, "Oh, you smell nice."
0:28:29 > 0:28:33I'd say, "Yes, and you look nice." I'd start a conversation like that.
0:28:33 > 0:28:40- MUSIC: "Lucky Lips" by Cliff Richard - # Lucky lips are always kissin' Lucky lips are never blue... #
0:28:40 > 0:28:47- Sometimes you'd find yourself with three or even four girlfriends on the bus at one time.- Yeah?- Yes.
0:28:50 > 0:28:57One particular incident sticks in my mind - my wife was sitting at the front.
0:28:57 > 0:29:00The girl that I went with was here...
0:29:07 > 0:29:10..and I had another girlfriend on the top deck.
0:29:12 > 0:29:15Everybody wanted to talk, and I couldn't do that.
0:29:20 > 0:29:24If the two girlfriends were on the bus and not my wife, it would have been OK.
0:29:24 > 0:29:26Up and down like a yo-yo.
0:29:33 > 0:29:35You liberty-taker! Give me my darts back.
0:29:35 > 0:29:37- Come here, give 'em back! - BOTH GIGGLE
0:29:37 > 0:29:39Now stop!
0:29:40 > 0:29:43- No, look, stop it.- OW! - What's the matter?
0:29:43 > 0:29:46- Blimey, your badge is sticking in me. - Oh, sorry.
0:29:47 > 0:29:51- What's going on, then? - He's practising self-defence, All-in wrestling.
0:29:51 > 0:29:53That the "busman's grab", is it?
0:29:53 > 0:29:56No, the clippie's clutch.
0:30:19 > 0:30:21# Every day I get in the queue
0:30:24 > 0:30:28# To get on the bus That takes me to you... #
0:30:28 > 0:30:32I used to love to ride on my mum's bus when I was little.
0:30:32 > 0:30:36Then I felt very important because my mum was a bus conductress.
0:30:36 > 0:30:38She was in charge of this vehicle.
0:30:45 > 0:30:50Maybe I had it in my blood to begin with, that at one point, I would go on the buses.
0:30:51 > 0:30:56So, at 18 years old, in May 1972, I started on the buses.
0:31:08 > 0:31:15My first trip, I had to book on at 4.44 in the morning.
0:31:15 > 0:31:18I didn't realise that that time existed!
0:31:18 > 0:31:23and the bus was packed full of chars going to the City to clean offices.
0:31:23 > 0:31:29They said things to me like, "You don't look old enough to do this, darling, you only look about 14".
0:31:33 > 0:31:37Back in the '70s, London was the place to be.
0:31:39 > 0:31:43Buses would be heaving. And I truly felt that London was a melting pot.
0:31:43 > 0:31:46And the bus was a melting pot, as well.
0:31:48 > 0:31:52You have to remember, there wasn't anywhere like as many passes.
0:31:52 > 0:31:57So you're fiddling around with ½p, 2p and goodness knows what else.
0:31:59 > 0:32:02At 18, I was a pretty young thing.
0:32:03 > 0:32:07I had men chatting me up - and I didn't know it!
0:32:07 > 0:32:10They'd start asking me questions, "What time did you start today?"
0:32:10 > 0:32:14"Do you live far from the garage?" "Who do you live with?"
0:32:23 > 0:32:27Working as a bus conductor you could have a reason for looking at people.
0:32:27 > 0:32:30So sometimes, people would look back.
0:32:30 > 0:32:35"What are they thinking?" "Why is he looking at me like that?"
0:32:35 > 0:32:39And then sometimes the look would be just a bit longer than normal.
0:32:45 > 0:32:50# ..I want it, I want it I want it, I want it...
0:32:50 > 0:32:55- # (You can't have it!)- I want it I want it, I want it, I want it
0:32:55 > 0:32:58# Thruppence and sixpence every day
0:33:00 > 0:33:03# Just to drive to my baby... #
0:33:07 > 0:33:10With a job like this... You're a woman,
0:33:10 > 0:33:17so, of course, you take, you WOULD get...attention from passengers, men passengers.
0:33:17 > 0:33:22I stand here and sometimes I look at the mini-skirts them come on the bus.
0:33:22 > 0:33:25You'd have bus groupies. Girls would follow you around on the bus.
0:33:25 > 0:33:30- Conductors were trained in first aid...- Had some streakers follow me down the road...
0:33:30 > 0:33:33I'd only learned mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.
0:33:33 > 0:33:35..run up the bus, run back and jumped off.
0:33:35 > 0:33:37I've caught a pair making love upstairs.
0:33:37 > 0:33:39..both female.
0:33:39 > 0:33:42MUSIC: "Love Is The Drug" by Roxy Music
0:34:15 > 0:34:19I hadn't started on the buses that long, and I met Frank.
0:34:19 > 0:34:22# Love is the drug I'm thinking of
0:34:22 > 0:34:26# Oh oh can't you see?
0:34:26 > 0:34:30# Love is the drug for me
0:34:30 > 0:34:34# Oh o-o-o-oh
0:34:37 > 0:34:42# Oh o-o-o-oh. #
0:34:50 > 0:34:53This knicker elastic don't half cut into your legs!
0:34:58 > 0:35:00You're not turning funny, are you?
0:35:02 > 0:35:05- What you got those things on for?! - What?
0:35:05 > 0:35:09I'm not going up the stairs on a bus without them, I'm telling you!
0:35:09 > 0:35:12You won't get away with it. One day, you'll forget to put them on,
0:35:12 > 0:35:16the conductor will catch you and you'll BOTH go inside.
0:35:20 > 0:35:25A handsome city, needs a handsome public transport to keep it looking and feeling its best.
0:35:25 > 0:35:32By employing top designers for everything, London has a one-class system with a first-class look.
0:35:35 > 0:35:39Once we decided that we were going to move in together,
0:35:39 > 0:35:43it seemed like the most natural thing in the world to work together.
0:35:45 > 0:35:47It's almost like it was meant to be.
0:36:10 > 0:36:14The first few months, every shift was special.
0:36:14 > 0:36:17It was not like going to work.
0:36:17 > 0:36:23It was just like going out together. The two of us are getting paid for this and this is great!
0:36:30 > 0:36:34# I want it, I want it I want it, I want it...
0:36:37 > 0:36:42- # (You can't have it!)- I want it I want, I want, I want... #
0:36:42 > 0:36:45We left home together, we got in the car together,
0:36:45 > 0:36:52we got to the garage together, we signed on and we went to work. And it just worked so well.
0:36:55 > 0:36:59Frank and I, we were a well-respected crew because we always did a good job.
0:36:59 > 0:37:02We worked hard, we didn't muck about.
0:37:02 > 0:37:06I'm quite sure a lot of people realised what our relationship was,
0:37:06 > 0:37:10but nobody in our garage batted an eyelid.
0:37:10 > 0:37:14That bit of glass made all the difference.
0:37:14 > 0:37:16If I wanted him to turn round,
0:37:16 > 0:37:20I could get him to do that simply by slowing up the way I rang the bell.
0:37:22 > 0:37:24DING...DING!
0:37:24 > 0:37:28And he knew that he had to look at something.
0:37:30 > 0:37:35He hated working with some other conductors, because they only gave him one bell signal to go.
0:37:35 > 0:37:38I thought, "I know how to wind him up!"
0:37:40 > 0:37:47So through Aldgate, all along Whitechapel, Stepney Green, I'm giving him a one-bell signal to go.
0:37:47 > 0:37:50- Got to Marylebone station... - DING!
0:37:50 > 0:37:53Bus didn't go.
0:37:53 > 0:37:57So we've got 40 people trying to get to their destination
0:37:57 > 0:38:01not knowing that the driver and conductor are having a bit of a row!
0:38:01 > 0:38:07So I came down the stairs, quite slowly and deliberately, and went...
0:38:07 > 0:38:09DING...DING!
0:38:09 > 0:38:15Frank turned around with a great big cheesy grin that said, "I've won".
0:38:37 > 0:38:39I ain't got no change!
0:38:41 > 0:38:44We had a good laugh, messing about,
0:38:44 > 0:38:48joking about with passengers from Finchley Park to Battersea Bridge.
0:38:48 > 0:38:51Battersea Bridge and back again. Four rounders a day.
0:38:53 > 0:38:56It was the worst two years of my life.
0:38:56 > 0:39:01He used to bully me, he used to pick on me. He was forever telling me how to drive.
0:39:01 > 0:39:06I'd be thinking, "Please, lights, change, so he don't come down the bus and nag at me."
0:39:06 > 0:39:11He used to come out because I wasn't driving quick enough.
0:39:11 > 0:39:14He poked me with a walking stick and told me to go faster .
0:39:14 > 0:39:18Everybody on the bus knew he would pick on me at some time during the day.
0:39:18 > 0:39:21They'd get on the bus to watch him have a pop at me.
0:39:21 > 0:39:25If he was upstairs - you could feel him going up, cos the whole stairs went plonk -
0:39:25 > 0:39:31as soon as he was up, I put the brake on. You'd hear him bang, bang, bang...he hit the front of the bus.
0:39:31 > 0:39:35I was always worrying where he was. if I couldn't hear him or see him,
0:39:35 > 0:39:39I would be looking at all the buses passing, making sure he wasn't on them. I'm sitting there...
0:39:39 > 0:39:46Next thing I see is a 22 go past me, and he's standing on the platform going "Woo-hoo!"
0:39:46 > 0:39:50He'd say to me, "Come on, come on". So I'd go behind the 22 and pick him up at Green Park.
0:39:52 > 0:39:56- I don't do nothing, just stand on the bus. "Fares, please."- You fibber.
0:39:56 > 0:39:59- I've never done what she says. - You're a lying fibber.
0:39:59 > 0:40:02All change please!
0:40:03 > 0:40:08So, if you're feeling hungry, just stick out your hand for a Cadbury's Double-Decker.
0:40:13 > 0:40:14DING-DING!
0:40:17 > 0:40:20There were times when men used to start talking to me.
0:40:20 > 0:40:25And I'd realise that... "This guy's chatting me up, here."
0:40:25 > 0:40:31I would often say to them, "It's very nice of you, but my other half's driving the bus".
0:40:31 > 0:40:39And when they got off, you'd see them walk up the side of the bus and they'd stare at Frank, and walk off.
0:40:39 > 0:40:43Frank would say, "What was that guy looking at me for?!"
0:40:44 > 0:40:47Settling down at the age of 18 -
0:40:47 > 0:40:51it seemed great at the time. And it was very romantic.
0:40:51 > 0:40:54But there was a lot of living to do out there
0:40:54 > 0:41:00and, after five or six years, I probably thought I'd missed out on a bit.
0:41:03 > 0:41:07There was one particular gentleman,
0:41:07 > 0:41:12a stunningly good-looking businessman dressed in a suit...
0:41:12 > 0:41:17I got the businessman's fare - he was travelling to Davis Street.
0:41:18 > 0:41:24There was a pensioner on the front seat. He was just looking out of the window.
0:41:24 > 0:41:28I got the pensioner's fare - they had to pay then -
0:41:28 > 0:41:32And I slowly and deliberately walked towards the back.
0:41:33 > 0:41:36I was looking at him, he was looking at me.
0:41:36 > 0:41:39We both knew exactly what was what.
0:41:42 > 0:41:45Four minutes later, he got off.
0:41:45 > 0:41:48And it was a very pleasant four minutes.
0:41:48 > 0:41:52When that happened, exciting as it was,
0:41:52 > 0:41:54it was also a realisation that...
0:41:54 > 0:41:59things between Frank and I were not as it should be.
0:42:00 > 0:42:03It was the beginning of the end, if you like.
0:42:07 > 0:42:13When we realised that things weren't working out, it was very difficult working together.
0:42:13 > 0:42:16It was very strange.
0:42:32 > 0:42:36We did try to swap shifts so we wouldn't work together.
0:42:36 > 0:42:42But we would see each other at some point during the day, when we were out on the road.
0:42:46 > 0:42:49I went to see my manager at the garage,
0:42:49 > 0:42:54who was very, very accepting of the situation
0:42:54 > 0:42:58and he arranged that I could transfer to another garage,
0:42:58 > 0:43:00quite quickly.
0:43:00 > 0:43:03When I told Frank that I'd got the transfer,
0:43:03 > 0:43:07he arranged that we did work together on the last day.
0:43:11 > 0:43:15It was very special, it was very sad.
0:43:17 > 0:43:19It was nine years ago that Frank died.
0:43:22 > 0:43:25We became such good friends.
0:43:25 > 0:43:28But you didn't know that at the time.
0:43:33 > 0:43:37And I often think now, "Wonder what Frank would've thought of that?"
0:43:56 > 0:44:00A whole new plan for London buses is in hand.
0:44:00 > 0:44:06This includes special lanes for buses only, exempting them from certain traffic regulations.
0:44:06 > 0:44:09A much bigger part of the plan is the new type of service -
0:44:09 > 0:44:17shorter routes to get more regular running and buses worked by one man to step up productivity and wages.
0:44:17 > 0:44:21Whether one likes them or not, there must always be changes
0:44:21 > 0:44:27if we are to keep the vital bloodstream of the capital circulating, and London on the move.
0:44:27 > 0:44:33When I heard the conductors jobs were going, I then made the decision to become a driver.
0:44:36 > 0:44:40After being a conductor for so many years, I found it so lonely,
0:44:40 > 0:44:42SO lonely sitting in that cab.
0:44:42 > 0:44:47Although you were higher up and could see everything that was happening on the road, the one thing you missed
0:44:47 > 0:44:50was interacting with the public.
0:44:51 > 0:44:53I did love conducting.
0:44:53 > 0:44:58I would still say we need conductors on the back of buses.
0:44:58 > 0:45:02It's the greatest ambassadors we could have -
0:45:02 > 0:45:06on the backs of buses, speaking to the public, representing the company.
0:45:06 > 0:45:09Representing Great Britain, actually.
0:45:14 > 0:45:19In this traffic nightmare, the mood of the commuters mostly matches the colour of the sky.
0:45:19 > 0:45:25It's part of the fun for "Duke" Baysee, going out to perform before the toughest possible audience.
0:45:25 > 0:45:31How did it all start? To shine a little light in the deep ravines of human misery, perhaps?
0:45:31 > 0:45:34..Desde Londres, reporto par ustedes, Juan Carlo Vejerano...
0:45:34 > 0:45:38I am the London singing bus conductor.
0:45:40 > 0:45:43Duke's been entertaining his passengers with Motown hits for years.
0:45:43 > 0:45:47SPANISH REPORTER CONTINUES
0:45:49 > 0:45:54But now, he's got a hit of his own. No. 1 in the South African charts.
0:46:04 > 0:46:07A CAPELLA: # You can run you can run for the bus
0:46:07 > 0:46:08# But it's rolling on
0:46:08 > 0:46:14# And if you wait any longer, girl, I'll come strolling on
0:46:14 > 0:46:16# So don't forget who's taking you home
0:46:16 > 0:46:19# And in whose bus you're gonna be
0:46:19 > 0:46:22# Oh darling, catch the last bus with me. #
0:46:22 > 0:46:26I started singing on the bus to piss people off.
0:46:26 > 0:46:29# Bus stop...! Do the bus stop
0:46:30 > 0:46:34# Are you ready to do the bus stop? # Once again, my friends!
0:46:34 > 0:46:39Some people say, "Why don't you f*** shut up?!" And others say, "Are you singing today?"
0:46:39 > 0:46:44A bloke from the BBC got on my bus the other day and asked me to appear in one of his programmes.
0:46:44 > 0:46:45I said to him,
0:46:45 > 0:46:48"Nah, I'm a bit busy mate".
0:46:48 > 0:46:53People get on the bus and ask me, "Why are you still here?" And I tell them, "The bus is my agent!"
0:47:28 > 0:47:32When I started, I came straight from the streets.
0:47:32 > 0:47:35Taking fares was like begging, to me.
0:47:35 > 0:47:37It was an embarrassment!
0:47:39 > 0:47:42I don't beg for NOTHING - cos I'm a HUSTLER.
0:47:46 > 0:47:50I'd never had to deal with the public before
0:47:50 > 0:47:53and I was getting it very wrong.
0:47:56 > 0:47:58I was getting into lots of trouble.
0:47:58 > 0:48:02My record was three telephone directories thick.
0:48:02 > 0:48:09Poor attendance, bad language, uncollected fares, aggressive behaviour, abuse to officials,
0:48:09 > 0:48:11using a mobile on the job.
0:48:11 > 0:48:16I wanted to be a zoologist to study animal behaviour, but I ended up doing it on here, didn't I?
0:48:16 > 0:48:19We had girls selling drugs in Dalston, blokes chasing the dragon,
0:48:19 > 0:48:23pickpockets in Shaftesbury Avenue, kids with guns in Clapton,
0:48:23 > 0:48:27two black eyes, one broken nose and a punctured kidney.
0:48:27 > 0:48:30The first thing ever happened to me on a bus was when I got assaulted.
0:48:30 > 0:48:32I was assaulted once.
0:48:32 > 0:48:35I was standing collecting fares and this bloke came up to me.
0:48:35 > 0:48:36He had two carers with him...
0:48:36 > 0:48:41- "Fares, please". "Why?"- ..I'm standing here...- "What do you mean, why? You're on a bus."
0:48:41 > 0:48:43Thought it was a joke.
0:48:43 > 0:48:47- And just there...- He's hit me... - He just punched me in the face...
0:48:47 > 0:48:48Kicked me in the head...
0:48:48 > 0:48:54- Knocked me against that...- Broke my watch...- My jawbone is still... - Broke my glasses...- ..dislocated.
0:48:54 > 0:48:56And just ran off.
0:49:05 > 0:49:08BAYSEE: One of our guys was held up at gunpoint.
0:49:08 > 0:49:14But I narrowly escaped it being me cos I was late. We went straight past their bus at Clapton Pond.
0:49:17 > 0:49:20The bus conductor was inside his bus having a break.
0:49:22 > 0:49:27Seconds later, a gang stepped into the bus and started robbing them at gunpoint.
0:49:27 > 0:49:32The crew was too scared to call for the police until they had gone.
0:49:32 > 0:49:35If I had been on time, it would've been me
0:49:35 > 0:49:37and I probably would've got shot.
0:49:37 > 0:49:41Cos there's no way I'm letting a punk with a gun intimidate me.
0:49:51 > 0:49:56# ..With me now and evermore. #
0:49:56 > 0:50:00The trade union family, of which Ronald Jones was a member,
0:50:00 > 0:50:05will do all it can to bring to an end the assaults and the vandalism
0:50:05 > 0:50:11and bring about respect for others, which should be a mark of a civilised society.
0:50:11 > 0:50:14BIG BEN RINGS
0:50:32 > 0:50:34BIG BEN BEGINS TO STRIKE THE HOUR
0:51:10 > 0:51:13It's a transport treasure that's been as synonymous with London
0:51:13 > 0:51:17as any one of the City's famous landmarks, now, for 50-odd years.
0:51:17 > 0:51:22Yes, but the familiar sight of the red double-decker bus with the open-back platform and conductor
0:51:22 > 0:51:24will soon be a thing of the past.
0:51:34 > 0:51:36There's nothing dangerous about a Routemaster.
0:51:36 > 0:51:40It's the PEOPLE that make 'em dangerous.
0:51:40 > 0:51:45Look how a dog behaves on one.
0:51:45 > 0:51:49He waits, hangs on, gets off when it stops.
0:51:49 > 0:51:52Never seen a dog jump off while it's moving.
0:52:04 > 0:52:07# London pride has been handed down to us
0:52:07 > 0:52:11# London pride is a flower that's sweet
0:52:11 > 0:52:14# London pride means our own dear town to us
0:52:14 > 0:52:17# And our pride it forever will be
0:52:17 > 0:52:20# Oh, my word see the coster-barrows
0:52:20 > 0:52:24# The vegetable marrows and the fruit piled high
0:52:24 > 0:52:28# Oh, Liza, little London sparrows Covent Garden market
0:52:28 > 0:52:30# Where the costers cry... #
0:52:30 > 0:52:36No bus impresses no-one in the world like a London bus.
0:52:38 > 0:52:41It's going to mean a lot to me when the Routemasters go.
0:52:41 > 0:52:46All those people, all those contacts who'll go.
0:52:46 > 0:52:48I'm going to lose my agent!
0:52:49 > 0:52:51Going to lose my agent!
0:53:04 > 0:53:07The beauty of this bus is the platform.
0:53:10 > 0:53:14You just stand there and watch the world go by.
0:53:14 > 0:53:18All the scenes - it's like an action-packed movie.
0:53:20 > 0:53:24And the passenger just steps on board.
0:53:24 > 0:53:32# ..Nothing ever could break or harm The charm of London town. #
0:53:34 > 0:53:37The time has come for Man to move on.
0:53:37 > 0:53:42Cos, if they are moving on, yeah, you've got to move in the same way.
0:53:42 > 0:53:45I'll miss it but... one way or the other...
0:53:46 > 0:53:48what can you say?
0:53:48 > 0:53:51Life goes on. Right.
0:54:03 > 0:54:07- Step along.- One at a time, now. - Any more fares, please?
0:54:07 > 0:54:10- Hold tight!- Hold on, here we go!
0:54:10 > 0:54:12Your stop next, madam.
0:54:12 > 0:54:15Fulham Broadway, Fulham Broadway next stop.
0:54:15 > 0:54:18- Any more fares, please? - Any more fares, now?
0:54:18 > 0:54:20Hold tight, now. Ding-ding!
0:54:20 > 0:54:23How far? You're saying...? OK, Howard's - next stop.
0:54:23 > 0:54:29- Fares, please.- Move along please! - Hold on tight, please. Thank you. - Hold tight now, please...
0:54:29 > 0:54:31I can do the bell if you like.
0:54:31 > 0:54:34Standing inside only! Ding-ding! Away we go.
0:54:34 > 0:54:35Any more fares?
0:54:35 > 0:54:38- Pass down the bus, please. - We can get everybody on.
0:54:38 > 0:54:40Will you please sit down?
0:54:40 > 0:54:43We have got a timetable to run to.