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Description: | This London Transport press advertisement was published in The Star on 24th May 1951. It promotes 2 sightseeing bus tours. The first is 'Service J' which as the title suggests allowed the passenger to travel 'round the town for half a crown'. The 21 mile route ran hourly every day of the week. It included sights such as the Albert Hall, the Roosevelt Memorial, the British Museum, St. Paul's, the Royal Exchange, the Tower of London and the Houses of Parliament.
The second special bus service advertised ran on Sundays. This included excursions to Whipsnade Zoo, London Airport, Windsor, Chessington Zoo, Dorking, Virginia Water and Burnham Beeches. They ranged in price from 3 shillings and 6 pence to 6 shillings. | Format: | image/jpeg | Publisher: | London Transport Museum | Rights holder: | Transport for London | Subjects: | Leisure Transport | Temporal: | 1951 | Source: | London Transport Museum | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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