Journey by a London Bus (1950)

Great film, those two young actors will be nearing 80 now. I remember bus conductors I was born in Manchester in 1951, and buses really were the main means of transport for most people. the Manchester ones had a sign saying "Spitting Prohibited" and smoking was only allowed on the top deck, which was usually like an opium den, so smoky you couldn't see.
thanks for the memories

I remember paying 15p to ride from one part of east london to the other and that was on the 25bus back in the mid 80's. Can't think what the prices are now

NotMarkX - love your info bit, bitingly satirical : )
kind of makes you wish some unsuspecting American comes over here with expectations based on this vid and gets bitterly disappointed.
"excuse me young man, but could i have your seat, cor blimy pip pip?"
"F*** off before i kick yer 'ead round.."

Bitingly stupid, unfriendly, and unnecessary is more like it. Americans should stay away from London, Britain, and the UK if that's your attitude. And, BTW, I've met many English who held grossly incorrrect stereotypes about life in the U.S., so it's a two-way street.

i see what you mean about bothg countries harbouring stereotypes and it being unhealthy but i was refering to the achingly inaccurate idea of the UK which seems to be pedeled out by American TV, Hollywood etc. i should've made that clear. it just GRATES on me, how some of your fellow countrymen can't differentiate between different parts of the UK
peace

Thanks for your point, and that's true to some degree. However, what people in the UK can forget is that the US is HUGE, and the UK is about the size of just one of the medium to larger American states. So, if other contries get short shrift in Americans' minds, it's not intentional, it's that there's a lot on their minds just deaing with their own country. Also, remember, many of your fellow contrymen don't know Idaho from Iowa from Ohio, but we don't hold that against you! :) Ta

What I want to know is how they ended up in the field in the first place!

Almost every sentence in the commentary is staggeringly patronising! And "cripple"!

A black arch-bishop who arrived in Britain in the early 60s said everybody was so pleasant and called him "sir"??