Remembering Ribble's poppy red years...and more

摘要

The contents of this mainly pictorial book cover a longer period than its title suggests.Ribble was in state ownership — some will argue that strictly it was never nationalised - from March 1968 to March 1988, spending eight months in Transport Holding Company control after the BET group sold its UK busoperations before becoming part of the National Bus Company from its formation in January 1969.Most of the colour and black and white picturesthat dominate its content cover this period, spanning the change from the maroon and cream individuality of Ribble's BET legacy through NBC's poppy red and white from 1972 to the restoration of a local look of poppy red and grey as deregulation brought competition in 1986 and the management team went on to buy the company.