An interesting slice of nostalgia. I used to be a conductor on the 149s, operating from Edmonton, in the early 1970s, but we never went as far as Waterloo.

I remember travelling on route 8 end to end (Willesden - Bow Church) and I always found the route fascinating to especially sitting on the top deck at the front admiring the sights. Great footage as always.💯

Thanks for the memories! Good stuff!

I do remember when 47's went on to Bromley garage and seem to remember the occasional 47 that went as far as Locks Bottom, these were the balmy days when 1 was still going to Bromley. I remember Catford with fondness as I was one of several teen kids earning some pocket money helping clean and tidy the RM's and RT's at Catford. Robinson's still had their massive jam factory next door with its massive "golly" on the roofline that caused so much anger by the left leaning trendies at Lewisham council. I remember a day to visit Bishopsgate Goods Station which involved one way on the train, tube to Liverpool St, the way home was 47 to bottom Downham Way, 36B to Grove Park and 94 two stops to outside my house in Burnt Ash Lane, all RM's and the last wheezy RT still working from Sidcup garage on the 94. 47's often were spotted in Grange Hill too.

Lots of great memories here. I lived above Stamford Hill Travel - 03:53 - for 4 years from 1986 to 1990 and used to catch the 253 to Finsbury Park and back. This was after I realised the long queues at the Manor House stop heading North East meant you could be waiting a long time to board at the back! Finsbury Park was quieter in that respect

SMK 669F at 0:47 is still out there as a red Leyland AEC showing taxed til July 2020 on the GOV website! CUV 128C at 9:32 is also still out there too, but the road tax ran out the other day But CUV 158C at 8:37 came to an end in 1986

I used to live at Manor House just before the trolleybuses went, so have good memories of brand new RMs on replacement routes and RMCs on the 715 & 718 routes. Went on to drive RMs in east London in the late 70s.

Thanks for another look into a great period of London's bus scene. Those RMs made London. I spotted a National briefly. I do wish your hadn't edited out an engine tick over when one was at the lights.

Very nice Soi bit of a dodgy turn at 9.02, wish i had a camcorder when i traveled on the trolley buses in Manchester cheers Steve ..

I still have part of a destination blind from one of these with 'Warren Street Stn' on it!

As I remembered it, pretty dire in 1986, some memories there in Bishopsgate, in some ways it was just like yesterday, those old buses were starting to look rough on the outside as the neglect kept in, then one by one went OMO.

What a great (and fortunate) capture of the RM on the 47! I was sure a few 'rogue' workings managed to escape from Catford Garage every now and then. I also remember seeing, to my amazement, an RM parked up one Saturday at Surrey Docks Station on the 208 sometime in 1986, another route which had officially gone OPO in 1984 around the same time as the 47.

the 253 headed to Stamford Hill and beyond was always full when it arrived at Manor House. I started getting off the Piccadilly line at Finsbury Park and getting on there...much easier!

I use to visit family Stamford hill back early 80s. Didn't know 73 also went there from hammersmith thats a long route.

I'm still waiting for it to turn up

Great video, at the start route 22 is showing CT garage code and at 5:20 route 253 shows AG, I didn’t think they were both open at the same time back then ?

Great video Soi, did you drive one of these?

Lots of conductors who hadn’t set the rear blind properly.

7:45 RM with the gold LT signage. We're there always a few stragglers?

Hi Soi, apparently Routemaster's were still quite common on the 47 in 1986 contrary to what we believed- details here: variably.uk/2017/08/16/london-bus-photos-route-47/ Many of the RM's featured in the article I remember staying on the 36B until 1992 after which they were all withdrawn.