Admiral, one of my regular lines with the 19 when I lived on Sloane Avenue and went to college on the Charing Cross Road. One of the last to hold on to that triumph of ergonomic engineering, the Routemaster.
"In every battle the eyes are the first to be conquered..."
- Tacitus, Germania
"One must work in solitude as a man who opens a clearing in virgin forest, sustained by the unique hope that somewhere in its depths, others are working to the same end."
- Ernst Jünger
"I find that I must go handsomely, whatever it costs me, and the charge will be made up in the fruit it brings."
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Does a number 14 Route Master 'bus have a special significance for you.
Tottenham Road Court reminds me I need to find out where my Spurs tickets are.
When we met in 1972 my wife and I lived at opposite ends of the 14 bus route, she on Hornsey Rise me in in East Putney. Happy days
Used to be handy from the Fulham Road striaght into the West End back home. Truly miss the Routemasters.
Admiral, one of my regular lines with the 19 when I lived on Sloane Avenue and went to college on the Charing Cross Road. One of the last to hold on to that triumph of ergonomic engineering, the Routemaster.
The first Boris Bus will be a 38 (one of the last Route Masters
I used to live just behind the British Museum for a couple of months a year...
I still prefer the 22.
V. Braun - that's an address I would love to have.
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