摘要: |
Ex-London Transport Routemasters had recently joined the Burnley & Pendle fleet when Iain MacGregor visited east Lancashire in September 1988. The council-owned company bought five earlier that year to respond to competition generated by deregulation in October 1986. Its then managing director, Keith Ludeman, hails from Bromley on the outer edges of London Transport's red bus territory and branded them as EastEnders in the font used by the BBC television drama from its launch three years earlier. Each had a name from the London soap: Wicksy, Dirty Den and Dot Cotton after characters, Albert Square and Queen Vic after locations. |