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	Classic Bus Yearbook - 11		Ed. Gavin Booth	Ian Allan, 2005 ISBN (10) 0 7110 3055 3	Roger Davies describes his driving experiences
	Classic Bus Yearbook - 12		Ed. Gavin Booth	Ian Allan, 2006 ISBN (10) 0 7110 3126 6	David Thrower recalls conducting days with Greater Manchester Transport, "Guarding at Frederick", p.57-68
	Buses Yearbook - 1992		Ed. Stewart Brown	Published by Ian Allan, 1991 ISBN 0 7110 1992 4	David J. Bubier was a bus conductor in Kent. He recalls his experiences with Maidstone & District. "Faversham in 1961" p97-105
	Buses Yearbook - 2002		Ed. Stewart Brown	Ian Allan, 2001 ISBN 0 7110 2804 4	David Wayman tells more of his experiences as a driver with Ribble ("Lakeland Leopard", pages 3-13), Martin Curtis describes how he set up and ran the Bath Bus Company ("This is the BBC . . .", p.100-7), Stephen Morris describes life as a transport journalist ("A look back at buses", p.86-99) and Gavin Booth looks at bus industry heroes and villans (p.108-115).
	Buses Under Fire - Northern Ireland's Buses in The troubles		Michael Collins	Colourpoint Books, 2006 ISBN 1 904242 34 0	Covering the problems of running buses in Northern Ireland during "The Troubles" includes a substantial section (p. 107-160) where various drivers and officials recount incidents - the book's worth reading for this part alone!
	Travellers' Tales from the Borders	Fred Kennington		Author, 2000 ISBN 0 9526496 2 4	About buses and people around Berwick upon Tweed; Contains chapters on "Working Conditions on the Buses" and "Memories".
	The Southdown PD3s		Julian Osborne	Capital Transport, 1985 ISBN 0 904711 69 2 and D T S Publishing, 2004 ISBN 1 900515 253	Includes a section on Julian's experiences as a conductor and also driver experiences with the PD3s - pages 34-43 in the first edition, pages 40-43, 48-63 & 111 in the second ed.
	"Hello . . . Coastal" - The story of Victoria Coach Station		Richard Paramor	Venture Publications, 2007 ISBN 10-1 905304 102	This book includes a fair deal of the personal side of running VCS, including a sub-chapter "A moment or two's reflection" where the author describes a typical day in the chart room - a fascinating subject not covered anywhere else that I've ever seen. (pages 130-136)
	Coachwork by Eastern Coach Works		Malcolm R White	Malcolm R White, 2007 ISBN 9780954732356	Includes a chapter on working at ECW, featuring Norman Fairhead (body shop) and David Bullard (Trimmers shop). p51-54

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