Author : Stuart Emmett ISBN : 9781807010027 Cover : paperback Price : £49.95
Bradford was a perfect operating environment for trolleybuses, so in 1961, 177 trolleybuses were still in service, facing off against 192 motorbuses. The main focus of the book is the fleet in 1961, and the author keeps returning to this theme, but to tell the story properly, inevitably, there’s plenty of before and after 1961 in terms of illustrations and text. Stuart gives a bit of background on the town, its history and topography, all of which had a bearing on the buses, and there are plenty of details on routes, the buses themselves, and an interesting section on service vehicles.
176 pages, 363 illustrations (colour and black & white)
