A 1922 AEC S-Type open-top double-deck bus.delivered to. This actual bus was delivered to the LGOCs garage at 20-26 Nunhead Lane,it went into service there on 2 October 1922, Among the routes that it plied from Nunhead Lane was No 12, which ran from The Plough at Dulwich to the Princess Victoria at Uxbridge Road, Shepherds Bush, a journey of 13.3-miles for which the full fare was 8d (3.5p). Its driver would have been paid £4 a week, his conductor £3 15s (£3.75).The original open top body seated 54 passengers, 26 inside and 28 out. While the inside passengers on the lower deck enjoyed a reasonable degree of comfort, with upholstered cushions and bentwood seat backs, outside passengers on the open upper deck only had wooden seating, since it was impractical to have upholstered seats. Their only weather protection was the provision of canvas storm sheets; a notice exhorted upstairs passengers that they should in wet weather refix cover over seat.This actual bus remained in service until 1931 after which it changed hands several times In 1964 it was discovered in a scrap yard where it was being used as a chicken coop.It was purchased for £130 by Michael Banfield son of Charles Banfield owner of the Peckham coach firm Banfields.Charles Banfield had worked for London General Omnibus Company at Nunhead Lane and had certainly driven the actual Restoration was started in 1966 shortly before Charles Banfields death.The restored bus was sold in 2014 for £281,500
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