Twenty Turbulent Years- The Transformation of Britain's Bus Industry 1980-2000

After a pause for Covid, Fawndoon is back with Twenty Turbulent Years, a look at the challenges facing the British bus industry in the last two decades of the 20th century. Produced to the same high standards as Fawndoon's previous books, Twenty Turbulent Years features well-researched text and captions by Stewart J Brown and Peter Rowlands along with almost 300 of Peter Rowlands' previously unpublished colour photographs. The book aims to capture the spirit of the period. In 1980 there was a steadily declining number of front-engined half-cab buses in service in Britain and most local bus services were provided by public sector operators - municipal, Passenger Transport Executive, London Transport, National Bus Company and Scottish Bus Group. By 2000 NBC, SBG, LT and the PTE's direct bus operations had vanished and the big players were Arriva, First and Stagecoach. The newest buses were low-floor models offering step-free entry.