My brother Christopher took the majority of the following photographs in the summer of either 1981 or 1982 (he doesn't remember which, although he does remember it was summer!).

In the early eighties, RMs still outnumbered RMLs and it was possible to travel on a crew operated bus on a Sunday.

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	A Routemaster waits at Aldwych on a route 68 journey from Chalk Farm to Camberwell Green.
	RM590 in Holloway Road on route 104 to Moorgate.
	An unidentified RMC crosses Southwark Bridge on route 149 towards Waterloo. A large number of similar vehicles were acquired from London Country to boost the Routemaster fleet.
	Routemasters line up in York Way. Routes 77 & 45 are now operated using low floor double deckers while the 73 no longer serves York Way. An RMC off service brings up the rear.
	Routemasters in the Strand
	Two Routemasters approach Holloway Prison on route 253 from Warren Street Station to Hackney and Aldgate
	Bus staff puzzle about the destination of WLT 991, ostensibly working a 253 journey when seen in Parkhurst Road, Holloway.
	A procession of RMs crosses Westminster Bridge, none of them on route 12!  The lead RM heads towards New Cross on route 172
	The top deck of a Routemaster, complete with original fittings and yellow ceiling.
	JJD 558D heads south on Edgware Road in 1990
	Spring 1990: The train shed at Kings Cross towers over two RMLs in York Way on layover from routes 73 and 10. These routes were originally a single route (73) between Tottenham and Mortlake.
	Incorrect focus and shutter speed gives this RML a surreal look as it heads north on York Way on route 10 in 1990.

Photographs by Christopher Chatfield

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