Lodekkas first appeared in service during a period when the
passenger-transport industry was enjoying a peak in popularity.
Passenger numbers were among their highest ever in the provinces, and
most members of society relied on public transport for journeys to and
from work or school, or for leisure activities. The Lodekka was supplied
only to state-owned transport operators, as a result of sales
restrictions imposed on the manufacturer, yet some 5,217 examples were
built between 1949 and 1968, making it one of the most familiar British
double-deck bus types throughout the 1950s, '60s and '70s. This book,
which features a huge variety of photographs, including a number of
official views which will be of great interest to modelers and
enthusiasts alike, recalls a period when Bristol Lodekkas not only
formed the mainstay of many provincial bus fleets but also one in which
company liveries were closely associated with specific areas of the
country. It gives a colorful look at the life and times of the Bristol
Lodekka, portraying it in different liveries and locations as it worked
the country with a variety of operators.
