London Trolleybuses - #1768 passing the Odeon cinema, Uxbridge in 1960

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From: "Adrian Lyons" <LyonsAdrian@aol.com>

The 607 in front of the Odeon, Uxbridge brought back a lot of memories. Between 1951 and 1958 I lived in Harefield Road which goes off to the right of the picture.

You can just see Philip Kidby's stamp shop under the Odeon awning on the far left of the picture, a lot of pocket money spent there left over from that which did not go on Red Rover [1/9 I think] tickets and LT bus timetables booklets [6d or 9d I recollect].

My brother and I used to use the bus stop on the right hand side of the road to go to school on the 455 to Gerrards Cross when we couldn't be bothered to go down to Uxbridge Bus Station, which was much more interesting, but a bit of a walk.

I can recollect the 607 turnround, in the middle distance on the right, was a folorn place with a concrete rockery and a few strangley shrubs. The crews just hung around I am not sure there was even a cafe. It was an odd place for a terminus. All completely gone now and but for the bridge in the distance completely unrecognisable.