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A 1960s event at Manchester’s Museum of Transport prompts STEPHEN MORRIS to consider just how much change occurred affecting bus travel and bus design in that decade half a century ago
PHIL HALEWOOD
STEPHEN MORRIS
It is easy from a 21st century perspective to think of the 1980s as the decade that changed the bus world. But in some respects the change that took place between 1960 and 1969 was even more monumental as the industry got to grips with declining use and increasing traffic congestion.