Well deserved Hubfam, for all the hard work. But please do tell... what's the deal with the music at the end? I don't get the joke and that annoys me 😉
I was born in London and emigrated in 2006 so Routemasters were a constant of my life in London. When I go back to London I always feel a bit sad not to see them one the roads anymore. They seemed like a part of the furniture in the city when I was growing up. One of the things that made London, London.
As an ex London Transport bus mechanic, these were also very nice to work on too. As an engineering garage trainee, I worked with ex trolleybus men who saw the Routemaster bus into service in November 1959. Great times at Poplar garage Leven Road, sadly closed in 1985. Many thanks for your interesting film, it brings back happy memories. Jonnie.👍
Living, and working, in London from 1988 to 1993, this wonderful machine was my every day transport. The wind down windows on the top deck, the conductors, the hop on hop off! What a bus, and what a great way to celebrate 100k subscribers!
@@robertp.wainman4094 The memory they had to have... i know they said 'tickets please' ... but most of em had a mental note of what passengers got on, and who left, and who had paid... and what stop, absolutely incredible mental gymnastics. I am a 73 child so i remember the tail end of conductors... but WOW, yes they were a race apart
Blimey now I feel old! memories of jumping on the back of a moving 38 along Essex Rd North London most mornings! Having driven a newer single decker round a test track as part of work training (im not a bus driver but had the best time ever) I don't envy you driving on the roads!
In 1983 I passed my pcv test (then PSV) in a AEC Routemaster. My test was conducted at Chiswick, The skidpan was soo tight. Lovely busses to menouver, stops on a sixpence. Quite often we were still picking up passengers on 30 and 40 year old routemasters on a daily basis. Tough as old boots. Many drivers carried pillows to place on the seats,,,,, no air suspension back in the day. Great to see them being kept alive. too many was scrapped for the alloy value.
Man from the West Midlands drives a Number 38 (Clapton, East London Bus); keeping an East London Man (now living in the West Midlands) totally enthralled! Ian - you clearly enjoyed that. The Routemaster truly is such an iconic British vehicle. There's a clip on UA-cam (produced by London Transport) from the late 1960's outlining the intensive level of servicing that these beasts were subject to - its well worth a watch! Once again, congratulations upon your achievement of 100,000 Subs. "Hold tight......any more fares please".
As someone who secretly loves buses... this is an absolute peach of a 100k sub celebration! The king of buses (seconded by the MCW Metrobus!), in terms of big boys toys if I had a big barn - its a nail on certainty! Built to last and they did, unbelievable machines :)
Mention should be made of how they were designed to be maintained indefinitely. It wasn't just the buses but the whole maintenance infrastructure behind them. Turn it upside down and clean the bottom? No problem.
What a great video. Those Routemasters certainly are legendary. There's one near where we live here in Australia. I couldn't believe the British fuel prices on display as you drove past a service station at 14:27. We're paying £0.63/litre for petrol and £1.01 for diesel here. Cheers from Tamborine, Queensland.
I was lucky enough to drive an original Routemaster every day for a few years when I worked for Mac Tours in Edinburgh. After driving Leyland PDs (and the wonderful, but very different Bristol Lodekkas that were also on the fleet) for many years, the arrival of the Routemasters was a real eye-opener. No more double-declutching and a much more civilised cab area. The Rolls-Royce of half-cabs for sure! I was a bit confused by the engine sound of this bus, until Ian mentioned that it had a replacement Cummins diesel. The original Routemaster had a very distinctive sound. The Cummins sounded more like a truck, but still quite pleasant. Anyway, well done, Ian for a great choice of subject for your 100k subscriber celebration.
I can't think of a better way of celebrating your 100k. HUGE congratulations. What a joyous video too. I spent many happy years being ferried about on Routemasters, such a wonderful bus - iconic, but really just very good at what it was supposed to do.
The sound of that engine takes me back! These were lovely things. The conductor system and open rear end are much more efficient. The usual strategy was to jump on and immediately run up the stairs in the hope he wouldn't notice you. My favourite seat of course was on the top at the front.
These engines are up there w/ some of the best sounding ever, this is what pure grunt sounds like and it's utterly brilliant, congratulations on 100k! 🥳
Well done, reaching 100k subs. It’s good to see people like Pete, preserving Route master buses for future generations to see, and appreciate. I’m 51 now, but when I was a teenager Route master buses were everywhere, from central London to the outskirts, like Epping etc. And I remember fondly, how cheap a 123456 All Zone TravelCard was, back in the day, when it was pennies, compared to todays prices by TFL. Also, I agree with you HubNut, having a driver and a separate conductor is much better, allowing each person to focus on their job better, but I believe TFL, Public transport wanted to cut back on costs, and that’s why we have drivers on buses, who are expected to deal with the pressures of driving, as well as, potentially, rowdy passengers.
In the late '70's and '80's I was involved with RMC 4, the Leyland 600 Power Plus version of one of the 6 original prototypes from Southall works. It was used by LCBS at the country bus garages.
Congratulations Ian! What a lovely beast with which to celebrate. My Grandad was a bus driver for Eastern Counties and my Nan was a clippy with the same so I too have a love of old buses. I have a photo of me aged approx 12 months sat on Grandad's lap in the drivers seat of one of his steeds, taken around 1973. I also have all his old bus drivers service and safety medals too.
Wow Wow wow wow just amazing! That Cummins Lump sounds just glorious!.... I think driving one of these routemasters in the day must have been a dream job.. Who needs a radio when you can listen to that powerhouse Cummins working hard.. Thanks 👍
True, you did'nt have to take your foot off the gas but as an instructor we always encouraged trainees to do so between gears. At London Country all the Routemasters were semi automatic.
8:40 "This massive indicator knob down here": I was waiting for the cutaway to a Miss Hubnut reaction shot. The RMs are a bit after my childhood, so I had missed out on the RML being "Long"--I was expecting a little-known "Low" variant, and wondering how it had ever got on route 38. There's an RLH in Auckland that wears a 38 sign, and it causes me to twitch every time I see it. Great to see you enjoying yourself.
Congratulations Ian and Carly on the 100k subs - much deserved success. Great to see good people getting rewarded for their efforts, long may it continue. Cheers!
Its On The Buses ( and yes I know they didn't drive Routemasters ) - we had half cab rear platform buses in Manchester when I was a lad - the sound was blooming awesome. As a kid I wanted to be a bus driver - one man operation took away the romance for me
The best bus ever. They still use them on a few routes up in the middle of London. I've been a subscriber to the channel for years, but I think it's one of the first times where I knew the roads you where driving on.
Each time I see one of these beautiful monstrosisities, it takes me back to boyhood days in the 1960's, and my magnificent collection of Lesney Matchbox Miniature's. I actually did get to drive a CIE Kassbohrer touring motorcoach around a roundabout near Kilkenny, in 1985 (slipped the driver a £20.00 note in thanks), knowing that it would likely be my only chance at a "double-decker" in my life, and it likely will be! Money damn well spent, I'd say... I've been a subscriber for a few years now, just because of Hub Nut's "what the heck, I'm going to go for it" attitude in life. All the best from Pennsylvania!
Wonderful. I remember jumping onto these buses with my nan who lived in Dalston when I was a kid around the late 60s and early 70s and they always felt friendly and safe. We have built some fantastic vehicles in this country over the years and the Routemaster was one of the best.
That was an interesting test drive for sure. I think two or three retired London Routemasters made their way to Moscow back in the 90's but the only one double-decker in action I remember was German MAN bus. That Cummins engine sounds strangely familiar - just like old KAMAZ (soviet truck) engines. The USSR had its "Routemaster" too - Liaz 677 bus called "Lunokhod" (Moonracer). Produced from 1968 to 1994, this bus became a living legend. Not very advanced (although w/automatic gearbox), but durable enough and charismatic.
Two of my favourite UK toobers! A glorious collaboration. And a BIG congratulations on 100K. Sydney had half-cab double deckers when I was a kid in the 60's.
Lovely video, thank you. Brought back some memories for me. Almost exactly 50 years ago, as a 21 year old, after university, I did an 18 month stint driving buses in Glasgow. I first learned on Leyland Titans, a rear platform bus like the Routemaster. Once I'd passed my test, daily work driving was on the Titans, Daimler CVG6's, and Leyland Atlanteans. The Daimlers had Wilson pre-selector gearboxes which were a delight to use. It was hard work driving in Glasgow, the timetables were tight, and the buses mostly driven into the ground. I recall being utterly exhausted at the end of each shift. Thanks again for putting up this video.
Found memories of travelling on the 124 red Routemaster route with my Grandmother in the early 1960s when I was 5. From Grove Park to Lewisham I think. I remember my Grandma describing this as a 'new' bus, which it was in 1963. Great video.
Another gem from Ian. Rochdale Corporation Transport had some AEC Routemasters (or similar) cream with a dark blue band. Some of the later models had rear entrances fitted with doors, other Routemasters form other various areas had the entrance at the front, again fitted with doors.
A fantastic choice of vehicle for your 100k milestone! Quite thrilling to see you bravely venture out into the traffic. Who doesn’t love the beautiful Routemaster?
Nearly died on my 12th birthday hanging off the back of one of these (the 237 route from Isleworth to Hounslow). Thanks for a nostalgic trip on the ol' Routemaster.
Wonderful choice to be part of your well deserved 100k. These were the truly great machines of my childhood and gained my 10 year old interest. What a sound! Thank you so much. Well done and onward and upward with those subscribers.
Really enjoyed that video and I have always wanted to drive an older bus. Back in the late 60s early 70s I used to get the bus to school we didn’t have routemasters but Bristol Lodekkas which also had the driver in a separate cab. There was a mix of front and rear door models on the fleet, the good old days of Western SMT.
My father in law drove these for ni on 40 years. He was absolutely knackered after work. He ended up being a black cabbie in central London and had a tale or two to tell. Even in Melbourne, I have a little routemaster on the shelf in the front room. Great 👍
Ah the bus of my childhood. 118 route Mitcham to Streatham in South London late 70s. Used to park myself behind the driver. If they were in a bad mood, they’d drop the blind so annoying kids like me couldn’t see into the cab. That huge red indicator mushroom thingy brings back so many geeky memories, along with the various warning lights. Big grin from me all the way thru that video. Happy days !!
Congratulations Ian!. I for one have been following your adventures for several years now, and never fail to "tune in" for the latest videos. It was a pleasure to meet you last year, and obviously you have something just that little bit special which keeps people coming back for more. What an amazing achievement!. Well done sir, well done!.
Perfick!.. The memories come flooding back. Chuffing wonderful. When we lived in the Fens up to about six years ago, there was a Routmaster converted to a mobile chippy. It was brilliant, best fish and chipe in the area.
Absolutely brilliant, a fantastic drive, well done, I feel sooo, soooo envious of you, I’d just love to experience that for myself 😊 I’m an HGV driver but driving an RM bus would be the bees knees for me ❤️ I used to work for London Transport and so did my dad ❤️ thankyou for a great video and thankyou to Pete and his fantastic buses ❤️❤️
One of the many cool things about these iconic Routemasters is that the occasional one can still be spotted in cities all over the world earning its keep carrying tourists on guided tours. Congratulations on the well-deserved 100k and here's to the future and continued success.
Sweet memories, i recall riding on routemasters in my childhood and youth on our many London visits. And that sound! Still treasure a Corgi Routemaster from the 70s in my bookshelf. Congrats to 100k 🏆
What a fabulous treat to celebrate 100,000 subs. I bet it felt like it was your birthday and Christmas day all in one Ian. A dream come true for sure. shes and absolute beauty and a British Icon!! as always a great video
Such lovely memories of living at the end of the 14 route. Picked up my glorious Fender Jazzmaster guitar from Denmark street and rode the 14 home with it in the upper deck back seat
I passed my test on a double dekker half cab with a crash box and a Gardner 180 , back in the day you had to do a skid pan test where you leaned to one side and the examiner reached over your shoulder , grabbed the wheel and yanked it.....then you had to regain control . once he said I'd passed , he let me do the skid pan again Twice 😁.........it's imensely satisfying driving one of them sideways Ian , ask Pete nicely and he might let you try
I fell off the back of one of these and ruined a suit en route to work..made a dash to get on it as it pulled away and missed...first week in london 30 years ago. learnt to not jump on when moving!
Brilliant Ian. I’ve just relived my childhood dream of wanting to be a bus driver. It’s all I ever wanted to be. I us to kneel on the bench seat behind the driver and watch what he was doing. But due to circumstances I ended up in printing admin.
Awesome bus and video keep them coming...As a bus driver (passed test in late 80s in a PD2) and that was early morning in the middle of liverpool, that was fun and still have my issued psv driver badge....I would love an opportunity to drive old school again lol.
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Well deserved Hubfam, for all the hard work. But please do tell... what's the deal with the music at the end? I don't get the joke and that annoys me 😉
Didn't realise you had a bus licence hub nut 🤣🤣
Being a bus driver, without having to talk to the public, that is a good job.
That would be ace, I drive buses I just call it stupid question time 😂
Hilarious 😂😂😂
I'm a bus driver too and I fully agree. Nasty people don't get to hassle you
@@colrhodes377 and these old route masters are still better built and more reliable then modern buses lol
@@samharvey6194 Any bus is a pain in the shitter in Manchester
After an 8 (?) hour shift driving that beast in heavy traffic, a bus driver must have been _knackered_ . Makes you appreciate them all the more
I was born in London and emigrated in 2006 so Routemasters were a constant of my life in London. When I go back to London I always feel a bit sad not to see them one the roads anymore. They seemed like a part of the furniture in the city when I was growing up. One of the things that made London, London.
You see them in Glasgow and Edinburgh
As an ex London Transport bus mechanic, these were also very nice to work on too.
As an engineering garage trainee, I worked with ex trolleybus men who saw the Routemaster bus into service in November 1959.
Great times at Poplar garage Leven Road, sadly closed in 1985.
Many thanks for your interesting film, it brings back happy memories. Jonnie.👍
Yes, I still remember the RM as taking over 'my' trolleybus depots. I grew up with my first 20 years in company with a sea of RTs.
Living, and working, in London from 1988 to 1993, this wonderful machine was my every day transport. The wind down windows on the top deck, the conductors, the hop on hop off! What a bus, and what a great way to celebrate 100k subscribers!
those ticket machines the conductors had... so fascinating to me as a kid
There were some wonderfully humorous conductors - a real art involved in looking after their passengers!
@@robertp.wainman4094 The memory they had to have... i know they said 'tickets please' ... but most of em had a mental note of what passengers got on, and who left, and who had paid... and what stop, absolutely incredible mental gymnastics. I am a 73 child so i remember the tail end of conductors... but WOW, yes they were a race apart
The lung cancer must be wonderful. Taxis trucks and buses .
Blimey now I feel old! memories of jumping on the back of a moving 38 along Essex Rd North London most mornings!
Having driven a newer single decker round a test track as part of work training (im not a bus driver but had the best time ever) I don't envy you driving on the roads!
In 1983 I passed my pcv test (then PSV) in a AEC Routemaster.
My test was conducted at Chiswick, The skidpan was soo tight.
Lovely busses to menouver, stops on a sixpence.
Quite often we were still picking up passengers on 30 and 40 year old routemasters on a daily basis.
Tough as old boots.
Many drivers carried pillows to place on the seats,,,,, no air suspension back in the day.
Great to see them being kept alive. too many was scrapped for the alloy value.
That is the Birches Industrial Estate at Felbridge East Grinstead you were driving around! That is Where I Work! 👍🏻
Man from the West Midlands drives a Number 38 (Clapton, East London Bus); keeping an East London Man (now living in the West Midlands) totally enthralled! Ian - you clearly enjoyed that. The Routemaster truly is such an iconic British vehicle. There's a clip on UA-cam (produced by London Transport) from the late 1960's outlining the intensive level of servicing that these beasts were subject to - its well worth a watch! Once again, congratulations upon your achievement of 100,000 Subs. "Hold tight......any more fares please".
If tickets cost a pound a piece, why should you make a fuss?
We need Jack and Stan back for this one. 😁
I used to get paid to drive one of them, Route 38 London. 🙂
I do not envy you 😂
Same here but had to go out to break downs
@@ianthomas8743 got a mechanical…. Lead seal on the gearbox blown…
I do envy you very much so,a missed chapter in my life as a Chelsea born lifelong bus fan.
I used to travel on the 38 on a daily basis , I would catch if from Leyton high Road
Well done Mr hubnut and a massive well deserved for the videos you've made and all the hard work you've put in to your channel 👍
Still one of the best buses ever made
That's bucket list material right there, you know how lucky you are. Huge congrats on the 100k Ian, you've worked hard for it and rightly deserve it.
As someone who secretly loves buses... this is an absolute peach of a 100k sub celebration! The king of buses (seconded by the MCW Metrobus!), in terms of big boys toys if I had a big barn - its a nail on certainty! Built to last and they did, unbelievable machines :)
Mention should be made of how they were designed to be maintained indefinitely. It wasn't just the buses but the whole maintenance infrastructure behind them. Turn it upside down and clean the bottom? No problem.
What a great video. Those Routemasters certainly are legendary. There's one near where we live here in Australia. I couldn't believe the British fuel prices on display as you drove past a service station at 14:27. We're paying £0.63/litre for petrol and £1.01 for diesel here. Cheers from Tamborine, Queensland.
Richly deserved success...Congrats on the 100K!🥳
It was the 93 Routemaster to school most days for me! Kids jumping on & off before it came to a stop Lol
I was lucky enough to drive an original Routemaster every day for a few years when I worked for Mac Tours in Edinburgh. After driving Leyland PDs (and the wonderful, but very different Bristol Lodekkas that were also on the fleet) for many years, the arrival of the Routemasters was a real eye-opener. No more double-declutching and a much more civilised cab area. The Rolls-Royce of half-cabs for sure! I was a bit confused by the engine sound of this bus, until Ian mentioned that it had a replacement Cummins diesel. The original Routemaster had a very distinctive sound. The Cummins sounded more like a truck, but still quite pleasant. Anyway, well done, Ian for a great choice of subject for your 100k subscriber celebration.
I can't think of a better way of celebrating your 100k. HUGE congratulations. What a joyous video too. I spent many happy years being ferried about on Routemasters, such a wonderful bus - iconic, but really just very good at what it was supposed to do.
We're all going on a summer holiday! 😁👍
The sound of that engine takes me back! These were lovely things. The conductor system and open rear end are much more efficient. The usual strategy was to jump on and immediately run up the stairs in the hope he wouldn't notice you. My favourite seat of course was on the top at the front.
These engines are up there w/ some of the best sounding ever, this is what pure grunt sounds like and it's utterly brilliant, congratulations on 100k! 🥳
Two of my favourite automotive channels in a great collaboration. A well-deserved channel milestone, Ian, congratulations!
Well done, reaching 100k subs. It’s good to see people like Pete, preserving Route master buses for future generations to see, and appreciate. I’m 51 now, but when I was a teenager Route master buses were everywhere, from central London to the outskirts, like Epping etc. And I remember fondly, how cheap a 123456 All Zone TravelCard was, back in the day, when it was pennies, compared to todays prices by TFL. Also, I agree with you HubNut, having a driver and a separate conductor is much better, allowing each person to focus on their job better, but I believe TFL, Public transport wanted to cut back on costs, and that’s why we have drivers on buses, who are expected to deal with the pressures of driving, as well as, potentially, rowdy passengers.
My childhood.... On the buses .. great to see Ian 👍
In the late '70's and '80's I was involved with RMC 4, the Leyland 600 Power Plus version of one of the 6 original prototypes from Southall works.
It was used by LCBS at the country bus garages.
Congratulations Ian! What a lovely beast with which to celebrate. My Grandad was a bus driver for Eastern Counties and my Nan was a clippy with the same so I too have a love of old buses. I have a photo of me aged approx 12 months sat on Grandad's lap in the drivers seat of one of his steeds, taken around 1973. I also have all his old bus drivers service and safety medals too.
Congratulations on reaching 100,000 to one of my fave UA-camrs! Well deserved. Here's to the next 100,000 and more HubNut adventures!
Wow Wow wow wow just amazing! That Cummins Lump sounds just glorious!.... I think driving one of these routemasters in the day must have been a dream job.. Who needs a radio when you can listen to that powerhouse Cummins working hard.. Thanks 👍
Congratulations on achieving both the 100k subs and driving an iconic Routemaster London Bus - fantastic effort and well deserved!
True, you did'nt have to take your foot off the gas but as an instructor we always encouraged trainees to do so between gears. At London Country all the Routemasters were semi automatic.
Absolutely brilliant video Ian ❤️ 👍 fantastic bus it's beautiful wish they were still like that brilliant
8:40 "This massive indicator knob down here": I was waiting for the cutaway to a Miss Hubnut reaction shot.
The RMs are a bit after my childhood, so I had missed out on the RML being "Long"--I was expecting a little-known "Low" variant, and wondering how it had ever got on route 38. There's an RLH in Auckland that wears a 38 sign, and it causes me to twitch every time I see it.
Great to see you enjoying yourself.
Those sounds bring back memories ... these were the buses I used to ride on to school in Oxford in the 60s. Congrats on your achievement!
@Paul Fellows I've no idea I'm afraid. My experience was almost 60 years ago!
Congratulations Ian. What a milestone. Here's to the next 100,000!
I've been following Pete for a year or so, love the RMs, lucky you getting to drive one.
Excellent video, loved that little detail of passengers who had engraved their names on the window.
This is a RML --- i.e. it is the long wheelbase version. You can tell by the extra small window in the middle.
Congratulations Ian and Carly on the 100k subs - much deserved success. Great to see good people getting rewarded for their efforts, long may it continue. Cheers!
(hello from 🇨🇵) Thank you Ian for all you've done for us ☺️
Well done Ian, fantastic, well deserved achievement.
Wow and a Number 38 caught them a few times to Hackney 😊
Its On The Buses ( and yes I know they didn't drive Routemasters ) - we had half cab rear platform buses in Manchester when I was a lad - the sound was blooming awesome. As a kid I wanted to be a bus driver - one man operation took away the romance for me
Brilliant, I remember the 207 route (Uxbridge Rd), in the early to late 80's. Great engine noise.
The best bus ever. They still use them on a few routes up in the middle of London.
I've been a subscriber to the channel for years, but I think it's one of the first times where I knew the roads you where driving on.
Each time I see one of these beautiful monstrosisities, it takes me back to boyhood days in the 1960's, and my magnificent collection of Lesney Matchbox Miniature's. I actually did get to drive a CIE Kassbohrer touring motorcoach around a roundabout near Kilkenny, in 1985 (slipped the driver a £20.00 note in thanks), knowing that it would likely be my only chance at a "double-decker" in my life, and it likely will be! Money damn well spent, I'd say... I've been a subscriber for a few years now, just because of Hub Nut's "what the heck, I'm going to go for it" attitude in life. All the best from Pennsylvania!
Congratulations on 100,000 subs, you're a knowledgeable grafter who certainly deserves it.
There are still a few running tourist trips round London on a circular route from Waterloo.
Wonderful. I remember jumping onto these buses with my nan who lived in Dalston when I was a kid around the late 60s and early 70s and they always felt friendly and safe. We have built some fantastic vehicles in this country over the years and the Routemaster was one of the best.
How brilliant of Pete to give you the opportunity. His channel is wonderful, I love his wit and humour.
That was an interesting test drive for sure. I think two or three retired London Routemasters made their way to Moscow back in the 90's but the only one double-decker in action I remember was German MAN bus.
That Cummins engine sounds strangely familiar - just like old KAMAZ (soviet truck) engines.
The USSR had its "Routemaster" too - Liaz 677 bus called "Lunokhod" (Moonracer). Produced from 1968 to 1994, this bus became a living legend. Not very advanced (although w/automatic gearbox), but durable enough and charismatic.
Two of my favourite UK toobers! A glorious collaboration. And a BIG congratulations on 100K. Sydney had half-cab double deckers when I was a kid in the 60's.
Lovely video, thank you. Brought back some memories for me. Almost exactly 50 years ago, as a 21 year old, after university, I did an 18 month stint driving buses in Glasgow. I first learned on Leyland Titans, a rear platform bus like the Routemaster. Once I'd passed my test, daily work driving was on the Titans, Daimler CVG6's, and Leyland Atlanteans. The Daimlers had Wilson pre-selector gearboxes which were a delight to use. It was hard work driving in Glasgow, the timetables were tight, and the buses mostly driven into the ground. I recall being utterly exhausted at the end of each shift.
Thanks again for putting up this video.
Such a terrific looking bus - Douglas Scott really knew what he was doing!
Found memories of travelling on the 124 red Routemaster route with my Grandmother in the early 1960s when I was 5. From Grove Park to Lewisham I think. I remember my Grandma describing this as a 'new' bus, which it was in 1963. Great video.
Another gem from Ian. Rochdale Corporation Transport had some AEC Routemasters (or similar) cream with a dark blue band. Some of the later models had rear entrances fitted with doors, other Routemasters form other various areas had the entrance at the front, again fitted with doors.
A fantastic choice of vehicle for your 100k milestone! Quite thrilling to see you bravely venture out into the traffic. Who doesn’t love the beautiful Routemaster?
What a fantastic video for 10,000 subs. It was Great to see Mr Hubnut driving one of London's iconic buses with Miss Hubnut on excellent camera duty.
Nearly died on my 12th birthday hanging off the back of one of these (the 237 route from Isleworth to Hounslow). Thanks for a nostalgic trip on the ol' Routemaster.
I used to drive one of these around South-East London in the early 80s.
Took my psv test in one too.
Beautiful bus.
Wonderful choice to be part of your well deserved 100k. These were the truly great machines of my childhood and gained my 10 year old interest. What a sound! Thank you so much. Well done and onward and upward with those subscribers.
One of my greatest memories of visiting my uncle in back in the 80s was taking the 14, 18 or 22 Routemaster bus back to Fulham.
I was lucky enough to drive a Routemaster many years ago at a bus rally at North Weald airfield .. great experience
Congratulations on the 100k!!! I loved travelling on these Omnibuses as a child with my Nan. Gr8 memories, thanks Ian!
Really enjoyed that video and I have always wanted to drive an older bus. Back in the late 60s early 70s I used to get the bus to school we didn’t have routemasters but Bristol Lodekkas which also had the driver in a separate cab. There was a mix of front and rear door models on the fleet, the good old days of Western SMT.
My father in law drove these for ni on 40 years. He was absolutely knackered after work. He ended up being a black cabbie in central London and had a tale or two to tell. Even in Melbourne, I have a little routemaster on the shelf in the front room. Great 👍
Congratulations on reaching this milestone Ian. Thanks for all the videos. Keep them coming.
I've been subscribed for many years, very glad to see you make it to 100K! Here's hoping for 500K!
Ah the bus of my childhood. 118 route Mitcham to Streatham in South London late 70s. Used to park myself behind the driver. If they were in a bad mood, they’d drop the blind so annoying kids like me couldn’t see into the cab. That huge red indicator mushroom thingy brings back so many geeky memories, along with the various warning lights. Big grin from me all the way thru that video. Happy days !!
Hub nut needs a bus in his fleet of vehicles, brilliant video
The noise can almost smell the bus smell 😊,top deck bus of my childhood 😊jumping on and off between stops ooh the nostalgia
What a way to observe 100,000 subscribers! Well done, Ian. My (early) childhood bus was the BMMO D9 before we emigrated to NZ.
Congratulations Ian!. I for one have been following your adventures for several years now, and never fail to "tune in" for the latest videos. It was a pleasure to meet you last year, and obviously you have something just that little bit special which keeps people coming back for more. What an amazing achievement!. Well done sir, well done!.
Perfick!.. The memories come flooding back. Chuffing wonderful.
When we lived in the Fens up to about six years ago, there was a Routmaster converted to a mobile chippy. It was brilliant, best fish and chipe in the area.
Absolutely brilliant, a fantastic drive, well done, I feel sooo, soooo envious of you, I’d just love to experience that for myself 😊 I’m an HGV driver but driving an RM bus would be the bees knees for me ❤️ I used to work for London Transport and so did my dad ❤️ thankyou for a great video and thankyou to Pete and his fantastic buses ❤️❤️
One of the many cool things about these iconic Routemasters is that the occasional one can still be spotted in cities all over the world earning its keep carrying tourists on guided tours.
Congratulations on the well-deserved 100k and here's to the future and continued success.
Fantastic flashbacks. I used to ride the green "London Country" RMLs around Hertfordshire in the early 80s. The noise is very familiar
Love it! Proper Bus and a revolution not just in Bus technology but automotive technology in general.
Love it! I haven’t heard that sound since I was a kid in the ‘80s. I forgot how distinctive all the little noises as they cycle in and out
What a fantastic vehicle. The engine sound is fantastic and the gearbox seems really slick. Lucky you!
Sweet memories, i recall riding on routemasters in my childhood and youth on our many London visits. And that sound! Still treasure a Corgi Routemaster from the 70s in my bookshelf. Congrats to 100k 🏆
What a fabulous treat to celebrate 100,000 subs. I bet it felt like it was your birthday and Christmas day all in one Ian. A dream come true for sure. shes and absolute beauty and a British Icon!! as always a great video
Such lovely memories of living at the end of the 14 route. Picked up my glorious Fender Jazzmaster guitar from Denmark street and rode the 14 home with it in the upper deck back seat
Loved driving those on some busy routes in London. 5, 25, 8, 69, 86.
I passed my test on a double dekker half cab with a crash box and a Gardner 180 , back in the day you had to do a skid pan test where you leaned to one side and the examiner reached over your shoulder , grabbed the wheel and yanked it.....then you had to regain control .
once he said I'd passed , he let me do the skid pan again Twice 😁.........it's imensely satisfying driving one of them sideways Ian , ask Pete nicely and he might let you try
Don't they have to do that any more then? What is the world coming to?
Fantastic! There were many in Lisbon, 1 and 2 stores. A childhood memory...
I fell off the back of one of these and ruined a suit en route to work..made a dash to get on it as it pulled away and missed...first week in london 30 years ago. learnt to not jump on when moving!
Congratulations on the suscribers and thanks for this gift and having so much fun while doing it.
Brilliant Ian. I’ve just relived my childhood dream of wanting to be a bus driver. It’s all I ever wanted to be. I us to kneel on the bench seat behind the driver and watch what he was doing. But due to circumstances I ended up in printing admin.
Could not have been a better prize for Hub Nut's 100k subs driving that bus dont give up the day job I think he likes it too much
“Wavy thing when it’s cold”. Loping my dear chap 👍🏼
Fantastic! Stunning soundtrack, what a great way to celebrate!
in Naples there is one for events.
I saw one in 1986 near Avellino. After the 1980 earthquake, some were sent as mobile offices. Very nice!!
Damn it. I missed the Live Chat..! The Trouble with living on the otherside of the Planet..!
Cheers All. 😎
I think you can still watch it.
Well done Ian. you have worked very hard to make Hub Nut what it is today and deserve continued success along with the future mrs Hub nut.
WOW, an awesome 100k special. I remember the vibration and shimmer of buses in the west midlands when i was kid.
Awesome bus and video keep them coming...As a bus driver (passed test in late 80s in a PD2) and that was early morning in the middle of liverpool, that was fun and still have my issued psv driver badge....I would love an opportunity to drive old school again lol.