Crosville in Liverpool
$42.90
- Paperback
96 pages
- Release Date
15 July 2025
Summary
The Crosville bus company started bus operations in Liverpool in 1922 and by the end of the decade was the leading operator across the Wirral and into Lancashire, Cheshire and North Wales. Crosville buses were an everyday sight in Merseyside until its Liverpool depot closed in early 1987 following deregulation of the bus industry in October 1986.
Richard Lloyd Jones charts the fortunes of Crosville in Liverpool over sixty years, drawing on archive photographs of the company, its depot…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781398122628 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1398122629 |
| Author: | Richard Lloyd Jones |
| Publisher: | Amberley Publishing |
| Imprint: | Amberley Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 96 |
| Release Date: | 15 July 2025 |
| Weight: | 307g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 165mm |
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Critics Review
‘The author should be commended for telling the story of Crosville Liverpool in such an unbiased and factual way so that it is placed on record. It is a story that needed to be told.’ – John Young * Buses Magazine, September 2025 *
‘A superb book which leaves nothing untold, this is one that can be highly recommended to enthusiasts and historians alike, and will be read time and time again.’ * Bus Fayre Magazine, Autumn 2025 *
About The Author
Richard Lloyd Jones
Richard Lloyd Jones has worked in the bus industry for over thirty-six years, starting with Crosville Cymru/Wales. In his present role he works in policy but has always had a keen interest in the history of the bus industry in the UK, and especially Crosville Motor Services Ltd. He is also the owner of a preserved Crosville coach which was based with Crosville in Liverpool and then Amlwch.
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