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Although the old "B"-type General bus was first put on London's streets way back in 1910 and left the routes in the early twenties, there are still Old Bill drivers who remember those days.
London Transport Retired Employees' Housing Association has a home at North Wembley and some of these old stalwarts can still enjoy a good yarn of the old solidtyre shakers.
Edward Goffee is 87 and drove the Old Bills from 1912 to 1922. He served with General and London Transport until 1951. Thomas Henry Bing, 87, did in fact drive the "Y"-type--Straker Squire—and then the "B"-type. From 1911 to 1952 he turned the bus wheel. Samuel Forester, 84, drove his first Old Bill in 1919 and retired from London Transport in 1951.
William G. Prior is a mere 80. He commenced on his Old Bill in 1911 at Cricklewood. Bill Prior is very proud of his Old Bill days. Retirement came in 1958.