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<DIV>Elizabeth Dalloway gets on an “irregular” ‘bus in Victoria St, nr the Army
and Navy Stores:</DIV>
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<DIV>“She took a seat on top. The impetuous creature—a pirate—started forward,
sprang away; she had to hold the rail to steady herself, for a pirate it was,
reckless, unscrupulous, bearing down ruthlessly, circumventing dangerously,
boldly snatching a passenger, or ignoring a passenger, squeezing eel-like and
arrogant in between, and then rushing insolently all sails spread up
Whitehall.”</DIV>
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<DIV>Then into Trafalgar Sq, along the Strand. She gets off at Chancery
Lane, just past the Royal Courts of Justice where the Strand becomes Fleet
St.</DIV>
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<DIV>The most famous bus route in London is the no. 11. The savvy (and
economical) tourist choses that bus rather than a tour bus, as the no. 11 goes
past so many famous sights, inc. St Paul’s, on its way to Liverpool St
Station. The new London bus starts on that route on 21 Sept:</DIV>
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href="http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/projectsandschemes/15493.aspx">http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/projectsandschemes/15493.aspx</A></DIV>
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<DIV>“The very first ‘pirate’ bus to operate in central London began work on
route 11 ... on 5 August 1922, and by the end of 1923 there were 70 such
operators.”, Michael H. C. Baker, “London Transport in the 1920s” (Hersham,
Surrey: Ian Allan Publishing, 2009), p. 8.</DIV>
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<DIV>The no. 11 goes past the Army & Navy Stores.</DIV>
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<DIV>The ref. to a pirate bus is yet one more post-war ref. in “Mrs.
Dalloway”:</DIV>
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<DIV>“Some young men, having acquired skills in a war which was described as the
first truly mechanical one, bought a war-surplus bus or lorry ... and set up
business. A downpayment of £100 was all that was necessary; the
Metropolitan Police had to approve the roadworthiness of the vehicle, but, that
done, it could operate wherever its owner chose. ... At the beginning of 1920
the demand for buses far outstripped the number available, and there was plenty
of scope for those who were prepared to take up the challenge. Very
few of these enterprises were long lived ...” (“London Transport in the 1920s”,
pp. 7-8).</DIV>
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<DIV>Stuart</DIV>
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