Henry Conn’s interest in British buses, trams and trolleybuses began in the late 1950s in his native Aberdeen, and since then, armed with a variety of cameras and notebooks, he has travelled the length and breadth of the country photographing and recording the public transport scene.

The volume captures the vehicles of more than 50 municipal and independent operators in their working environment from the early 1950s to the mid-1970s. Many show the vehicles in pre-National Bus Company and Passenger Transport Executive liveries. A brief history of each company is followed by carefully selected photographs, the majority in colour and never before published, with informative captions describing not only the bus or trolleybus, but also other nostalgic details of the general street scene.

Operators featured include Aberdare Urban District Council (Cynon Valley), Bere Regis & District, Bournemouth Corporation, Brutonian, Bristol Omnibus, Caerphilly Urban District Council, Cardiff Corporation, Devon General, Exeter City Transport, Hants & Dorset, King Alfred, Newport Corporation, Plymouth City Transport, Pontypridd Urban District Council, Porthcawl Omnibus, Portsmouth Corporation, Provincial Gosport and Fareham, Red & White Services Ltd, Southampton Corporation, Southern Vectis, Swindon Corporation, United Welsh, Western National/ Southern National and Royal Blue, Western Welsh Omnibus Co Ltd, Wilts & Dorset, and many more.

After a career in the Civil Service and farming, Henry Conn returned to full-time education to gain an Honours Degree in Agriculture in 1996. He has subsequently rejoined the Civil Service and now works for Natural England as an adviser to land managers on environmental schemes and a specialist in upland farming systems. He lives in Dumfries & Galloway.