Recent content by restons1

Ah yes, the 21! As I mention in my piece ‘Going back to our Routes' in The Londoner, Issue 5, pre-war the 21 ran from Farningham all the way to Wood Green. Last week I spotted a 1932 timetable detailing the timings. It could be done in just over 2¼ hours. Those old routes take some imagining...

It depends what you consider 'long'. The 246 to Westerham is 16 miles, the 314, less far out (Eltham-New Addington), is 14 miles . Time-length is a different matter: the 25 can easily take well over 2 hours to cover Oxford Circus-Ilford - really punishing for the driver!