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Post by John tuthill on Nov 19, 2020 0:33:16 GMT
I think there must be some sort of legal bar to using genuine route numbers and destinations. There’s been a couple quoted here such as the 200 to Victoria in Doctor Who. I don’t know if anyone reads Andy McDermott’s Eddie Chase and Nina Wilde books but a recent novel in that series had the heroes travelling on an LT in the Putney area on Route 357 (I think it was 357, it was certainly some high three figure route number). Similarly, I just finished reading Personal in the Jack Reacher series of books by Lee Child where the hero uses ‘a travel ticket named after a bivalve mollusc’ to travel on a bus between Romford and Barking. It wouldn’t take a minute for the author to research which bus makes that journey and combined with the vague reference to an Oyster card leads me to believe he simply isn’t allowed to reference the correct name and route Surely there isn't as I have seen genuine route numbers and destinations of buses used in adverts already before. Here's the famous still from the Sweeny. Genuine route number, and a genuine destination-but as Eric Morecombe would say "....but not necessarily in the right order." Attachment Deleted |
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Post by Paul on Nov 19, 2020 12:01:16 GMT
I think there must be some sort of legal bar to using genuine route numbers and destinations. There’s been a couple quoted here such as the 200 to Victoria in Doctor Who. I don’t know if anyone reads Andy McDermott’s Eddie Chase and Nina Wilde books but a recent novel in that series had the heroes travelling on an LT in the Putney area on Route 357 (I think it was 357, it was certainly some high three figure route number). Similarly, I just finished reading Personal in the Jack Reacher series of books by Lee Child where the hero uses ‘a travel ticket named after a bivalve mollusc’ to travel on a bus between Romford and Barking. It wouldn’t take a minute for the author to research which bus makes that journey and combined with the vague reference to an Oyster card leads me to believe he simply isn’t allowed to reference the correct name and route Surely there isn't as I have seen genuine route numbers and destinations of buses used in adverts already before. Perhaps it’s some form of licensing then? If advertisers are prepared to stump up the cash then they can use genuine numbers and destinations. Perhaps novelists don’t have the budget that advertising companies have?  |
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Post by george on Jan 19, 2021 13:10:52 GMT
Had to post this. If only the 222 did actually go to Tooting.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 20, 2021 7:48:28 GMT
Had to post this. If only the 222 did actually go to Tooting. Simple. Merge 222, H37 and 493 into one bus route and call it the 222 |
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