Midland Red and its People

Midland Red and its People looks at those iconic buses and coaches over the years, developed in their experimental department, made in their own Central Works in Birmingham and operated at over thirty garages spread over a territory of some 12,000 square miles. But it was its people who gave Midland Red its direction and its drive. Some employees worked for Midland Red for a landmark 25 or 35 years, but others achieved an impressive 50 years of service. Imagine starting your career in 1918 when your daily sights would have been the final days of horse buses trotting along at a stately pace, and then in 1968, the last of the specialist Motorway Express coaches speeding along in the outside lane of the M1. This book is not a detailed history of the company full of technical detail instead it is a collection of stories of the real day-to-day life on the buses.