Over the past hundred years, the scrapping of life-expired buses has changed in numerous ways. From being a physically demanding task, it is now undertaken with the use of sophisticated machinery and governed by ever-increasing environmental and health and safety regulations. While bus breaking was initially concentrated in certain areas across the UK, where metal recycling facilities were close at hand, it has ultimately become a nationwide activity.

Here Keith Jenkinson remembers those buses that have disappeared from our daily road transport scene, evoking fond memories of bygone eras.

'A book that looks at the less familiar breakers as much as it does those still operational today, it is a volume that really should not be missed and one that will be looked at time and time again.' * Bus Fayre, Summer 2025 *
'Definitively an interesting volume!' * Bus and Coach Buyer, June 2025 *
'Breaking used to be concentrated in certain areas of the UK, where metal recycling facilities were, but now it has become a nationwide activity. Keith Jenkinson remembers the buses that have disappeared from our daily road transport scene, evoking memories of a bygone era.' * Heritage Commercials Magazine, August 2025 *

Keith A. Jenkinson is a transport enthusiast who has been writing about related topics since 1977.