COVER PHOTO: Bournemouth Corporation had the last new trolleybuses built for use in the United Kingdom, built late in 1962. Sadly, however, the system was abandoned only six and a half years later. Here, on 5 September 1965, their No.240, a Weymann-bodied BUT 9641T built in 1950 is seen at The Square terminus. In common with many Bournemouth vehicles, this had been built with a rear entrance and forward exit, but by now the latter had been taken out of use.

TITLE PAGE: To me, as someone born and brought up in the heart of London's once vast trolleybus system, their final day of operation was one of the saddest days of my life. Here on that final afternoon of Tuesday, 8 May 1962, the last one to run in that evening, Class L3 MCCW-bodied chassisless AEC No.1521, carries a special blind display when posed outside Fulwell trolleybus depot.