Not sure of the exact date. When doing the video titles I thought it might have been 1983, but after posting, I now believe it was a year or two earlier. It was certainly December and videoed on an early JVC VHS two-piece portable. (Thanks to viewer feedback, this item now confirmed as 1981.) No special reason for choosing the location - just somewhere on the way from one place to another. http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=Morden+Road,+London&hl;=en≪=51.403543,-0.191617&spn;=0.018044,0.034676&sll;=51.494664,-0.14147&sspn;=0.009058,0.017338&vpsrc;=0&hnear;=Morden+Rd,+London,+United+Kingdom&t;=m&z;=15&layer;=c&cbll;=51.403493,-0.19162&panoid;=GMA_5_wgTw2OrFqjhLFEsw&cbp;=12,176.85,,0,0 However, a trivia note for fans of the On The Buses TV series: Though usually associated with Wood Green in North London, the end-credits for the last series show their bus going round this very South London roundabout (as well as a shot of it travelling along the Sutton bypass, near the Gander Green Lane junction). Also, if you watch the Perfect Clippie episode, after the middle ad break, you can catch a glimpse of the now-demolished Rose Hill Tavern, an establishment which I notice in an online forum was given the accolade of the Worst Pub I Ever Had A Drink In. Next Stop: Though posted first, Buses at Morden Roundabout is out of chronological sequence and actually the last in this group of 1981 efforts. It was videoed after the Chiswick footage. In proper order, then, the next posting will be Routemasters at Marble Arch in 1983.

• published: 24 Nov 2011
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