Bus blind JOY
January 4, 2011
Just got to show you this…because various friends and family members don’t seem to be very excited about it. But I know YOU will understand! I’ve been hankering after a vintage London bus blind for years now. I can’t help thinking they’re ridiculously expensive in most shops, but after many a desperate ‘google’ search, I finally tracked down a lovely one on good old eBay. It wasn’t listed very clearly (crucially, the words ‘vintage’ and ‘bus’ were not in the title! Durrrrr) so it didn’t receive many bids…and we got it for twenty quid in the end. It was three metres long, so we trimmed off the best three sections and hung them in an alcove:
I know it’s shallow. But this makes me SO HAPPY. And, weirdly, it lists all of the London areas we’ve lived in, in order. ‘Twas obviously meant to be… – Ellie
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January 4, 2011 at 3:22 pm
That’s fantastic. It looks great. I don’t like those fake bus scrolls that don’t even list real bus routes (there are a lot of them for sale in Australia).
January 4, 2011 at 3:26 pm
Nice hunting Ellie! The 137 was my school bus route so is very dear to me (sad but true – I think of certain bus routes like old friends)
January 4, 2011 at 5:29 pm
Looks fab, very envious. Boyfriend will kill me if I acquire more vintage tat so I have to settle for sneaking in plates acquired from charity shops.
January 4, 2011 at 6:32 pm
Love it, much nicer than the newer versions you get!
January 4, 2011 at 9:22 pm
Wow! They are absolutely gorgeous. I wonder which destinations were on the bits that you cut off? I’m trying to get hold of a ‘Chelsea: World’s End’ blind.
Would you care to share the magic search query which found you such a bargain?
January 4, 2011 at 10:20 pm
I’m so jealous! Excellent Ebay hunting and it is definitely something to get excited about. x
January 4, 2011 at 10:38 pm
Score! What a find. Have seen them for sale here and there with mega price-tags – well done 😀
January 4, 2011 at 11:05 pm
I have always admired these, but like you was alarmed by the price tag! I’m a streatham hill girl… so would love to find a similar one!
January 13, 2011 at 8:45 am
How great, finding something like that! I thought I’d comment because I recently made exactly the same kind of find – a London bus blind, of the really old type, with places that I’d also lived in in London! All for a tenner too 🙂 See my post here:
http://alternativeeagle.blogspot.com/2010/10/score-london-bus-blinds.html
January 13, 2011 at 11:14 am
Hi Karen – wow what a fabulous find! Love it!! Ellie x
April 24, 2011 at 4:59 pm
Just Google London Bus Blinds and you’ll find loads! I got mine beautifully framed from (no surprise after that search) http://www.londonbusblinds.com not as cheap as yours though but they couldn’t do enough to help and the blind and framing is superb!
September 6, 2011 at 1:07 am
I got one from British Bus Blinds, they were excellent, nice and friendly to deal with and not over-expensive. Very happy.
http://www.britishbusblinds.com