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Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice book in great condition. Pages in excellent condition. Images are beautiful bright and vivid. No notes or highlighting. See images. Fantastic book.

About the book >.>.> Many people encouraged and supported me to write this book. Firstly I am extremely grateful to staff of the Isle of Wight Record Office and Isle of Wight Local Studies Collection who were all very helpful in assisting me to unearth some superb images and key facts from their extensive archives. In particular Isle of Wight Council officers Richard Smout Sheila Caws Simon Dear and Sue Oatley gave first class practical assistance. I would also like to thank fellow members of the Isle of Wight County Club the Omnibus Society and Isle of Wight Bus and Coach Museum for kindly sharing their memories and knowledge of independent operators with me. I obtained excellent detailed information about Isle of Wight Express Motor Syndicate Ltd. from early copies of the Isle of Wight County Press and the Liquid Fuel Engineering Company from the East Cowes Heritage Centre. Special gratitude is extended to Don Margham John Wagstaff Don Vincent Jim Whiting of Capital Transport Patrick Hall Mark Ovenden Roger Warwick Alan Oxley John Golding and Colin Denham for their valuable support. I also wish to thank Robert Biggs Amy Cosh Eileen Fallick Richard Flack Nigel Flux Tony Gale Shelagh Gaylard Andrew Groves June Holbrook Joan Kirkby (nee Wavell) Roland Oliver Carole Osgood (nee Hunter) Barry Price Keith Shotter and Graham Squibb and several other Islanders for sharing their personal recollections and photographs of pre-war and immediate post-war bus operation. Most importantly however I wish to thank my wife Susan late father Don and cousin Marilyn Earley who collectively inspired and cajoled me to complete this long term project. Finally I wish to put on record my admiration for the various artists photographers and publishers (including some deceased and others unknown) who took developed and printed the historic images displayed in this book sometimes with fairly primitive equipment. Their drawings photographs and postcards have given me enormous pleasure over the years. I hope that by assembling and presenting this material in a large landscape format their work will be appreciated by a twenty first century audience. (MP)