Mr Gibson's Ticket Machine

It was 75 years ago that the famous ‘Gibson’ ticket machine first appeared on London’s buses and trolleybuses. Drawing on recently discovered and previously unpublished material, Anthony Cross approaches the subject in an authoritative but highly readable style. The book deals with how the ‘Gibson’ came into being, why it took painfully long to get into production and, remarkably, why some of the last survivors lasted in service for 40 years. The full story of ‘Mr Gibson’s ticket machine’, as it was first referred to, is told in 112 pages, fully illustrated throughout, much of it in colour. For the tens of thousands of people that used Gibson machines as part of their working lives, as well as the countless modern devotees who somehow find the mechanism a source of delight and interest, this book is intended for you.