Over this weekend, all sixty of the "Year of the Bus" charity art sculptures were on display in the Olympic Park so that they could be seen by the public before being auctioned off for charity. I tracked them all down on their trails last autumn, except I never got to get to see the ones in Croydon as they were only there for about a month over December. My original post with the London "Year of the Bus" bus art sculptures is here: London Bus Art Sculptures Celebrate 2014 'Year of the Bus'.
All sixty of the buses were on display with views of the Olympic stadiums and the ArcelorMittal Orbit in the background, and I went down earlier today to see them all. I got to see all of the buses that I had previously seen on the trails, and I also got to see all of the Croydon ones.
The Croydon trail also had some real gems, so I was happy to get to see these.
Diversity - Croydon BID
The Library - Year of the Bus
Pearl - Year of the Bus, Surrey Street Market - Year of the Bus, Trammin' - Berkeley Homes, Poppy the Party Bus - Centrale Shopping Centre, Flower Fairies - Whitgift Shopping Centre, The '75 Crocous Valley - Berkeley Homes
I really liked the bus with the crocus flowers; most of the above images are of the buses that were in Croydon.
Croydon Layers
Magic Bus Magic Carpet
The other one I liked was the tiled "Magic Bus Magic Carpet", which was also in Croydon.
Of course, I got some photographs of some of the old gems in front of the Olympic Stadium, such as the Kath Kidston sculpture.
Jungle Bus and Moquette (Whitgift Shopping Centre)
A couple of the buses at the Olympic Park were currently being painted, such as the "60 Years" bus, which I caught in progress.
In addition to the bus sculptures, a new Routemaster bus was also on display, and people could board it. These buses were launched last year. The "Battle Bus", dating from 1914, was also on display and could be boarded. This bus took soldiers to the front in World War I and was in Belgium and France.
Battle Bus (1914)
Did you visit the Olympic Park at the weekend and catch a glimpse of all sixty buses?
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