Re: WFIL Boss Bus
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> > I actually saw WFIL's bus at Routes 1 and 452 in Lima
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> > 1970, when I was 9 years old. What was it used for?
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> > ixnay
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> I can tell you what WFIL said about it in 1970. It is
> pictured on the cover of the WFIL survey sheet for December
> 28, 1970 with the Top 56 of 1970 list inside. It says: "The
> WFIL Boss Bus Gets Philadelphia Together". Any other
> questions?
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No questions but some comments. I like that slogan! We had Famous 56 on whenever we were on the road back in the late 60's -early 70s ("We" being my then-recently divorced mother and I). But it was with my father (who I still saw a lot and still do from time to time), sitting at that 1 and 452 intersection, that I saw the Boss Bus making the turn from southbound 1 onto southbound 452, where it was headed, I know not. My dad said "Look [ixnay's real name], a London bus!" (He'd been to London.)
Around Manhattan, NY, in recent years, I've seen some doubledecker tour buses with open air upper levels.
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