This was given to me possibly at the end of the 40s . As a clockwork toy it was revolutionary at the time. Trolley buses were still in use but this was a replica of the no 142 bus which ran along the Edgware Road. Submitted by Pauline Crawshaw
A Triang toy clockwork bus c 1949
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