Double Decker
About Double Decker
Double Decker is a British brand of chocolate bar currently manufactured by Cadbury. First introduced in the UK in 1976, its name derives from the well-known double-decker bus, and the buses have sometimes appeared in advertisements for the product. It is a mixture of milk chocolate, nougat, and crisp, crunchy cereal.
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... In places, the peat is 10m thick - deep enough to submerge two Double Decker buses stacked on top of one another...
Birmingham bus that survived the Blitz restored for £500,000
...It s a Double Decker bus with a remarkable history spanning more than 90 years - and now AEC Regent 486 has a new lease of life after a painstaking restoration that s cost £500,000...
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... Lord Archer remembered the young Nadhim Zahawi as " a born organiser - if you said I need six taxis, three aeroplanes and a Double Decker bus, all in 30 minutes he went and did it...
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... Their artwork is the length of a Double Decker bus and features the Olympic rings and flame with Edwards depicted in mid-jump...
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... In Fife, a Double Decker bus was pictured hanging off a grass verge between Kingseat and Cowdenbeath...
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... And in the worst case scenario, a Double Decker bus could park between you and the lamp post across the street...
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... The company launched a new red Double Decker bus for London...
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... Best trophy placement - Sam FenderSam Fender had already endeared himself to us when he said he d celebrate winning the Brits Critics Choice award by going on a Double Decker party bus and drinking til I vomit - but then he told us where he d be keeping his trophy...
Birmingham bus that survived the Blitz restored for £500,000
It's a Double Decker bus with a remarkable history spanning More Than 90 years - and now AEC Regent 486 has a new lease of Life After a painstaking restoration that's cost £500,000.
The bus started life on The Roads of Birmingham in 1931; was sent to work in London during World War Two; returned to Birmingham after The City lost 145 buses in an Air Raid at Hockley; sold for scrap in 1946; discovered in a Herefordshire field in 1970; and is now a gleaming reminder of a bygone era of transport at a museum in north Worcestershire.
Its restoration at Transport Museum Wythall, which began in 2013, was beset by technical problems, with More Than 160 faults identified during The Work .
The engine caught fire ahead of an unveiling in 2019, And Then of course there was a global pandemic.
" It's been a hell of a lot of pressure and stress until we got it out on The Road again, " admitted Rob Handford, who's spearheaded The Restoration project.
" I'm just about beginning to enjoy it now, and there is huge satisfaction and relief. The satisfaction is people saying 'this is Fantastic - this is an incredible vehicle'.
" It shows The Standard of vehicles that were turned out, and this is what people are amazed by. "
Museum colleague Denis Chick added: " The whole thing is exquisite. You can't believe it's a bus. It just shows that pride in engineering.
" It must have been like going to work in a Rolls Royce. "
Source of news: bbc.com
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