Rod Lucas is by profession an electronics engineer and has been in bus preservation for many years. Some years earlier before his entry into preservation, he spent two periods as a full time bus driver and during these times, at the suggestion of his wife, he recorded many of the daily events with the intention of sending them to the television company who were screening the series ‘On the Buses’. They both agreed that the series missed many of the humorous everyday happenings that were related, and there were situations that could be expanded upon by a good scriptwriter; it didn’t get that far because the series finished. But here they are. Some of the situations are amusing, some serious – but for all, his in-built humour and patience gave him great support.
Rod Lucas later moved to Chiswick Works for a time and the experiences of his employment there are also related in the book.