by Matthew Wharmby
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Pinko Comes To Town!
Sunday 29th February 2004

London General Volvo B7TL WVL 149 (LX53 BJK) at Charing Cross, 28/02/04 You know Transport for London are broke when they sanction things like this. All-over advert buses have made a comeback in force this week, after two decades of the rather implausible assertion that they confuse passengers.

As RML 2492, the last all-over advert bus, was hideous in the extreme, so is the first of today's editions, London General's Volvo B7TL WVL 149 (LX53 BJK) . Once you've recovered from the sheer onslaught of pink, it actually takes a few minutes of working out exactly what it is that's being advertised, given that it looks like a kid drew all over the bus in felt pen (perhaps it should operate in Bexleyheath!). Turns out it's for London Fashion Week, in connection with the Totally London campaign - I think. Enthusiasts have already dubbed it Pinko, so Pinko it is.

It's bad enough that the 11's vehicle complement is already completely anonymous following the OPO conversion, but TfL need the money, so expect to see many more all-over ads taking to a street near you.

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