Stockwell Garage is a large bus garage in Stockwell, in the London Borough of Lambeth, which opened in April 1952. At the time of construction it was Europe’s largest unsupported roof span.
The garage provided more than 73,350 square feet of unobstructed parking space and could originally house 200 buses. At the time, that was a much needed space, given that trams were being replaced by buses.
Each morning hundreds of the capital’s buses roll out from Stockwell Bus Garage, a place that helps to keep London’s life-blood flowing. But it’s the people who work here that make the bus garage truly extraordinary.
Made up of hundreds of people from more than 80 nationalities it is the UK’s most diverse workforce. This uplifting film tells the stories of these people.
Akwasi is a Ghanaian Chief who has turned his back on the offer of tribal status (and seven wives) in order to drive the 170 to Putney. 73-year-old Nina was a Hungarian revolutionary and is ‘the Queen of the Garage’ having driven the 87 to Wandsworth for thirty years.
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- Park & Play: A colorful garage playset with a transparent roof and little cars that match the colors of their garage doors.
- Match 'em Up: Practice matching colors and shapes by fitting each key to its corresponding keyhole to lock and unlock the doors.
- Vroom-Vroom: Push the buttons on top of the garage and watch as the cars zoom out on their own!
- Developmental Benefits: Introduces kids to cause-and-effect and improves fine motor skills.
- Recommended Age: Suggested for toddlers 2 years and up.
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- 【Matters Needing Attention】 Please press the elevator button again when the elevator lift reaches the toy car garage top or bottom. To avoid the motor keeps going and the string keeps trying to get tighter breaking it in half. Because individual toy cars are heavy, it will lead to alloy cars flies right off when it goes on a curve.【Accessory are subject to the A + page】
- 【Mega parking garage】Kids toy garage have 4 floors with some tracks and car ramp on the toy garage, kids would have fun pushing the toy car down the roads and ramps. At the same time, let children learn traffic rules by recognizing traffic signs on the roads or parking. These funny and educational parking building toys will keep kids away from video games, phones, and TVs
- 【Realistic Parking Lot Elevator】Put the cars into the parking lot elevator, then press the yellow or red button for allowing them to play music and turn on the lights, the parking lot elevator can work rising or falling. Press the button again and it will pause.
- 【Toy garage playset】Includes a Helicopter that lands on the helipad on the top of the parking garage and 5 alloy construction vehicle cars. The spiral race track around the parking garage allows cars to speedily slide from top to bottom
- 【Perfect Gift for Kids】Track toy set is well constructed of sturdy plastic, without any sharp edge, suitable as Christmas and birthday gifts for Boys and Girls age 5+ Years old . Play and Assemble with your kids, not only improve their hands-on ability and color perception, while enhancing the parent-child relationship in happiness.
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