An open-topped bus carrying players and officials will be arriving on the Boulevard outside the Civic Centre on Russell Street around midday.

There was even an open-topped double-decker bus, defying the calendar.

It is rude to point and jeer at open-topped buses.

Not that he wasn't a charming and entertaining companion, but if she'd wanted a guided tour of Berlin, she could have climbed aboard an open-topped bus.

The promotion-winning team set off a short time ago from the County Ground to tour the town in an open-topped bus, before a civic reception given by Thamesdown Council.

Alex Ferguson and his stars, winners of the FA Cup and League championship, were driven through the streets in an open-topped double-decker bus.

They travelled by train to Wilmslow, from where they undertook a 13 mile parade in an open-topped bus.

Middlesbrough's battle-weary troops were cheered by thousands of fans as they made their way to a civic reception in an open-topped bus.

When the English men won the 2005 Ashes and paraded through London on an open-topped bus, the English women followed them on a bus of their own.

Eventually the open-topped bus appeared in the distance, and they rushed to get on board.