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May 05, 1978 - Bus Enthusiast Gets Caught After Taking 965 Bus Stops: 45-year-old Louis Norris was obsessed with collecting transport mementos, and 13 months he stole 965 bus stop signs, but was finally caught red-handed when a bus inspector spotted him half way up a ladder dismantling a bus stop in Harlow, Essex, the town's magistrates heard yesterday. In a statement to the police Norris explained that his ambition as a private collector was to open a museum. He also added that many old bus stop signs were being replaced so he adopted his own method of obtaining them. He was given a conditional discharge for 12 months and ordered to pay25 costs. The signs, worth a total of1, 018 have all been recovered. Photo shows A policeman sits amid the signs that once belonged to Mr. Norris

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