A great picture of the old Horne Brothers store on the corner of King Edward Street and Jameson Street, which was demolished in the 60's to make way for the BHS/Co-op building, not seen this one before... please log in to view this image
I would assume so. During the war, our blue and white buses had their white bits painted light blue, so the Luftwaffe couldn't see them. *Useless fact of the day
The one in the bottom left corner, behind the Austin A30, is a trolley-bus. The one with 32 on its board looks like a Corpo 'Guy'; the 15 is an AEC; and the one passing in front of Hornes is a Leyland, I think. They are all Corpo, except for the EYMS going away from the camera. Good find, OLM. ('Trainspotter Stan')
Great zebra crossings in that picture, I reckon the famous Shibuya Crossing in Tokyo got it's inspiration from King Edward Street... please log in to view this image
I was a temporary conductor on Corpo buses in 1968/9, when all the regular conductors were going through the driving school, to set up one-man buses. Trolley buses had gone by then, but all the others in the photo were still around.
we probably lost more important architecture in the re planning of the city centre than what was caused by the War . Most cities had redevelopment plans in their early phases in the late 30s - The bombing of our cities just made further clearance more appropriate (if thats the right word) . The **** buildings that replaced the sturdy buildings were also a bi product of the War - the poverty the country was in for starters.
There were some good plans proposed for the city,but they were halted by the input from local trade and commerce.
Fantastic image - a few observations. 1. There seems to be more buses on the roads than there are now. 2. Yet with less buses, the current ones warrant their own bus lane and camera enforcement. 3. There is bugger all people on the buses, so petrol must have been a bargain back then.
