Getting About Town: Bus Transport from the Past

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One 1960s memory I have is going to the movies on a Saturday afternoon. We lived close enough to walk into town to the theatre, but often caught a bus home later in the afternoon. Although this postcard image was probably produced in the late 1940s or early 1950s, it shows the red buses I used to travel on, parked outside the bus terminal. Of course, this part of the city centre looks nothing like this now, although intercity buses do leave from a terminal just around the corner from the bus terminal shown here. The old terminal has been replaced by a modern i-site, but the art deco ladies rest rooms out the back have been retained and are in a superb condition. The road shown here no longer exists as a thoroughfare, but is much narrower and wide enough only for the intercity buses to depart through and is used mostly by pedestrians. I love looking at old images from my childhood days and this postcard certainly brings back many memories. Postcard from my own collection, produced by the National Publicity Studios c1950.