It’s the sort of thing that might be seen onscreen in a bit of far-fetched action but one day a regular London Double-decker bus jumped the gap at Tower Bridge. On 30th December 1952, Albert Gunter was happily going about his day job, driving the number 78 bus over Tower Bridge towards Shoreditch. To his… Continue reading Jumping a Double-decker bus over Tower Bridge
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A drive through London in 1946
I came across this video today when I was mean’t to be working on one of my worik in progress manuscripts. It shows that traffic has always been bad in London though it seems quiet at first. I really enjoyed watching this video and seem to know all of the streets the video takes us… Continue reading A drive through London in 1946
Stephen Liddell 