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Gyrocopter Beats TrafficThe Campbell Cricket one-man gyrocopter is used for speedy commuting above the traffic and passengers queuing at the bus stop Date: late 1960s
Bus conductor collecting fares from queuers, September 1939London bus conductor collecting fares from passengers as they queue in the street in order to maximise efficiency. The reduction of bus services largely due to spirit rationing led to heavy queueing
Londoners travelling to work amid wartime delays 1939Londoners photographed as they travel after experiencing delays due to air raid warnings. The Sphere describes " three hours suburban traffic" but reports that " by 9.30 and 10 a.am
The Workmans Train. Interior of a third class carriage running workers from the suburbs of London into the city centre. The illustration related to a feature in the same issue of The Illustrated
3rd Class Carriage, seats for 5 persons 1860sCramped 3rd class train with people practically sitting on one anothers laps. Date: 1860s
London horse-bus 1888Monday morning, east wind and rain, a city bus full if passengers even on the open top deck. 1888
Second class passengers going home for Christmas 1859Crowed Second class passengers on their way home for Christmas. Date: 1859
Parliamentary train, interior of third class 1862Crowded less affluent passengers seated on a busy Parliamentary train in third class at 7 o clock in the morning. 1862
Incidents including train-wrecking: General Strike 1926Several scenes in England including: Liverpool Street Station crowds of commuters trying to get to work. Vandalism in Northumberland where fish-plates and bolts had been removed from the rails
London takes to the roads, General Strike 1926Photographs showing Londoners finding all sorts of ways to commute to and from work during the 1926 general strike in Britain. May 1926
Joys of To-day 1. Sardine-time on the tube by StuddyCartoon by George Studdy, part of a series depicting the various trails and discomforts of life on the home front during the First World War
Proposed extensions of transport links into London 1919Diagram showing a map of London and the movement of commuters by different travel means from Greater to Central London, and the proposed extensions of transport links
General Strrike 1926: Request for liftThe official request that drivers of cars in which there was a spare seat should pick up any pedestrian who needed a lift was well responded to. May 1926
The Buses were not affected by the Strike by H. M. BatemanA fabulous cartoon by H. M. Bateman showing a multitude of people trying to chaotically squeeze onto a bus - a comment on the bus strikes affecting Britain in 1919. Date: 1919
Present Day Types - the Straphanger by Arthur WattsA gentleman in a top hat and smoking a pipe tries to keep his balance on a London Underground train by hanging onto one of the overhead straps whille holding his umbrella
Female bus conductor drawn by Fish, WW1Uncle Fred, one of the characters in the gossip column, Letters of Eve, finds his commute to the office infinitely more enjoyable now there are ladies working as bus conductors during the war
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