Driving buses during the Second World War was a dangerous occupation.
These brave souls kept the communications of transport going:
Dover bus drivers and women conductors enjoy a spot of tea.Their mobile canteen, parked on a side street, once was a double-decker bus. Another old bus serves as the bus company’s local office. A Nazi bomb fell in the street outside the original company building, ripped off the front, killed 14 people, and hurt 30 more.
They manned their buses along bombed streets, this one in Dover:
Does anyone know the make and model of that bus??
Women Bus Drivers became common during the war years:
Of course WWII was not the first time buses had been used during a war; these omnibuses are carrying British troops to the Western Front during the 1914-18 War:
Back to WWII, and of course bus crews undertook dangerous work in the cities and they could be casualities:
Who hasn't seen this famous scene:
......and not forgetting other cities like Bristol:
Just over 70 years ago these bus crews faced daily danger from above. Let's remember them.
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