Uploaded for the Vintage Photos Theme Park theme of: ON THE BUS OR OFF THE BUS
For the week of: March 30 to April 5, 2026.
My dear, beloved Nana is the woman wearing the light colored hat, second from the right.
Titled “The Ladies!” in our family album.
See below for “The Gentlemen!"
My granddad was a printer at Waterlows in London and somehow the retirement community that they moved to in Basildon in their late 70s was connected to his pension, (I think.)
It must have been a hard move for them, leaving the London flat they had lived in together for forty years.
Anyway, here two photos of them, c.1968, off the bus, at this community, going on a bus trip to somewhere in the southeast of England.
Pic a day: 89/365
Granddad is the 6th from the right with a plaid tie.
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4 comments
kiiti said:
Deborah Lundbech said:
Back then, in England, the majority of people did not own cars - and certainly not people of this age. So although the transportation system was good, having a day’s holiday where you didn’t have to worry about driving or timetables was popular!
Was that also true in Japan?
kiiti replied to Deborah Lundbech:
In such a poor society, group tours were the primary form of travel.
Deborah Lundbech said:
Almost preemptively (before wealthier classes could roll their eyes at working class people owning cars), there was a general sense (from fellow working class people) that the cars owners were “getting above themselves”. The phrase "who do they think they are?’ illustrates this attitude. It was a very powerful inhibitor of ambition.
Of course, this is many years ago and does not illustrate how British society has been for many years now.
Also, this is my personal view from growing up in England, the many discussions my English family and fellow immigrants had on this topic after moving away, and reading.