The caption for the photo says they are boarding midland red busesI thought the queue was for the buses when of course they were making their way
from the buses to the station, makes sense now.
I'm thinking some of them must be going one of the 7 day coach cruises, not a day trip with suitcasesThese were the types of Midland Red destinations on offer, 2 months earlier. Viv.
Source: British Newspaper Archive
maybe they just got off the train and are continuing through on the Worcester bus route to get back home.I'm thinking some of them must be going one of the 7 day coach cruises, not a day trip with suitcases
too early for hop picking lloyd that was in september...however the 2 week factory shut down seems more likelyHop-pickers off to a holiday in Herefordshire fields? It must be the start of the 'holiday fortnight' when local factories closed down. The photo is from Saturday August 5th, yet the Bank Holiday Monday wasn't till the 28th in 1939.
Off the steps of the Market Hall, looking straight down Station Street, Worcester St to the right and left. The bus on the right looks like a visitor.
Correct. It is a Midland Red home-built type FEDD (Front Entrance Double Deck) of the mid 1930s.The bus on the right is a Midland Red on route 144 to Malvern, I believe.