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Kettering, Bus Station c.1965
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Until the 1960s, most people relied on public transport, and the green-liveried buses of United Counties carried workers and shoppers in and out of town on busy timetables. Coach tours became very popular, especially to Skegness ('Skeggy') or Hunstanton ('Hunston') - usually on Sundays. They would leave at 7.30am and often would not return until 10.30pm. This is the view from Northampton Road, with the George Hotel roof visible behind the bus station.

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For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. These memories are of Kettering, Bus Station c.1965

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I have put 1970 as my year of recollection, but I was catching the 259 service from bay 5 at about the time this photograph was taken. In 1970 I was working on the buses as a conductor and by 1974 as a driver. You will see in the photo that buses reversed onto the bays, this changed in the mid 1970s, with the introduction of more fromt entry buses, from then we drove onto the bay and reversed off. At the far end ...see more
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