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Description: | An armoured car passes a crowded open-top bus in Oxford Street during the nine-day General Strike, in May 1926.
The strike was called by the Trade Union Congress in support of the miners, who were being threatened with longer hours at lower pay. The strike affected key industries such as the docks. Armoured cars were used to escort food lorries from the London docks during the strike.
The bus in the picture was also driven by a volunteer driver. | Format: | image/jpeg | Publisher: | London Transport Museum | Rights holder: | Copyright unknown: London Transport Museum collection | Subjects: | Power and Politics Cityscape | Temporal: | May 1926 | Source: | London Transport Museum | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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