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Description: | This quiet street scene is in High Barnet, a suburb of London, some time between 1910 and 1920. A No 84 bus is driving to St Albans, which connects the outskirts of London with the surrounding towns. The route's other terminus is Golders Green.
High Barnet is on the northernmost edge of the tram system, so is an important interchange between London's transport system and the buses to the surrounding towns.
The bus is about to overtake a horse and cart. Horses were used for traction, especially by farmers until long after the motor engine was invented.
High Barnet is on a hill on the main road going north of London. Its famous September fair, which people went to 'for horses and pleasure', is around 800 years old. | Format: | image/jpeg | Publisher: | London Transport Museum | Rights holder: | Kodak | Subjects: | Environment Transport | Temporal: | 1910-1920 | Source: | London Transport Museum | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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