UNITED BUS WITH RAY ALLICK & HARRY MARSTON
c. 1950Front of Daimler United Bus. Ray Allick in leather jacket, open neck shirt and with hands in pockets of light coloured trousers is leaning on mudguard beside driver's door. Harry Marston, driver, beside him in collar and tie, shirtsleeves rolled, darker trousers with belt. Bus bearing sign [PRIVATE CHARTER] is outside Perth Railway Station? People and luggage in background.
Inter-suburban private bus service established in 1931 travelled between Claremont and Perth via Victoria Avenue and Jutland Parade. It possessed the only Perth double decker bus. Norfolk pines removed from Bayview Tce 1930s, in an attempt to introduce double decker buses. Unsuccessful as the ship carrying one was torpedoed near Suez, the other was damaged by fire in depot, 32 Gugeri St, Claremont, behind the hotel. Buses were painted cream with a broad dark green strip containing cream writing. Conductresses' uniforms were fawn with brown piping in summer (04.113a) and dark brown in winter. Money bag was brown leather with shoulder strap and a pocket to hold oblong leather folder with tickets of varying denominatios.
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