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One of the difficulties that had to be overcome when travelling on either trains or buses was the netting that was stuck to the glass, with what I thought was brown toffee. This was done to prevent passengers being injured from shattered glass in the event of an explosion. On the trains, there was a small clear circle through which one was expected to determine where they were. As station name boards had been removed, to confuse enemy spies it also made life difficult for the traveller, firstly, finding out if you were in a station during the black out and secondly, to find out if it was the right station.
Up to the time of, and during the war, the steam trains were made up of first, second and third class compartments, also ladies only and non-smokers. Platform slot machines still took up platform space but there was no Nestles chocolate bars to be had. You could weigh yourself or print your name on a metal strip but the sweeties had disappeared
During the black out bus passengers had the problem of knowing where they were, unless you had a good conductor who would sing out the name of each stop.

Ian Dellow

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