Looking back on transport in East Cambridgeshire in history

For many, a car, bus or train will get them from one place to another, but a delve through the Cambridgeshire Community Archive Network shows us that there were other preferred methods years ago.

Take a look at this horse-drawn delivery van outside the International Stores in Fore Hill, Ely, between 1910 and 1920.

A horse-drawn delivery carriage outside of International Stores, in Ely, between 1910 and 1920. (Image: Cambridgeshire Community Archive Network)

It is safe to say that a van or lorry is much more common these days.

People travelling by bus nowadays are not likely to be boarding an open-top in East Cambridgeshire, but between 1900 and 1910, this was quite a common mode of transport.

An omnibus pictured on St Mary's Green in Ely between 1900 and 1910. (Image: Cambridgeshire Community Archive Network)

Delivery vans have also had a makeover in the last few decades too.

A Newstead and Son delivery van pictured between 1930 and 1940. (Image: Cambridgeshire Community Archive Network)

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