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Blumers Bus Service, Sappers Corner, Hartlepool Started in 1920 by Tommy Blumer. Tommy was a Sapper during the first world war and named his company premises Sappers Corner in memory of the colleagues he had lost during the war. The name still sticks today.
Blumer's Bus Depot
Donated by Douglas FerridayAn interior view of Blumer's Bus Depot.
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Blumer's Bus Depot (2)
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Donated by Hartlepool Library ServiceA slightly damaged photograph of the the interior of Blumer's Bus Depot at Sapper's Corner - date unknown. In the background is one of the company's original Ford buses, kept long after it had been withdrawn from service, for sentimental reasons by Mr. Thomas Blumer.
HHT&N 634
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Blumer's Double-Decker Bus
Donated by Hartlepool Museum ServiceBlumer's bus service. Reg. No. VR88 probably in Greatham village in c1930. The bus had a Crossley chassis and Roe body.
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Sappers Corner garage
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Donated by Hartlepool Museum ServiceThis is an advert from 1952 for Sappers Corner garage which was where the A689 from Hartlepool turned sharp left into Greatham before the Greatham by pass was built. It was a very busy garage being the last on the way out of town.
The garage had previously been a depot for Blumer' buses and is now Up North Combine premises where lorries which transport pigeons are stored.
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