Burr's of Tongue History Project - Buses
Early buses had a driver and a conductor. They carried passengers, of course, but were also well filled with newspapers, egg cases, bread, all Burr’s goods, such as eggs and and on occasion even live hens from Orkney! The bus took laundry to and from Thurso Laundry and whisky & beer for the hotels.
The conductor delivered all the way home. Newspapers were thrown out for customers to collect. Milk, vegetables, potatoes, parcels of all kinds and passengers were dropped off as required! The bus took eels from Major Blackett, Borgie to be put on the first train from Thurso to Billingsgate, also salmon from Naver and Strathy Fisheries and rabbits galore. The bus also had to stop at all letterboxes and Post Offices on its morning run to collect the day’s mail.
