Buses in All-Over Adverts

Advertising on public transport in the UK has been common practice since the early days of the horse-drawn bus. Vehicle sides were a good means of advertisers’ products being seen across cities and towns and brought in additional income to operators. The traditional side and rear ads became more ambitious over the years—not just featuring commercial products but bus company promotional material, too. In the 1960s the use of all-over advertising buses became popular. Traditionally these were...