![TIL a London double-decker bus driver had to jump the opening Tower Bridge in 1952. The museum has a hilarious depiction of this event. : r/todayilearned TIL a London double-decker bus driver had to jump the opening Tower Bridge in 1952. The museum has a hilarious depiction of this event. : r/todayilearned](https://external-preview.redd.it/Ziu4Ys7hiGwOgGbUdRZX4bMXJdJZw2R_U5FHoDg0ZB8.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=7c086d92265c70e642fa37e0289d3b195962be45)
TIL a London double-decker bus driver had to jump the opening Tower Bridge in 1952. The museum has a hilarious depiction of this event. : r/todayilearned
![Just A Car Guy: On 30th December 1952, an incident described as '1 in 150,000' by the Daily Mail occurred when Tower Bridge began to open with a no.78 double decker bus Just A Car Guy: On 30th December 1952, an incident described as '1 in 150,000' by the Daily Mail occurred when Tower Bridge began to open with a no.78 double decker bus](https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-p_QyynBS1yY/W1c6qYJH7iI/AAAAAAAFNpM/QUH9EGDs39si6HvbGVDQ3LDZgxkhlNlpgCLcBGAs/s1600/1952%2Bbus%2Bjump%2Bsketch.jpg)
Just A Car Guy: On 30th December 1952, an incident described as '1 in 150,000' by the Daily Mail occurred when Tower Bridge began to open with a no.78 double decker bus
![TIL about Albert Gunton, a London city bus driver who in 1952 found himself driving his route crossing Tower Bridge when the bridge began to rise to allow a ship to pass. TIL about Albert Gunton, a London city bus driver who in 1952 found himself driving his route crossing Tower Bridge when the bridge began to rise to allow a ship to pass.](https://external-preview.redd.it/1VfsCLsuBDWtQ49XhvJ361LVifMWn7_djjcTPpn9zWg.jpg?auto=webp&s=6d49de6303f2060b6132e54e993a0b6e7ae25687)
TIL about Albert Gunton, a London city bus driver who in 1952 found himself driving his route crossing Tower Bridge when the bridge began to rise to allow a ship to pass.
![Just A Car Guy: On 30th December 1952, an incident described as '1 in 150,000' by the Daily Mail occurred when Tower Bridge began to open with a no.78 double decker bus Just A Car Guy: On 30th December 1952, an incident described as '1 in 150,000' by the Daily Mail occurred when Tower Bridge began to open with a no.78 double decker bus](https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-oPXESf-mRpM/W1c6UxaW1QI/AAAAAAAFNpE/K3KNwxqjCGQXkm_ogoKvgc_LroxXfhECgCLcBGAs/s1600/Photo-16-02-2016-16-08-14-1024x1024.jpg)
Just A Car Guy: On 30th December 1952, an incident described as '1 in 150,000' by the Daily Mail occurred when Tower Bridge began to open with a no.78 double decker bus
![Tower Bridge en Twitter: "Do you know the story of Albert Gunter, the bus driver who famously jumped the opening bascules in 1952? #peopleMW https://t.co/MQeoH37lVx" / Twitter Tower Bridge en Twitter: "Do you know the story of Albert Gunter, the bus driver who famously jumped the opening bascules in 1952? #peopleMW https://t.co/MQeoH37lVx" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CeuIyGEXEAEs7UP.jpg)
Tower Bridge en Twitter: "Do you know the story of Albert Gunter, the bus driver who famously jumped the opening bascules in 1952? #peopleMW https://t.co/MQeoH37lVx" / Twitter
![Tower Bridge on Twitter: "#OnThisDay, 65 years ago, a double decker bus jumped the opening bascules of Tower Bridge. Read more about Albert Gunter here: https://t.co/tOgmUga8Ac https://t.co/MdWXc5O4xd" / Twitter Tower Bridge on Twitter: "#OnThisDay, 65 years ago, a double decker bus jumped the opening bascules of Tower Bridge. Read more about Albert Gunter here: https://t.co/tOgmUga8Ac https://t.co/MdWXc5O4xd" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DSSUE6GW4AIgGlj.jpg)