B/W print; the ticket roll machine at Effra Road printing works in Brixton, by Colin Tait, 1957

In 1957 London Transport opened its own production line for tickets. The Effra Road printing works in Brixton produced 8 million ticket rolls each year. These were used in the Gibson ticket machines that had been introduced on London's buses to replace old-style pre-printed tickets. This photo was taken to mark the opening of the new production line. The name of the woman in the background is not known, but in the foreground Rose Bates is packing rolls into the box as they come off the line.