Crich Tramway Village - 1940s Weekend 2013 - 11/08/13
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Leeds tram 180, Town End, National Tramway Museum, Crich, Derbyshire. 2012
Leeds tram 180, at the National Tramway Museum, Crich, Derbyshire. Sunday 08 July 2012. Leeds 180 was one of a hundred Horsfield class trams built by Brush, Loughborough in the 1930's to replace older trams in the fleet. When new it was painted in the dark blue and cream livery. During the war it was painted khaki, reverting to blue again afterwards. In 1952 it was painted in the new red livery. 180 was withdrawn in 1957 for spares. However the following March 189 had to be scrapped after a…
Leeds tram 180, National Tramway Museum, Crich, Derbyshire. 2012
Leeds tram 180, at the National Tramway Museum, Crich, Derbyshire. Sunday 08 July 2012. Leeds 180 was one of a hundred Horsfield class trams built by Brush, Loughborough in the 1930's to replace older trams in the fleet. When new it was painted in the dark blue and cream livery. During the war it was painted khaki, reverting to blue again afterwards. In 1952 it was painted in the new red livery. 180 was withdrawn in 1957 for spares. However the following March 189 had to be scrapped after a…
Peter Lapish - Oakwood Clock - Leeds - West Yorkshire - England - A No 3 Chamberlain Tram bound for Roundhay passes a No 1 Lance Corporal Tram en route to Lawnswood - 1953
Tramcars of the National Tramway Museum
The National Tramway Museum in Crich, Derbyshire, has a very large and diverse fleet of heritage tramcars, and aims to illustrate the complete development of the traditional British Tramcar. Where it isn't possible to show this, tramcars from places as far away as Berlin, Den Haag, Douglas, Halle, Howth, Johannesburg, New York, Oporto, Prague and Sydney have been acquired to show this. The majority of the trams at Crich are double-deck trams built between 1900 and 19301, and several have…
Leeds: Cross Gates Terminus & Regal Cinema. 1956.
Note the green timber news stand to the right of the picture...at one time seen a plenty around the city suburbs.....usually a hive of activity on a Saturday night, when people congregated waiting for the delivery of the Evening Post 'Green Final' sports paper from the city press. Photo.. Jim Soper.
Leeds: Cross Gates Terminus & Regal Cinema. 1956.
Note the green timber news stand to the right of the picture...at one time seen a plenty around the city suburbs.....usually a hive of activity on a Saturday night, when people congregated waiting for the delivery of the Evening Post 'Green Final' sports paper from the city press. Photo.. Jim Soper.
Next stop Elland Road. Football Specials, Sovereign Street, Leeds
Armley Park. Stanningley Road. 1953.
The Tramcrar here is along side Winker Green Mills and the Park....all streets behind the tramcar the 'Hopes' were demolished in the 1970s, Jim Soper.
Leeds. Cross Gates Terminus. 1952.
Photo. J. Soper.
Elland Road. 'Match Day'. 1953.
Tramcar heading back towards the city......meanwhile a pocket of supporters in the corner of the Lowfields stand watch Utd grind out a 2-0 win against Fulham. Note the 'Davenports' advert for the 'Lion and Lamb' at Seacroft. Photo...Jim Soper.