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Thank you to George Smith, British Columbia, Canada for sending his
memories of the 'Last Tram Procession' George wrote:
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Procession
"I recollect being at the bottom of
Lothian Road on this occasion and vaguely remember things like a
steam car (Argyle?) in a procession of vintage automobiles and the
like.
It did not seem important at the time
that the trams were going, but in retrospect they
were frequent and convenient, though the overhead lines were
an eyesore. |
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At the end of the line it was an
occasion to see the driver/conductor switching lines for the return
journey. Memories of the Number 4 at Slateford. Were the
trolleys really made of wood? |
I remember poles also being used for the trolley buses when I lived in
Bradford, West Yorkshire, in the 1950s. The poles were used to put the
trolleys back on the wires, often
- at a junction: e.g. the trolley bus turned left but the trolleys
went straight on because the driver did not have his power ON/OFF at the
right time OR
- when one of the drivers forgot that he was driving a trolley bus and
tried to overtake another one at a bus stop.
Peter Stubbs: 5 January 2006 |
