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Late Trams

Phil

Phil

Gone, but not forgotten.
Isn’t that typical you wait half the day for a tram and 20 turn up at once.

In reality trams waiting in Garrison Lane for the Blues match to finish.

Phil

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Great photo,pmc

By the way did the Blues ever have that many supporters:D
 
What a wonderful photo if you don't mind can I take a copy of that, the aston villa one of course.
 
Of course, Marie, pictures are meant to be shared, thats what makes them so valuable.
 
Got that one Postie, had it for my 60th it takes pride of place on my living room wall.

Its called 'Another Victory' Oct 2nd 1948 Sheff Utd, Villa Won 4-3 Crowd 49840

Trams and that crowd:D
 
I bought this print yesterday with all the trams dropping the fans off, it's so nice to see the blues and villa fans mixing together with no trouble then, blues won 2 1 :cry: (it's not that clear because the glass on the print)
 
re trams

Hi,trams used to run on overhead cables.so do some trains,were does the cables connect? who pays the electric bill for them? any one know? if there is a problem were would they turn the power off? pete
 
In the tram days, Birmingham like many cities had its own electricity department, and its own generating stations like Hams Hall. Payment for power was just a paper transfer of cost from one department to another.
Nowadays, it's all centrally controlled and as for electric railways, the companies are charged for an 'estimated consumption' of power, as are councils charged for street lighting.
Unfortunately the promise of electricity 'so cheap it wouldn't be worth putting meters in homes' never came to pass, as the nuclear power stations weren't as cost-effective as was first thought.
 
Yes Lloyd, it's the same in Ontario and Canada as a whole. It seems that the cost of refurbishing a nuclear power plant is totally prohibitive. There is more and more interest here in heat pumps. Drilling down into the ground and using pipes and fluid to transfer the warmer temps down there to heat and cool homes. Less electricity is used and no gas. Don't know of any down side at this point.
 
pmc1947 said:
A nice photo of some trams parked up, but who can tell me where.

pmc1947
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Could it be Bristol Road at Northfield or Pebble Mill Road, I have a number of similar photo's showing lines of trams at these locations all dated late 40's early 50's. Due to the lack of space at Selly Oak Depot, trams were parked overnight and at weekends on these lines, or it may have been when lines of trams were parked around the city when local tram depots were changed over to buses and the obsolete trams were stored prior to been sent for scrap.


Colin
 
Colin B

It is as exactly as you say, its Pebble Mill it was a makeshift parking place for the trams whilst the Depot at Cotteridge was being altered for buses.

pmc1947
 
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