Another one for you Frothy. Seen here in 1939, folks are out in the road to board an 87 tram on the Dudley Road at Icknield Park Road junction. on the left the little girl in the pram looks like she is keeping a wary eye on the tram!
Very clear indeed - you can make out the Mitchells and Butler's lorry behind the tram, with its trademark "Beer is Best" on the radiator!
Tiny little point - it's Icknield Port Road.
hi mike,
great pictures, thanks a lot, pic 40 is of the bull ring going down
to digbeth, just behind the tram is park st the royal georgeis on the corner. terry
I've just studied that view, and can date it by the fact that over the tram, in the overhead wire is a double hanger for the Coventry road trolleybuses, but the negative wire (always closest to the pavement) has been cut down, so it's after July 1951. The destination number blind is showing 'Depot only', and as the tracks to Arthur Street (Coventry Road) and Highgate Road depots had gone by then, the only place this car was going was Kyotts Lake Road works.pic 40 is of the bull ring going down
to digbeth, just behind the tram is park st the royal georgeis on the corner. terry