Foxcote
Warwick |
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Tue 29th Jan 2013 1:56pm
Just found a clear shot of Tram 44, it's on the new 'Coventry Street View Gallery'. It's under 'B', Bishop Street, 1939
(You can find it under the 'Forum Specific' menu on the left of this page).
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Annewiggy
Tamworth |
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Wed 30th Jan 2013 12:00pm
Did not know whether you would be interested in this tram picture I have found in the box of Coventry stuff I bought. It is a very busy picture with trams and buses. Obviously pre war because of the number of cars and men around. Can any one date it for me.
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PhiliPamInCoventry
Holbrooks |
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Wed 30th Jan 2013 1:15pm
Hi Annewiggy,
Someone will be able to put an exact date on it I am sure, but I think that it was late 1930s. |
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Midland Red
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Sat 2nd Feb 2013 3:53pm
Fascinating reading - thank you so much for sharing this with us all |
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Foxcote
Warwick |
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Sat 2nd Feb 2013 4:13pm
I agree with MR, brilliant! Far too much for me to take in all at once. It'll be so useful for referring to |
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PhiliPamInCoventry
Holbrooks |
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Sat 2nd Feb 2013 5:16pm
Hi all
I have loved reading this. |
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NeilsYard
Coventry |
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Thu 7th Feb 2013 2:40pm
Going back to Greg's post 19 on this thread, did anyone ever find the copse on the Fillongley to Meriden Road and the laid-to-rest tram remains? |
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DENCOL
LEAMINGTON SPA |
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Sat 9th Feb 2013 8:15pm
I last saw tram 32 at Maxstoke ten years ago and looking at the recent photo I'm suprised it still exists. It was bought by Mr. Cartwright, timber merchant, when the trams were scrapped in 1942 for a summer house. As an 8 year old at the time I used to cycle from my home at Foleshill to see it most weekends as I was a tram fanatic even then as my dad had been a tram conductor until Adolf made him a bus conductor. |
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NeilsYard
Coventry |
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Sat 9th Feb 2013 10:11pm
Still clinging on four years ago, No.32 in 2009
Surely someone should attempt to persuade whoever owns it now to let it go to the Motor Museum. Really needs saving for Coventry posterity, even if it's just a shell |
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stevie g
wyken, coventry |
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Mon 11th Feb 2013 3:11pm
On 4th Jun 2012 8:55pm, Midland Red said:
Remains of track at the former depot at Foleshill Road still in place
Can anyone help me and identify where in Foleshill these tram lines are, and where is Eaton Road, cheers |
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Midland Red
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Mon 11th Feb 2013 3:33pm
On 11th Feb 2013 3:11pm, stevie g said:
Can anyone help me and identify where in Foleshill these tram lines are, and where is Eaton Road, cheers
i) See posts 71/72 of this thread
ii) Eaton Road joins what was the junction of Warwick Road/St Patricks Road/Queens Road with Coventry Station |
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DENCOL
LEAMINGTON SPA |
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Sat 9th Mar 2013 10:06pm
This photo takes me back to when I was about four years old when my dad was a tram conductor, he came home one day and told me that the trolley on his tram had dewired outside the Empire cinema and damaged the canopy. I can remember items like this from years ago but not what I had for lunch today. The conductor in the photo, Ernie Wright, was known for not using the bell to signal to the driver, he whistled through his teeth and that was a loud whistle, I can even remember it. Ernie Wright's son George was a driver and later inspector on the buses, two very nice people. |
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DENCOL
LEAMINGTON SPA |
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Fri 15th Mar 2013 5:41pm
Another incident that involved my dad as a tram conductor occurred one night when he was on the last tram to Bedworth, he was standing on the platform and there was a snow storm, as the tram approached the New Inn bridge he coughed and his false teeth went flying out into the snow-covered road. He stopped the tram and he and the driver searched for the teeth but couldn't find them so they carried on to Bedworth. On the way back they stopped and had another search and after about five minutes they found them undamaged. |
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Foxcote
Warwick |
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Wed 27th Mar 2013 11:03am
Apart from the circumstances, that's a great photo, 20A
I am sure you have access to the old newspaper archive and know all the details but I looked the incident up and No. 20 was going towards Bedworth and the accident happened opposite the Longford Police Station, the front wheels left the rails. As I can see from your photograph, it was open topped and all the passengers were injured. Luckily, a considerable amount of passengers had dismounted at the Longford Bridge stopping place. It seems the conductress was extricated by a number of muscular miners who were able to quickly raise the overturned tram car and thus release her.
I found another accident involving Nos. 16 and 49, too gruesome to report here in detail, it was October 1918, I think the White Street area.
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Midland Red
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Tue 4th Jun 2013 9:48am
Hopefully, someone can help identify the location of these two postcard images for me please
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