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Foxcote
Warwick
61 of 304  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
62 of 304  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
63 of 304  Wed 30th Jan 2013 1:15pm  

Hi Annewiggy, Wave Someone will be able to put an exact date on it I am sure, but I think that it was late 1930s. Wave
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Midland Red

64 of 304  Sat 2nd Feb 2013 3:53pm  

Fascinating reading - thank you so much for sharing this with us all Cheers
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Foxcote
Warwick
65 of 304  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 Thumbs up
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PhiliPamInCoventry
Holbrooks
66 of 304  Sat 2nd Feb 2013 5:16pm  

Hi all Cheers I have loved reading this. Wave Cheers Thumbs up
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NeilsYard
Coventry
67 of 304  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
68 of 304  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
69 of 304  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
70 of 304  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 Cheers Cheers Cheers
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Midland Red

71 of 304  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 Cheers Cheers 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
72 of 304  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
73 of 304  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
74 of 304  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

75 of 304  Tue 4th Jun 2013 9:48am  

Hopefully, someone can help identify the location of these two postcard images for me please Oh my
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