knocked down by a tram

Phill_dvsn · Post by **Phill_dvsn** » Thu 16 Feb, 2012 11:52 pm

I'm sure it said tram too lol

liits · Post by **liits** » Fri 17 Feb, 2012 2:33 am

jim wrote: I think the gentleman referred to as the one-legged chairman of the Transport Committee was Councillor or Alderman Rafferty, not an officer of the Transport Department.I remember an elderly railway worker of my acquaintance i the 1950s would become apoplectic with rage whenever his name was mentioned! Rafferty was notorious for his hatred of trams and the tramway system. I don't think anyone worked harder for their abolition.Can't think why. Well, I stand corrected. In looking for info about Cllr Rafferty, it turns out he did lose a leg although I’m still not sure about how. I also discovered that his daughter, Barbara, married Stan Cohen – youngest ever Leeds Councillor and later an MP.Like Jim’s colleague, my mother would become agitated at the mention of Mr Cohen’s name [and Harold Wilson, Arthur Scargill etc, too] none of her comments printable here.While she never met Wilson, she knew Stan and his wife well.

Phill_dvsn · Post by **Phill_dvsn** » Fri 17 Feb, 2012 9:38 am

It says tram again

uncle mick · Post by **uncle mick** » Fri 17 Feb, 2012 10:01 am

Phill_dvsn wrote: It says tram again I think someones taken the P

Post by **chameleon** » Sun 19 Feb, 2012 10:18 am

uncle mick wrote: Phill_dvsn wrote: It says tram again I think someones taken the P Rather more than that I think - and this isn't the only thread being illicitly manipulated.

dogduke · Post by **dogduke** » Sun 19 Feb, 2012 12:05 pm

chameleon wrote: uncle mick wrote: Phill_dvsn wrote: It says tram again I think someones taken the P Rather more than that I think - and this isn't the only thread being illicitly manipulated. What else is happening ???

Phill_dvsn · Post by **Phill_dvsn** » Sun 19 Feb, 2012 12:13 pm

Yes what's afoot, do tell

buffaloskinner · Post by **buffaloskinner** » Sun 19 Feb, 2012 11:54 pm

here is a tram accident circa 1912, not sure where but its on its way to the Corn Exchange.Its also outside of a Maypole store, omg I used to love their cheese counter.

BLAKEY · Post by **BLAKEY** » Mon 20 Feb, 2012 10:25 am

buffaloskinner wrote: here is a tram accident circa 1912, not sure where but its on its way to the Corn Exchange.Its also outside of a Maypole store, omg I used to love their cheese counter. So did I, and the huge butter "cubes" and the bacon on the Berkel slicing machine - pity we had to share our delight with all the flies and wasps !! There's also a Taylor's Drug store behind the tram, and another "cash grocer" on the left. If I see this picture in any of the many books on the subject I'll try to identify the interesting location.

uncle mick · Post by **uncle mick** » Mon 20 Feb, 2012 10:48 am

BLAKEY wrote: buffaloskinner wrote: here is a tram accident circa 1912, not sure where but its on its way to the Corn Exchange.Its also outside of a Maypole store, omg I used to love their cheese counter. So did I, and the huge butter "cubes" and the bacon on the Berkel slicing machine - pity we had to share our delight with all the flies and wasps !! There's also a Taylor's Drug store behind the tram, and another "cash grocer" on the left. If I see this picture in any of the many books on the subject I'll try to identify the interesting location. I have been looking through Kelly's Directories etc and I can't find a Maypole next door but one to a Taylor's Drug Store.I can find several instances of both firms on the same street.Town Street Armley, Beeston Road, Tong Road,Hunslet Road.It should be illegal to post pics like this, I can't rest