Leeds city transport tramways?Guess were leeds

Trojan · Post by **Trojan** » Tue 24 Mar, 2009 10:22 pm

BLAKEY wrote: Trojan wrote: BLAKEY wrote: Also at Crich are several other Leeds cars including one of the two purple single deckers, new in Coronation year 1953, which would have been the forerunners of a large and revolutionary fleet had the axe not fallen.. Was one of them built by Charles Roberts of Horbury Junction? And was the other ex Sunderland? No Trojan, not quite.The two purple ones which were brand new in 1953 were built at the famous Charles H. Roe of Crossgates, numbers 601/602. The bodies were identical, but there were mechanical differences for evaluation purposes. The ex Sunderland one, 600, was intended for all sorts of experimental use but, like the two new ones, sadly spent much of its life on the very short route 25 tio Hunslet. It must be the Blackpool Coronation Railcars that were built at Charles Roberts then. If memory serves they looked very similar to the Leeds ones, but I suppose it's because they were contemporary.

BLAKEY · Post by **BLAKEY** » Tue 24 Mar, 2009 11:01 pm

Trojan wrote: I have (and I'm sure many more on here have) a print called "Twilight of the Trams" which shows a Feltham and a Horsfield on Lower Briggate (also a B16 on the railway bridge) Oh yes - a most beautiful picture is that one - so real that you can almost smell the rain and hear the sounds.It is also available as a greeting card in the "Rothbury Collection" series. I have sent several of these over the years as birthday cards to interested folks.

BLAKEY · Post by **BLAKEY** » Tue 24 Mar, 2009 11:08 pm

Trojan wrote: It must be the Blackpool Coronation Railcars that were built at Charles Roberts then. If memory serves they looked very similar to the Leeds ones, but I suppose it's because they were contemporary. Yes that's right - the "Coronations" were built 1952-54 by Roberts of Horbury. What a shame that they were so unsuccessful - but the survivor has been meticulously renovated for preservation, so that's something to be thankful for.

nobbyslass · Post by **nobbyslass** » Tue 24 Mar, 2009 11:27 pm

Was Temple Newsham a terminus, seem to remember as we were getting of t'tram that he would be flicking the seat backs t'other road ?

Post by **chameleon** » Wed 25 Mar, 2009 12:30 am

nobbyslass wrote: Was Temple Newsham a terminus, seem to remember as we were getting of t'tram that he would be flicking the seat backs t'other road ? Certainly was - remeber those hard seat backs well but strangely more comfortable than a bus jerking over every lump in the road!

Brunel · Post by **Brunel** » Wed 25 Mar, 2009 12:31 am

LS1 wrote: Thinking about it, is there also one of these boxes on Mansion Lane, just where the grass starts, behind the wall after the car park of the Roundhay Fox? This one, I believe a lot of these cabinets were "acquired" by LEEDS CITY LIGHTING and were reused after the closure of the tram systemhttp://snipurl.com/ehrua

Post by **chameleon** » Wed 25 Mar, 2009 12:34 am

Brunel wrote: LS1 wrote: Thinking about it, is there also one of these boxes on Mansion Lane, just where the grass starts, behind the wall after the car park of the Roundhay Fox? This one, I believe a lot of these cabinets were "acquired" by LEEDS CITY LIGHTING and were reused after the closure of the tram systemhttp://snipurl.com/ehrua I think you're right there, were there some smaller/similar ones used by LCC Lighting Dept too?

LS1 · Post by **LS1** » Wed 25 Mar, 2009 8:53 am

Yeah thats the one. Thank goodness for Google earth / Street!

BLAKEY · Post by **BLAKEY** » Wed 25 Mar, 2009 10:19 am

chameleon wrote: Certainly was - remeber those hard seat backs well but strangely more comfortable than a bus jerking over every lump in the road! I couldn't agree more Chameleon - another subject I know, so I won't "go on and on", but the abominable standard of design and manufacture of the much vaunted "beautiful new buses" has me baffled and upset. OK, ghastly bright interior colours in funereal purple and garish turquoise and bright lighting - BUT inadequate structure resulting in thumping and thudding and rattling when going over even a matchstick so to speak even after a few weeks in service. Rear suspension on these newer models (double deckers especially) is grossly inadequate for the job.To return to this topic though, providing the track was well maintained the trams gave a very acceptable ride, and models were being developed which had splendid comfortable seats - like the ex London "Felthams" for example - and four other ex London cars we had here - the three HR2 class trams (277/8/9) and the famous London number 1 (301 in Leeds). Acquisition of more HR2s was sadly scuttled by that little so and so with a moustache and slicked down black hair !!

Brandy · Post by **Brandy** » Wed 25 Mar, 2009 1:52 pm

Brunel wrote: LS1 wrote: Thinking about it, is there also one of these boxes on Mansion Lane, just where the grass starts, behind the wall after the car park of the Roundhay Fox? This one, I believe a lot of these cabinets were "acquired" by LEEDS CITY LIGHTING and were reused after the closure of the tram systemhttp://snipurl.com/ehrua OMG now i remember where i have seen these before!In the late 70's early 80's we used to muck about behind city lights and there used to be(im quite sure)rows and rows of these all lined up ready for the knackers yard.I remember them because for some reason or another when i was a kid i had a strange hobby/fixation(dont ask lol) with different type's of post boxes and i remember thinking that these reminded me of them??...................weired i knowIsn't it strange how once your memory gets jogged things just come flooding back eh?