Trams galore

[Trojan]

There seem to be a lot of Felthams. When I looked on the Crich website they don't appear to have one. I last saw one in the Transport Museum at Clapham about 40 years ago.

[BLAKEY]

Many thanks to Blackprince and to Brandy for that valuable tip - "tha' learns summat new ivery day tha' knows."What a superb selection of pictures - especially for the likes of me who consider the "Felthams" to be amongst the finest trams ever built, both in handsome looks and in superb riding comfort. I did however work with quite a few senior chaps who said that they were possessed of some nasty habits like failing unexpectedly to stop at times. In my childhood, while visiting relations in Streatham, South London, I rode on these cars regularly and just couldn't believe my luck when ninety of them came here. By a really strange coincidence they spent much of their later days in London on routes 16/18/20/22 from Croydon and Purley to the Embankment etc., and did just the same here to New Inn, Crossgates, Halton and Templenewsam.

[BLAKEY]

dogduke wrote: Excellent collection,not available to purchase due to copyright. There are ways round that - nudge nudge, wink wink.

[BLAKEY]

Trojan wrote: There seem to be a lot of Felthams. When I looked on the Crich website they don't appear to have one. I last saw one in the Transport Museum at Clapham about 40 years ago. They do have just one example at Crich Trojan, but it is the unique (I think) centre entrance one ex Metropolitan Electric Tramways No. 331 (London) and, although a fine car, it "doesn't look right" for that reason only. Its recently been fully overhauled and is beautiful to see and to ride on.

[BIG N]

BLAKEY wrote: I rode on these cars regularly and just couldn't believe my luck when ninety of them came here. By a really strange coincidence they spent much of their later days in London on routes 16/18/20/22 from Croydon and Purley to the Embankment etc., and did just the same here to New Inn, Crossgates, Halton and Templenewsam. Hey Blakey - maybe that was because they were the only route numbers in the indicator boxes LOLOnly joking mate

[BLAKEY]

BIG N wrote: []Hey Blakey - maybe that was because they were the only route numbers in the indicator boxes LOLOnly joking mate Don't give up the day job N No, seriously though, in London the route numbers were in a little offset square box (rather untidy I thought). This was painted out in Leeds in favour of the very smart "all in one" destination blinds. The London routes from the south crossed the river by two different bridges and ran a "horseshoe" in both directions rather like the Leeds system of Roundhay or Chapeltown and then on Street Lane. Depending on "clockwise" or "anit-clockwise" the destinatiion blinds showedEMBANKMENTvia Elephant & Blackfriars         orEMBANKMENTvia Kennington & Westr.For soime reason the abbreviation of "Westminster" always amused me as a kid.

[Cardiarms]

BLAKEY wrote: EMBANKMENTvia Elephant & Blackfriars I've now got an immage of elephants swaying down the High Street before transferring to a piggy back monk for the final leg.

[Trojan]

BLAKEY wrote:     For soime reason the abbreviation of "Westminster" always amused me as a kid. My favourite destination blinds (artistcally speaking ) are the Blackpool trams ones, where the writing begins small and becomes large, so that both destinations can be shown on the same blind.

[Brandy]

BLAKEY wrote: Many thanks to Blackprince and to Brandy for that valuable tip - "tha' learns summat new ivery day tha' knows."What a superb selection of pictures - especially for the likes of me who consider the "Felthams" to be amongst the finest trams ever built, both in handsome looks and in superb riding comfort. I did however work with quite a few senior chaps who said that they were possessed of some nasty habits like failing unexpectedly to stop at times. In my childhood, while visiting relations in Streatham, South London, I rode on these cars regularly and just couldn't believe my luck when ninety of them came here. By a really strange coincidence they spent much of their later days in London on routes 16/18/20/22 from Croydon and Purley to the Embankment etc., and did just the same here to New Inn, Crossgates, Halton and Templenewsam. I thought you'd like them Felthams mate

[BLAKEY]

Cardiarms wrote: [ I've now got an immage of elephants swaying down the High Street before transferring to a piggy back monk for the final leg.Nothing quite as charmingly "Walt Disney" as that I'm afraid - it referred simply to the once famous Elephant and Castle pub, sadly now just a huge soul-less roundabout.