Sunday, July 20, 2014

Leicester tramlines and wires in 1949



Getty Images UK captions this:
A Police motorcyclist from the Leicester City Police Force stops the traffic for school children to cross the road safely.
But it also shows the wires and tracks of the city's tram system, which closed the year this photo was taken.

2 comments:

Tim (Kalyr) said...

Do wonder if some of Britain's cities would have retained their tramways had they lasted a decade or so longer.

Phil Beesley said...

My guess is that when black ghouls on scooters present themselves, tramway marketing has a lot to do.