Be careful which tram you choose to get home to Chorlton in November 1913

I never tire of this image of Barlow Moor Road sometime just before 1911 and it is one I keep coming back to.

But for now it is the postcard and the company that interest me more.

It is the fourth in the series produced by Tuck and Sons Ltd in 1913 showing scenes from Chorlton.

Each has that distinctive border and continued in circulation well in to the 1920s.  Some I suspect dated more quickly that others as shops changed hands and new buildings replaced old ones.

And what makes it interesting is that it was sent in the November of 1913 just seven months after the tram route from Chorlton had been extended to West Didsbury which in turn meant that there was now a circular route that took the passenger from town through Chorlton and on to Didsbury and hence all the way back into the city. 

This was the Circular route which long after the trams had disappeared still offered you the choice of the short route to Chorlton from Princess Street or the long one down Oxford Road passing through Rusholme, Fallowfield and Withington before turning north for the trip into Chorlton.

Only once did I make the mistake of getting on the 46 and not the 47 which while it gave me the scenic route did little to get me home early.

Perhaps the same thought had occurred to J S who sent the card with the simple message, 45/46 circular routes.

Pictures; Barlow Moor from the series Chorlton-cum-Hardy, issued by Tuck & Sons, November 1913 courtesy of TuckDB http://tuckdb.org/history