Now my grandparents never talked about the Great War.
It was something they lived through and seemed happy not to dwell on.
Nor did they or my mum and dad spend much time looking back at the rerun.
To be fair they answered the questions I asked but never initiated a conversation.
Given our own family tragedy which hung over the events of the Second World War I can understand why.
I don’t know how mum and dad celebrated either VE Day or VJ Day and I never cared to ask my grandparents how they saw in the Armistice Day celebrations on November 11, 1918.
But it will not have been like many. Granddad was somewhere on the Western Front, and Nana was in Cologne, and so while my grandfather, his two brothers and my two uncles would have passed the day with a mix of relief and fun, she faced up to the defeat of her country.
Al of which would have been a long way from the streets of Salford when this Corporation tram was dressed for a Victory Day Parade the following year.
It comes from the collection of David Harrop who maintains an extensive collection of memorabilia from both world wars along with an equally extensive set of material covering the history of the postal service.
In time I will go looking for stories of that day along with others from Armistice Day.
Location; Salford
Picture; illuminated Salford “Victory” Tram 1919, courtesy of David Harrop
Nor did they or my mum and dad spend much time looking back at the rerun.
To be fair they answered the questions I asked but never initiated a conversation.
Given our own family tragedy which hung over the events of the Second World War I can understand why.
But it will not have been like many. Granddad was somewhere on the Western Front, and Nana was in Cologne, and so while my grandfather, his two brothers and my two uncles would have passed the day with a mix of relief and fun, she faced up to the defeat of her country.
Al of which would have been a long way from the streets of Salford when this Corporation tram was dressed for a Victory Day Parade the following year.
It comes from the collection of David Harrop who maintains an extensive collection of memorabilia from both world wars along with an equally extensive set of material covering the history of the postal service.
In time I will go looking for stories of that day along with others from Armistice Day.
Location; Salford
Picture; illuminated Salford “Victory” Tram 1919, courtesy of David Harrop
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