Now these are two of my favourite pictures of a tram.
It is partly because of the detail, partly because it is still possible to trace its route across the city and finally because of the buildings which are visible in the background.
We are on Barlow Moor Road, and the caption records that this was “one of the last Manchester trams, crossing Beech Road as it enters the bay”, which was the tram terminus.
It is undated, but given the reference to “one of the last Manchester trams”, this would suggests some time after the last world war, but the service was only introduced in the December of 1926, and ceased thirteen years later when the Hightown to Chorlton route was transferred to a bus operations in June 1939.
And that date offers up a glimpse of the properties, which are now Carringtons and Molasses.
In time I will go looking for these houses during the interwar years and see what I can find out about the residents, and just when they ended being entirely residential.
For now, I am happy to track the route of our tram back from Chorlton, via Upper Chorlton Road, Brooks’ Bar, and on to All Saints, Albert Square and High Town.
Picture; tram car no. 0034, date unknown, W.A. Camwell, from the Lloyd Collection
We are on Barlow Moor Road, and the caption records that this was “one of the last Manchester trams, crossing Beech Road as it enters the bay”, which was the tram terminus.
It is undated, but given the reference to “one of the last Manchester trams”, this would suggests some time after the last world war, but the service was only introduced in the December of 1926, and ceased thirteen years later when the Hightown to Chorlton route was transferred to a bus operations in June 1939.
In time I will go looking for these houses during the interwar years and see what I can find out about the residents, and just when they ended being entirely residential.
For now, I am happy to track the route of our tram back from Chorlton, via Upper Chorlton Road, Brooks’ Bar, and on to All Saints, Albert Square and High Town.
Picture; tram car no. 0034, date unknown, W.A. Camwell, from the Lloyd Collection
The last Manchester tram ran in 1949.
ReplyDeleteYep January 10th, 1949
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