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editor
29-10-2007, 00:49
http://www.urban75.org/brixton/history/images/brixton-trams-01.jpg

I've grown a bit fascinated with Brixton's old tram network and have posted up a few 'then and now' shots here, with some articles to follow later.

It must have been well cool to trundle through Brixton on a tram....
http://www.urban75.org/brixton/history/brixton-trams.html
editor
29-10-2007, 17:28
Well, it may not have captured the imagination of you lot, but the tram history section continues to grow and now has its own homepage!

http://www.urban75.org/brixton/history/brixton-trams-history.html
Minnie_the_Minx
29-10-2007, 18:52
Well, it may not have captured the imagination of you lot, but the tram history section continues to grow and now has its own homepage!

http://www.urban75.org/brixton/history/brixton-trams-history.html


I like your tram pictures but I thought I'd seen them before
editor
29-10-2007, 19:08
I like your tram pictures but I thought I'd seen them beforeThe first four pages of links are all newly scanned, as is the tram map!

More to come.
Minnie_the_Minx
29-10-2007, 19:20
The first four pages of links are all newly scanned, as is the tram map!

More to come.


oh right

*goes to check there's a Brixton Hill tram there*
Minnie_the_Minx
29-10-2007, 19:20
tsk tsk :mad:
editor
29-10-2007, 19:29
tsk tsk :mad:Oy! Myopic one! Give me time.
Minnie_the_Minx
29-10-2007, 19:34
the clock's ticking :D
editor
29-10-2007, 20:25
Done! A 6 mile underground cable! They were damn clever those Victorians.

http://www.urban75.org/brixton/history/brixton-hill-tram.html
Minnie_the_Minx
29-10-2007, 20:32
Those horses in the first picture look like they're really giving it some welly :D
Winot
29-10-2007, 21:22
Bugger - I missed the Bon Marche "Remnants Oddments" sale.
teuchter
30-10-2007, 18:26
Well, it may not have captured the imagination of you lot, but the tram history section continues to grow and now has its own homepage!

http://www.urban75.org/brixton/history/brixton-trams-history.html

I have been enjoying the tram history section.

Particularly the bit about the cable tram going up Brixton Hill, San Fransisco style. Someone was telling me about the SF one the other day, and how they have to constantly patch in new strands of wire because the constant grabbing on/letting go of the tram cars tends to wear it down rather quickly.

I like the fact that all the "after" photos are taken on the most miserable day possible in the style of those "before and after" dieting adverts...
Minnie_the_Minx
31-10-2007, 12:45
http://www.photolondon.org.uk/assets/lma/large/brixton.jpg