
herberts lad Exhall All posts by this member | 1 of 213 Fri 10th Feb 2012 6:25pm Member: Joined Feb 2012 Total posts:78 Here is a section of old Coventry tram at Crich tram museum spotted in the museum's shed
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dutchman Spon End All posts by this member | 2 of 213 Fri 10th Feb 2012 7:08pm Member: Joined Mar 2010 Total posts:2976 Good find Herbert's Lad ![]() ![]() |
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NormK bulkington All posts by this member | 3 of 213 Sat 11th Feb 2012 12:10pm Member: Joined Jan 2012 Total posts:827 The only thing I discovered regarding trams was when we demolished the Priory Street baths the walkway around the swimming pool was re-enforced with tramlines because there was a large ducting witch ran the full length of the pool, whether they were old worn out ones they used I don't know. Also going off topic the swimming pool must have taken a direct hit during the war because there was a tree growing in the deep end, there is a pic somewhere, will see if I can sort it out. Milly rules |
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Baz Coventry All posts by this member | 4 of 213 Mon 4th Jun 2012 7:58pm Member: Joined May 2012 Total posts:334 Sorry about this. It may sound daft to some, but where were the trams stored at (their depot). A lot is said about the memories people have of them, I know they ran to Bedworth, but where were they stored, and where did they take there power from? ![]() Always looking forward to looking at the past. |
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dutchman Spon End All posts by this member | 5 of 213 Mon 4th Jun 2012 8:11pm Member: Joined Mar 2010 Total posts:2976 Foleshill Road and (later) Priestley's Bridge, Stoney Stanton Road:
Coventry Tramways Depots
Power came from the tramway system's own power station(s). |
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Baz Coventry All posts by this member | 6 of 213 Mon 4th Jun 2012 8:31pm Member: Joined May 2012 Total posts:334 Thanks again Dutchman. A really good bit of info on that site. Well worth a look. "And for the bus lovers". ![]() Always looking forward to looking at the past. |
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Midland Red Cherwell All posts by this member | 7 of 213 Mon 4th Jun 2012 8:55pm Moderator: Joined Jan 2010 Total posts:5604 Remains of track at the former depot at Foleshill Road still in place
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NeilsYard Coventry All posts by this member | 8 of 213 Mon 4th Jun 2012 11:32pm Member: Joined Aug 2010 Total posts:2863 Thanks for that Midland - love seeing glimpses of the great past that are still around hidden away. ![]() |
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TonyS Coventry All posts by this member | 9 of 213 Tue 5th Jun 2012 9:50am Member: Joined Jan 2011 Total posts:1549 Thanks for that MR, a wonderful "snapshot" of our past, and one that probably won't be around for much longer - great spot! ![]() |
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flapdoodle Coventry All posts by this member | 10 of 213 Tue 5th Jun 2012 12:58pm Member: Joined Nov 2010 Total posts:884 I lived in a city with trams in the 1990s and they were excellent.
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Dreamtime Perth Western Australia All posts by this member | 11 of 213 Tue 5th Jun 2012 5:02pm Member: Joined Jan 2010 Total posts:3477 On 4th Jun 2012 8:55pm, Midland Red said:
Remains of track at the former depot at Foleshill Road still in place
Great picture MR. If cobblestones could talk! ![]() ![]() |
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Baz Coventry All posts by this member | 12 of 213 Thu 14th Jun 2012 6:15am Member: Joined May 2012 Total posts:334 All this information is just great. I have picked up on something that interests me. Tramcar 32 was built in 1907 by Milnes Voss and is resting derelict in a copse somewhere in Warwickshire, Does any one know where this is? I don't think for one minute there will be much left, 105 years of our weather will have put paid to the wood and most of the metal. But it would be nice to get some photos. ![]() Always looking forward to looking at the past. |
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Baz Coventry All posts by this member | 13 of 213 Thu 14th Jun 2012 9:18pm Member: Joined May 2012 Total posts:334 It's so sad to see things from our past, Coventry's history ending up like this. I can understand why people of today buy old buses and spend most of there own time and money on them. It's part of our history, like Pete Waterman and his train engines, selecting items from our past for the people of tomorrow. Not much can be done for this I am afraid. R.I.P. Coventry Tram. ![]() Always looking forward to looking at the past. |
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dutchman Spon End All posts by this member | 14 of 213 Fri 15th Jun 2012 2:39am Member: Joined Mar 2010 Total posts:2976 I'm too young to remember Coventry trams but a bloke I knew many years ago by the name of 'Arthur' told me he cried the day after the Blitz because he knew then the tramway system would be scrapped as a result of the bombing. It was already being phased-out in any case but the Blitz hastened the process by several years. |
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Jaytob Derbyshire All posts by this member | 15 of 213 Fri 15th Jun 2012 3:33pm Member: Joined Jan 2012 Total posts:52 I never realised how extensive the tram network was in Coventry. The history is really interesting. It's sad to think that Coventry has now fallen behind other cities in this technology. I know in the 90s the Council tried to introduce the system again but it was not accepted as a viable proposition by anyone. |
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