Date: 05/01/2022

Among my family, friends and colleagues, I'm known for my love of the Glasgow trams. I love the cars, the lines, the rosettes on pre-1962 buildings. I love our photos showing them at the heart of Glasgows hustle and bustle. And I love the way Glaswegians are still proud of their tramways almost sixty years after they disappeared from the citys streets.

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A Glasgow tram at the Auchenshuggle terminus on 4th August 1962, exactly one month before the last trams ran on this last city tramway in Great Britain (prior to the construction of new systems in the 1990s). The tram is Mark 1 Coronation 1148, one of the original batch from December 1937, withdrawn on 1 September 1962. (It had to be rebodied in May 1951 after the fire at Newlands Depot.)
Location: Auchenshuggle [Tram]
Company: Glasgow Corporation Tramways
04/08/1962 Frank Spaven Collection (Courtesy David Spaven)

Glasgow Coronation tramcar No. 1173 at the Riverside Museum in August 2013, having been brought from the Reserve Collection to be rather poorly displayed here (as are many of the other exhibits).
Location: Riverside Museum
Company: Glasgow City Council
11/08/2013 Colin Miller

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