Hoddlesden Trams
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- 1. Opening Day souvenir.
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- 2. Great excitement in Queen’s Square
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- 3. The first tram arrives.
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- 4. Standing room only.
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- 5. They all want to sit on the top deck – must be summer!
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- 6. Enclosed top deck with open balconies front and back.
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- 7. The only traffic in Queen’s Square at the time.
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- 8. The only competition was the horse and carriage.
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- 9. The cables had to stretch a long way across the square.
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- 10. Car number 14 at Sett End, complete with curtains.
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- 11. Sudell Road with the tram tracks opening out to double track running.
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- 12. A Hoddlesden tram decorated during WW1
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- 13. The precarious slope down to Bridge Street.
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- 14. Great excitement at the tram’s descent.
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- 15. I wonder who got to the top first – the tram or the three boys?
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- 16. Disaster was just around the corner.
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- 17. The bend proved too tight when this car got out of control.
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- 18. A wonder that there were so few injuries.
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- 19. The Billiard Hall suffered just as much.
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- 20. Bridge Street with the intricate cable layout.
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- 21. The terminus at the Circus along the side of the former County Bank.
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- 22. The decorated tram for Edward VII at the Circus Terminus.
