EXIT THE LAST TRAM
Birkenhead. where the first street tramway in Britain was opened in 1860, saw, the end of its tramcars early in the morning of July 18, when the last car-ran to the depot, cheered by crowds of-people along the route. The driver was Owen Murphy, who drove Birkenhead's first electric tramcar when the Corporation took over the old horse-drawn service in 1901. Inspector Jack Robinson, who was his conductor 36 years ago, acted as guard. These two, with Mr. Cyril Clarke, the transport manager, are the only three original employees remaining in the Corporation transport service. Although Birkenhead's tramcars had consistently shown a profit they had been gradually displaced by buses, and twenty new vehicles replace the cars withdrawn • from the last service. Birkenhead' is ' one of the few towns in the country to close its tramway undertaking free of debt. Last year's profit from the one remaining route was £2000.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 61, 9 September 1937, Page 26
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154EXIT THE LAST TRAM Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 61, 9 September 1937, Page 26
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