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Leicester City, County & Rutland At Risk War Memor - Leicester Tramways Memorial

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The Leicester City, County and Rutland. At Risk War Memorials Project. Award for Chris Stephens. The City of Leicester Tramways and Electricity Memorial. This is the memorial to the men employed by the City of Leicester Tramways and Electricity Department who lost their lives during both world wars. It would soon be the practice for fresh flowers to be purchased weekly out of the Employees’ Benevolent Society Fund. Happily, the subject was raised again during a meeting on 18 July 1945 once the blast wall...

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The Lero – Leicester Trams

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Tram 31 Group and the History of Tramways in the City of Leicester. The Lero was built in 1904 to house the generating equipment that provided the electricity for the City’s tramway system. It was constructed near to the canal so as to be within reach of coal supplies that were needed to feed the large boilers and water which was required for the steam engines. The Lero - June 2010. The principle dimensions of the engines were:. Cylinder Bores: High pressure 22ins – Low Pressure 44 ins. The massive brick...

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Affective Digital Histories - Affective Digital Histories Blog

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1970s – PRESENT. Affective Digital Histories Blog. The Beginning of a Beautiful Friendship. Wed, 22 Apr 2015 13:11 by Sarah Vallance. It's been a pleasure for the Centre for New Writing to work with nine talented writers, who produced outstanding commissioned writing in five literary forms. For the Affective Digital Histories project. The project is timely. As I mentioned in my introduction at the book launch of. Thanks are due to Ming Lim, whose resourcefulness enabled the publication of the commissione...

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A Day in the Life of a Bus Conductor « Busman's Holiday

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The occasional adventures of a heritage bus driver. A Day in the Life of a Bus Conductor. A Transport of Delight – Flanders & Swann. Conducting for Wilts and Dorset, 1973. How to drive a vintage bus. A Day in the Life of a Bus Conductor. Although everything described in this article is true, the events didn’t all happen on the same day, nor to the same person. It is presented here to give you a flavour of what has become perhaps one of the UK’s most unusual jobs: a bus conductor on a public service.

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Track Watch 2015 – Narborough Road Reveals Inbound Track – Leicester Trams

http://www.leicestertrams.org.uk/2015/02/18/track-watch-2015-–-narborough-road-reveals-inbound-track

Tram 31 Group and the History of Tramways in the City of Leicester. Track Watch 2015 Narborough Road Reveals Inbound Track. February 18, 2015. February has proved the old saying –. 8220;You wait ages and then two come along”. Narborough Road heading in to town has been closed to traffic this week between the old Braunstone Hotel site (the original end of the Narborough Road tram route) and Upperton Road for resurfacing work. This meant the road plane was in use and exposed a real treat for passers by.

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Abbey Pumping Station Museum, Leicester

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Standard Admission Charge for special Events. Admission Family £8.00, Children / Concessions £2.50 Adults £3.50. Standard event times 1.00pm - 5.00pm, (unless shown otherwise). Events are organized by the Leicester Museums Technology Association in conjunction with Leicester City Museum Services, with all site admission charges being received by Leicester City Museum Services. All the events listed below are subject to availability and weather. Sunday 10th January 2016 1.00pm - 5.00pm. This is the 26th Y...

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NARTM - National Association of Road Transport Museums

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National Association of Road Transport Museums. Representing Independent Road Transport Museums and Collections. The following events are being held by members' of NARTM's. Please ensure that you check the organisation website for further details or changes to events. Trans Lancs Transport Show -. Museum of Transport, Greater Manchester. CTP Autumn Road Run-. Commercial Transport in Preservation. Leicester Transport Heritage Trust. Scottish Vintage Bus Museum. Medstead Depot Omnibus Group. Autumn Histori...

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Track Watch 2014 – Painter Street – Leicester Trams

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Tram 31 Group and the History of Tramways in the City of Leicester. Track Watch 2014 Painter Street. October 12, 2014. Its been quiet on the sightings front lately, thankfully our eagle eyed follower Raj Kataria spotted this one recently. Behind the tarmac - theres history to be found! Painter Street was not on the usual service route for trams but a short line ran from Belgrave Road to the Lero Power Station which provided electricity for the entire network and some businesses alongside the tramway too.

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Burton & Ashby Car No.14 at risk! – Leicester Trams

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Tram 31 Group and the History of Tramways in the City of Leicester. Burton & Ashby Car No.14 at risk! October 29, 2014. Your help is urgently needed! In 1980, a restoration group not unlike our own found that they could not afford to complete the restoration of the sole surviving B&A tram car, No.14, and agreed to sell her to a project in Detroit, USA, where her restoration would be completed and she could run on a new tramway system as a tourist attraction. Track Watch 2014 Painter Street. I didn’...