Recollections

Luggage on

Edinburgh Trams

Thank you to Bob Henderson, Burdiehouse, Edinburgh who wrote:

Barrow

"Ian Thomson's account of the dreaded downhill struggle with the  builder's barrow rang an immediate bell but brought back memories of the trams.

Luggage

"As a rather slight fifteen-year-old apprentice, I would be sent on the tram to collect a bag of cement which, of course, had to be brought back to the job by the same mode of transport.

It would be placed at the front, beneath the stair beside the driver.  This was just accepted as normal and no extra charge was made.

I've often had to use the same method to transport 10 foot 2"x1" battens these would be stood upright in the stairwell beside the driver.  Similarly mothers would load their pram into the space behind the driver.

As you might imagine all sorts of weird and wonderful things were carried this way, the item only being limited by the available space behind the driver.   I wonder if the new trams will be as accommodating."

Bob Henderson, Burdiehouse, Edinburgh:  February 10, 2009

 

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