REMEMBERING LONDON'S TRAMS

This is a look at Londons Trams, during their last days of operation . These faithful servants served Londoners for many years until the last tram in 1952. It was a sad loss and many will remember their character as schoolboys and adults alike. They were unique to the London street, like their underground counterparts below the streets , trams were a vital part of moving people in mass numbers around london . Here then is my tribute . Which includes the famous film " The Elephant never forgets ", Enjoy the film ! triplevalve62 at the depot .

[@eattherich9215]

I'm glad John Krish realised this was a significant event and decided to document it.

[@davidnash41]

This brings back memories. I lived in Plumstead on the 38 & 38 tram routes & caught the tram almost every day. Often I caught the tram to central London and aimed to sit upstairs in the front. The tram had a distinctive rocking motion upstairs I went to Penhill Road to see them being broken up and burnt. I returned home very sad.

[@stewartskardon7376]

What a beautiful film. So moving to watch the crowd celebrating such a sad moment. I was especially thrilled to see the footage entering the Kingsway tunnel, one of my favourite London Transport relics. Thank you for sharing this!

[@eltonbadham]

sad to see the trams set on fire and smashed up all that history going up in flames

[@kitchenmemories-butvegan2447]

So painful to see

[@jslasher1]

Superb. A nostalgic look back at London's iconic double-decker trams. I hope they return someday.

[@Richardsrailway]

jslasher1 glad you liked it . Sadly you will only see some of these now in a museum or a working tramway museum.

[@andrewhanbury1799]

There is a museum where trams still operate at crich near Matlock Derbyshire I really do recomend They have a b1 class London tram 1622

[@srfurley]

The Square aluminium box film camera shown is a Newman & Sinclair. I don’t know if The Elephant Will Never Forget, was filmed with one of these, but BTF certainly did use them. They loaded 200 feet of film stock. They were clockwork driven, with two springs, and could run the full load, just over two minutes, with one wind. They were widely used by documentary filmmakers, and were a highly regarded camera. The press camera with the large flashgun looks like a Speed Graphic, though other makers did produce similar ones. I have a Speed Graphic.

[@chrismaskell2369]

So so so sad to see the tram are gone they will be remembered like this steam engines they hold a place in my heart 💓 they will be missed but not forgotten press f for respect tram Let's remember the tram someone bring the tram back who missed the tram I do 🚋🚊🚋🚊🚋🚊

[@honeymonster5589]

6:10. bloody good for nothing managers

[@domytar5395]

I bet the cues were hectic in the morning for the buses. Great little movie I nearly bood.

[@johnjephcote7636]

They made a lasting impression on me and I was only four when they went. I now run a 1/16 model of a London E3 that I made from scratch.

[@honeymonster5589]

I work at fulwell bus depot in my job that was an old tramshed

[@johnjephcote7636]

Yes, when I was there in the trolleybus days they had a lovely track layout in the yard.

[@joelonsdale]

Is this narrated by Bernard Cribbins?

[@myjay41]

Interesting how things go full circle, trams are snow seen as one of the best forms of green transport, many UK cities have reintroduced them, wonder how much money was wasted removing them instead of investing in them for the future, like they did in Europe.😊

[@andrewhanbury1799]

9:40 what was that song? I used to know but I can't remember

[@Richardsrailway]

BlockBuster 2006 Riding on top of the car by Peter Bellamy

[@andrewhanbury1799]

@@Richardsrailway OK thanks

[@andrewhanbury1799]

@@Richardsrailway where did you get it from?

[@Richardsrailway]

BlockBuster 2006 , it was already on the film , maybe look it up online “ Peter Bellamy riding on top of the car “ ?

[@andrewhanbury1799]

@@Richardsrailway ok

[@jayarajjohnson2476]

SHOULD HAVE KEPT A FEW GOING...THEY ADD CHARACTER & BEAUTY TO THE CITY OR TOWN...

[@Jay-8824]

Still trams in london

[@eattherich9215]

No.

[@Jay-8824]

@@eattherich9215 in croydon are you dumb surch it

[@honeymonster5589]

13:09 another bunch motorist

[@Richardsrailway]

honey monster 🤣

[@gianluigiferrari9673]

I like video but I am very sad to see how stupid was this chosen !

[@Richardsrailway]

Gianluigi Ferrari what was stupid about it ?

[@gmfinc18]

​@fbw71u Except track and tram maintenance is higher, London transport at the time just outright couldn't afford to build and maintain the routes they needed whereas busses could go anywhere. In short, the routemaster with it's seemingly cheaper and more felxible options killed London's tram.

[@gmfinc18]

@fbw71u I totally agree that an efficient public transport shouldn't be dropped just because it becomes unprofitable for a time, however we didn't get to make the decisions and we only know now in hindsight that the need for said public transport never went away and only dipped for a while, most cities did get rid of trams over the next 10 or so years and only a few here or there still kept them for various and usually financial reasons. Additionally I may have misspoke regarding the Routemaster, the bus known as the "Routemaster" was indeed introduced 2 years later. Trollybuses took over a major amount of the tram routes that used overhead cables which weren't cut or redirected. Other double decker busses which weren't far off from the well known Routemaster design were already in service by this point as well as tons of other bus types, so cheaper busses were readily available to plug the gap as far as the gov and transport sector were concerned. In fact you can see some of these pre-routemaster style busses in the video at 13:34 The routemaster came about very quickly afterwards as a way of creating a single, cheap, and efficient bus to replace a large portion of the mixed bus and trollybus traffic that were still on the network after the trams left, thus reducing costs even further.