Providing a pictorial history of Glasgow's trams, this volume is a must for fans of trams and the age when streetcars dominated the Scottish city.
Commissioned to mark the 60th anniversary of the closure of Glasgow's remarkable tram system, when over 250,zero people lined the city streets on the 4th of September 1962 to watch a final procession of some twenty historical trams, Glasgow Trams contains a wealth of previously unpublished photographs showcasing trams in the heart of the city and its suburbs. Featuring the people, period buses, cars and lorries, shops, churches, theaters, cinemas, parks, shipyards and factories of the period, as well as steam and electric locos running on the tram tracks, the book's coverage goes way beyond the city boundary to encompass Airdrie, Coatbridge, Cambuslang, Rutherglen, Barrhead, Paisley, Renfrew, Clydebank and Milngavie.
Over the years many locations have changed beyond recognition while others remain instantly recognizable. There are scores of photographs of the long-lasting Standards (some even in Glasgow's legendary colored route bands), trams acquired from Paisley including those cut down to single-deckers, Kilmarnock bogies, modern Coronations and Cunarders, ex-Liverpool cars, one-offs and also works cars. For those who still remember the trams, we hope you enjoy this comprehensive look back at a bygone era, and for those who have no memory of wires and rails in the street, Glasgow Trams recaptures a lost way of life when services were frequent and fares relatively inexpensive.
