Under the Wires at Tally Ho

Trams and Trolleybuses of North London 1905-1962

David Berguer (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

128 Seiten

2011
The History Press Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-7524-5875-5 (ISBN)

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Today pollution-free transport is high on the political agenda yet it is sometimes forgotten that electric vehicles ran on the streets of London from the early 1900s until 1962. This book tells the story of that period and describes both the vehicles themselves and the effect they had on the development of the suburbs. Local historian David Berguer has endeavoured to paint a picture of what life was like in the capital during this golden age, travelling and working on the trams and trolleybuses, and includes material based on newspaper reports, council and official minutes and oral histories from those involved. With many previously unpublished photographs and detail on the vehicles and routes themselves, there is even a chapter on the colourful pirate buses which competed against trams in the 1920s. Full of local interest and insights into daily life on north London trams and trolleybuses, this celebration of the glory days of electric street traction in the suburbs of North London is bound to capture the imagination of both transport and local historians alike.

David Berguer spent his career in advertising and on retirement joined the Friern Barnett & District Local History Society, of which he is chairman. He has had a lifelong interest in trams and trolleybuses and decided to embark upon a history of electric traction in his area of north London.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.2.2011
Verlagsort	Stroud
Sprache	englisch
Maße	170 x 240 mm
Gewicht	300 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Regional- / Landesgeschichte
Themenwelt	Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Nutzfahrzeuge
ISBN-10	0-7524-5875-2 / 0752458752
ISBN-13	978-0-7524-5875-5 / 9780752458755
Zustand	Neuware