Under the Wires at Tally Ho (eBook)

Trams and Trolleybuses of North London 1905-1962

David Berguer (Autor)

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2011 | 1. Auflage
128 Seiten
The History Press (Verlag)
978-0-7509-5353-5 (ISBN)

Infos

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 With many previously unpublished photographs and detail on the vehicles and routes themselves, there is even a chapter on the colourful pirate buses which competed against trams in the 1920s.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.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.2.2011
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Auto / Motorrad
• Themenwelt: Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Nutzfahrzeuge
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Schlagworte: 1905 • 1962 • electric street traction • Electric Vehicles • London • North London • pirate buses • Routes • Streets of London • suburbs • Tram • Trams • Trams and Trolleybuses of North London 1905-1962 • Transport • transport, trams, tram, trolleybuses, trolleybus, north london, electric vehicles, streets of london, london, 1905, 1962, vehicles, suburbs, travel, travelling, working, routes, pirate buses, electric street traction • transport, trams, tram, trolleybuses, trolleybus, north london, electric vehicles, streets of london, london, 1905, 1962, vehicles, suburbs, travel, travelling, working, routes, pirate buses, electric street traction, Trams and Trolleybuses of North London 1905-1962 • Travel • Travelling • Trolleybus • trolleybuses • Vehicles • working
• ISBN-10: 0-7509-5353-5 / 0750953535
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7509-5353-5 / 9780750953535