Accrington on Rails - The Tramways: A Complete History - Robert Kenyon

When I was the editor of an enthusiast’s monthly bulletin, one of my editorials was entitled ‘bwy haant wA ci lcl rbi ne gyt oo un ri alne gparci ym’ ?a rTi hl yi sf oi sr wA hc ca rt i In gh toopnei awn isl l abned t hr ees fi idr es nt tpsa or tf oCfhmu ryc hl e, gCal cayy. t Iot ni -s l ea - bMooookr sw, rGi rt teeant Hh aasr wa opoads, sOi osnw af ol dr t wt hies t al er,eRa ,i sbhut ot na lasnodat hger esautr ri no tuenrde isnt gi na rteraa.n sI tp iosr twbr iot tt he nobny raa ipl se rasnodn ownh ownhoe te losn. lIyt si nhfoour lmd aat ipopne ao ln tnootthoonsley wwhhoa t sheaepk pteon eudn,dbeur st ttahnedc hh aorwa citte rbse gwahni,c hp rpolgaryeesds et hd eai rn pd aer nt di ne dt h. eI t ecvoonl ut at iionns of public transport. It also seeks to explain the reasons why some grand plans were not progressed. Not a picture book but a reading book, it contains material of value to anyone who is ienntteerret sati ende di nb yt hf aec ths e. Ar i st aI ghea voef rtehsee at rocwh ne ,d tthhei s tbr oa no ks poonr tv eernyt hmuasni ays ot cacna ds i oannsy Io hn ae dwt hhoou wg hi st ht oe smtyos ebl fe, ‘ewner il cl hI endebvue rt wk ni lel wh avt hea, ot ’,nasnedveIr asli noccecraesliyo nhso, pbee etnh aatb hl eatvoi nsgayr et ha ed stahme me . , t h e r e a d e r w i l l n o t o n ly b e When compiling books of this nature covering a long period of time, I have been faced with hq uo wo t eb ae ns ty tsou mp rse os ef nmt otnheey i na sf oPr omuant di osn, Schoi nl l ti na ignseadn wd iPt he ni nc.e I ( ih. ea.v2e 0dsehc ii ldl iendg st h=a t1 Ip os huonudl, d1 2c opnet ni ncue e= t 1o sdheicl il di negd) , muops tul ny t ti lo t shtea nc dh aa rndgies et oo nd etchi em tawl i seanttiyo-nf o. uHro wh oeuvre rc, l wo chke, ne vi te nc atmh oe utgoh t ii mt we sa so fn toht eudnai vye, rI sha al ldy used during the earlier periods the text covers. A great deal of the information contained in this book comes from the Minutes of the Council aCnodm mt hiet t el oecsa lwneerwe srpeasppeorn, st ihbel ree ffoorre wI hhaatv eo hc caudr rteod i. n Ic l uhdaev et hoen dl ye t na ial sm eodf wt hhei c ha cotfu at hl eC Bo uo nr oc ui l gl ohr’ ss cmoonscteqr nu eodt ews ahne dn ftahcetys wa reer pe rreesleenv at endt ti no tthhies pt yr opceefeadc ien, gasl l. mE qyuoawl l yn awnodr md soarpe pi me apr oi rnt a n t l y, e v e n t h o u g h (parentheses) , and can only therefore be attributed to yours truly. Of course the trams left the scene well before I came into this world, but in my researches of owtrhi et irnmg . eSaonbs yo tf ht reatni ms peo Ir th ha ad sf iunni seha er tdh tehde sr oe wmausc he ndoeut ag ihl tmh aa tt ei rt i sael ef omr ead baosohkaimn ei t ns ootwt on pr iugthitt, da no wd nt hiins is it. I personally don’t remember the trams, but I do remember conversations with those who did, including historian Robert Rush and William (Billy) Dean who was a conductor on the trams. It is from my researches and these reminiscences that I have been able to put together a history of what went out of fashion early in Accrington, but all over the country is making a comeback. In my investigations I am most grateful to several individuals, too many to name individually, bDuotwInmh aums t amnadk eB amr reinet iEodnwoaf rtdhse aOnmd nt hi beu Ls oScoacl i eSttyu, dt ihees RDi ebpbal er tEmnet nh tu soifa st ht ’ es CC laurbn, etghi ee PL Si bVr aCri yr c al en, dB oi tbs smt aa ftfe irni aSl .aAi nl st oJ atmo eCso Sl i tnr eMe at ni ns fAi eclcdr, i an gSteonni ,oers Mp eacni aa lgl ey rJ oa ht nH, ywn hd ob uprrno vTi rdaends pmoer tw, wi t hh oa ewnet ar lut sht eodf amr cehwi viet dh much of the content of the Ellison Street archive when the depot was vacated.

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