A few trams from 1958

Hi, just a quickie as I rediscovered some photos from the camera of Ian Brady, which were passed to me by a mate (after he bought them second hand).

As a younger man in the late 1980s, I had the great pleasure of living on Glebe for about seven years.  I would often trip over the tram rails that poked through the road tarmac from time to time.  As I was falling, I would often dream of the trams that plied their way through Glebe and Forest Lodge 30 years before I was falling about the place.  Thankfully on 17 November 1958, Ian took his camera and recorded several of those scenes.

Here are two from the general location of the intersection of Parramatta and Glebe Point Roads.

A few from around the location of Ross and Pyrmont Bridge Roads.  This area is technically Forest Lodge, from memory.

And finally, back in town as we called it in those days.  West Circular Quay.

Thanks to Ian we get to see a bit more of Sydney that exists no more.

Cheers

Don

 

Trams at Railway Square - 1958

Second post in a day!!! 

Actually just sitting here waiting for interminable downloads to happen when I remembered the packs of photographs given to me recently by a mate (see my post on 12 and 26 October last year).  The following photographs were taken on 17 or 18 November 1958 by Mr Ian Brady, who was an accomplished photographer of both trains and trams.

I won't add a commentary, except to say, check out those neons and cars!

 

 

 

Cheers! - There won't be a third installment today!!

Don

Footscray, a rejoinder

Still digging through those photos from 1974.  Actually found that we did break the rule of not bothering to photograph sparks.  Here is a couple from West Footscray - a Tait and a Harris set. Modest, unadorned affairs.

A here is one for GlennofFootscray - I have long admired your blog. As a token of appreciation, here's a modest contribution to night tram photography from a bitterly cold week night in May 1974. The telltale lines show that the tram moved mid time lapse.

Certainly not much was happening that night!

Cheers,
Don