Leicester Trams 1904-1949 Produced by Syd Pearman

This film is not only a nostalgic look at the trams but also the City of Leicester as it was pre-1949. A new semi-detatched house on the Fletcher estate at Gipsy Lane cost £445. Wow, how things have changed.!

[@johnjephcote7636]

Number 36, with extended platforms was little used in the final days and employed on enthusiasts' tours. At the closure in 1949 it was offered to the Museum but 'no room' was the response. Finally, after some delay, a 'yes' was received, but it had been broken up the day before. Only a few bodies were then left to survive out at Markfield, having been purchased from Edlins, the scrappers at Blaby.

[@pammcox2319]

I look at this and wonder if any of the people are my ancestors

[@kleedhamhobby]

My Uncle Stan, full name Stanley Livingstone Nutting, drove trams in Leicester. As an aside, I think my grandparents felt they had gone a bit overboard with the 'Stanley Livingstone' thing, as they christened their next child simply 'Jim'. Uncle Jim went into the police, and was not, I guess, very ambitious, as he remained a constable for his entire career. We used to occasionally see him on his bicycle, in his uniform, and my Mum would say 'there goes your Uncle Jim'. Stan's wife, Auntie Maggie, used to give me tea when I took the corporation bus down from Humberstone junior school to go to the library at East Park Road, near Stan and Maggie's house. There was an old Great Northern elevated railway station just by the railway bridge by East Park Road. BTW, that cost of £445 for a house on the Fletcher estate seems like a real bargain - though from the video, that was in 1935, not 1949, as I thought from the description. My parent's first semi, on Colchester Road, cost £700, bought with help from their parents in the late 1930s.

[@WAC-qh6mk]

Amazing well done all in putting this together

[@peterphilstacey4698]

Thank you, fascinating