Around the Glasgow Tramway System: with Peter Mitchell [hardcover] Charlie Lorai

On Tuesday 4th September1962 an estimated quarter of a million people turned out on the streets of Glasgow, in pouring rain, to bid a fond farewell to a form of transport that had been seen in the city since 1872 when horse trams started to ply their trade. On 13th October 1898 the first electric routes operated, with some of these trams remaining in service for over sixty years.\nAll of the photographs in this book were taken by Londoner Peter Mitchell who visited Glasgow on ten occasions between 1951 and 1962 during which time he took more than a thousand images of the city\u2019s trams. The authors have used a new approach when compiling this book, as it details routes by groups rather than singly. All the images are either to half or full page configuration which allows readers to study the trams and the background in which they worked in great detail.\nThe book portrays the city streets of Glasgow, its suburbs and the routes beyond its boundary. Standards, Coronations and Cunard.