100 Years of British Trams

Nostalgic documentary recaptures when trams dominated our towns and cities, featuring many different types of trams including steam trams, open toppers, illuminated trams and more, this documentary features trams from many UK towns and cities including Birmingham, Belfast, Blackpool, Cardiff, Liverpool, Llandudno, Glasgow, Gateshead, Manchester and many more

[@chrisberry9017]

My Mum’s folks used to live in Onchan, where the Isle of Man horse tram horses were put out to grass over the winter. Each year my granddad would plant a hedge at the bottom of garden, and each year the horses would eat it!

[@drstevenrey]

Here, Switzerland, our cities would never work without trams. However, we have a system that works and not a chaotic collection of rolling stock. Also, we use 1 meter gauge so the turns on the roads actually work. Standard gauge was never even considered.

[@drstevenrey]

Note Britain: Infrastructure is not a joke. It requires massive maintenance at all times. If you can't, don't do infrastructure.

[@alanoliver535]

The tram was good in 1900s but then came the trolley bus more vercitile than the tram then cam the diesel bus which changed everything ,but i think we should have kept the trolley buses,inastead we now going for electric buse ie battery powered which is ok on limited milage routes.

[@drstevenrey]

0:49. Will you look at that. Now that is what I call 'design'. All we have today are shoe boxes on rails, and by shoe boxes, they come with the typical whiff of used shoes on stinky, dirty feet.