This book has been commissioned to mark the 60th anniversary of the
closure of Glasgow's remarkable tram system, when over 250,000
people lined the city streets on 4 September 1962 to watch a final
procession of some 20 trams representing different periods in the
history of the undertaking. Using a wealth of previously
unpublished photographs, the book shows as many areas and aspects
of the city as possible. The trams are once again back where they
belong, right in the heart of the city and its suburbs with people,
period buses, cars and lorries, shops, churches, theatres, cinemas,
parks, shipyards, factories and even steam and electric locos
running on the tram tracks. Furthermore, the coverage goes way
beyond the city boundary to encompass Airdrie, Coatbridge,
Cambuslang, Rutherglen, Barrhead, Paisley, Renfrew, Clydebank and
Milngavie. Over the years many locations have changed beyond
recognition whilst others remain instantly recognisable. There are
scores of photographs of the long-lasting Standards (some even in
Glasgow's legendary coloured route bands), trams acquired from
Paisley including those cut down to single-deckers, Kilmarnock
bogies, modern Coronations and Cunarders, ex-Liverpool cars,
one-offs and also works cars. For those who still remember the
trams, we hope you enjoy looking back as much as we have and for
those who have no memory of wires and rails in the street, we hope
this will recapture a lost way of life when services were frequent
and fares relatively inexpensive.
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