Cable Tram on Soho Road

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Date:1900 - 1905 (c.)

Description:The number 95 cable tram to New Inns. According to the caption the tram is pictured on the Soho Road. Trams carried advertising for products of the day - on this tram are adverts for Birds Custard (produced not too far away in Digbeth) and also an advert for A. Ault - an ironmongery at Hockley Brook. In the background is Burton's Confectioners, this was owned by William Albert Burton and was located at number 313 two doors from the junction with Boulton Road.

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Soho Road Roads Handsworth Domestic Buildings Buses & Trams 1837 - 1900 (Victorian Period)

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