Electric Trams

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Date:15th of January 1907

Description:This letter to the Mail from 'Birchfield' complains of the confusion arising from the electrification of tramlines. Aston, Birmingham and Handsworth all electrified their lines at different times leading the writer to complain that Birchfield had been 'cut off from town altogether'.

Taken from the G.H. Osborne Collection of newscuttings

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Buses & Trams Birchfield 1901 - 1913 (Edwardian)

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Donor ref:L93.2 G.H. Osborne Collection (15/3025)

Source: Local Studies & History Department , Birmingham Central Library

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