Talk:Trams in Kingston upon Hull

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sale to DMST[edit]

See the "clarification needed" tag in Trams_in_Kingston_upon_Hull#Hull_Street_Tramways :

It says "..the eastward route to Holderness Road was sold to the Drypool and Marfleet Steam Tramways Company in 1891 , whereas [1] says In 1890 the D.M.S.T. was empowered to buy the Holderness Road line of the H.S.T., (fn. 269) but it does not seem to have done so; and other sources say it didn't - I've taken what I think appears to be the best researched source and used that ie " Hull Trams : The Early Years" which I think was published by Hull museums.

However if anyone can fact check this that would be appreciated.Sf5xeplus (talk) 15:03, 4 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

There's a new book out on Hull's Tramway this year - it'll pretty much be the definitive work on the system so that should provide a lot of answer. Zozzie 9t9 (talk) 09:44, 11 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I'll keep an eye out for it in WH Smith - is it a Paul Morfitt book ? Sf5xeplus (talk) 15:13, 11 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

No it's Malcolm Wells - he and Paul did the ealier books from Middleton Press together. He wrote a history of the trolley system in Hull which was published about fifteen years ago. Oh and he's my dad! Zozzie 9t9 (talk) 20:02, 11 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Great (Malcolm Wells or Paul Morfitt is your dad , not sure which you meant). Coincidence - I just took his book on Trolleybuses back to the library - if the tram book is as good as that it should be a 'bible'. Congratulations either way.! Sf5xeplus (talk) 21:31, 11 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Malcolm Wells is my dad! The new book should be better than the trolleybus history (which has been re-written as so much more has come to light since it was published - it seems the best way to ensure peopel contact you with information is to wriote a book on it!) - it should be the definitive work on the trams. Zozzie 9t9 (talk) 07:04, 12 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hull tram in store[edit]

There is also a dilapidated tram in the Crich Tramway museum store at Clay Cross, Derbyshire.

?? not in the list http://www.britishtramsonline.co.uk/crich.html - needs a reliable source.