Author Archives: steve

A new year and new opportunities to spot the remains of our once proud tramway system. There’s a series of large manholes at the top end of London Road by the junction with Evington Road. The holes run from Highfield … Read More »

PLANS to restore the old Stoneygate tram depot and outbuildings as a transport heritage and resource centre are a step nearer, thanks to the support of the city council. City Mayor Peter Soulsby has agreed to lease the London Road buildings … Read More »

Well it’s another hole in the road revealing a part of Leicester’s tramway heritage and this time its a whopper! Leicester City Council and the Mayor, Sir Peter Soulsby, are having a big push to feed a new low cost … Read More »

After lots of hard work and a long web silence we are finally in  a position to report that we have officially unloaded everything out of the container and well and truly moved in to our new home near Lutterworth. … Read More »

Well, a little bit of it … and for a brief few minutes anyway! We drove down Hinckley Road and then took a right to head out of the City via Wyngate Drive. The intention was to get a snap … Read More »

Peter Newland, who has been a keen collector of images of Leicester Trams for many years, contacted me recently to tell me he had found an image in his collection showing trams around the Clock Tower. A closer inspection had … Read More »

After the success of moving the under frame and No.1 end platform of Car No 31 we thought we should make an effort to move the No.2 end platform to complete the move on No.31. Now we know there is … Read More »

A day out – this time to Crich to the National Tramway Museum, now branded as Crich Tramway Village. We were invited by the Engineering team at Crich who really take on some projects and make them good. There are … Read More »

Having now moved all but the far platform of Car No.31 we decided to turn our attention to Car No.95 which used to sit next to No.31. (31’s remaining platform is in quite good condition and so we don’t want … Read More »

An excellent days work today and we finally manage to lift the lower saloon side panel and move it into the container. No easy feat as it was very fragile and very very heavy! After the success of getting the … Read More »