Author Archives: steve

The First Big Push: We make a first attempt to clear vegetation and dig out as much as we can. Five of us get stuck in and make some interesting finds. After this we decided a cup of tea was … Read More »

At the end of March I have convinced Andy (who is the Senior Curator at Abbey Pumping Station) and his daughter Verity to visit the site with me and attempt to do a first sweep clear-up of anything obvious that … Read More »

The good news: There is now a team of 6 people who all share an interest in seeing No.31 looked after and so we officially form the Leicester Tram 31 Group. The bad news: Having now done a deal to … Read More »

9th November 2009: 60th Anniversary of Leicester’s Last Tram The date slipped by with no mention or memory of the closing of the tramway system. Amazingly a photograph appeared in the local newspaper showing a Leicester Tram but the caption … Read More »

This is what greeted us when we first saw her in 2009! It had been 20 years since I last set foot on the farm. I had heard that developers wanted to build on the site and after seeing a … Read More »