I worked at gec in trafford park and can confirm this. As they had a photo on a wall of when the tram converted to electric in 1903. can't even remember my kids names some days but had this fact in the back of my mind for 30 odd years waiting for this moment my life is now complete.It was created in the 1890s with the opening of the ship canal & had 12k people working there before the swamp was built peaking at 75k in the 1940s.
I believe they had trams operating.
Good point! I’d forgotten that Trafford was a creature of the Local Government Act 1972!Wasn't Trafford then (formed 1974)
Was the area considered parg of Lan Manchester or Cheshire at that time?
No. Old Trafford has always been in the market town of Stretford. Which isn’t in Manchester and it’s not in Salford. It’s a separate entity. It’s a municipal borough now in Trafford.Wasn't Trafford then (formed 1974)
Was the area considered part of Lancashire, Manchester or Cheshire at that time?
I'll end up following Warrington Town, only round the corner.They will be fine when Friedkin takes over, another one to add to the Yankee cartel. The league is being taken over by the USA.
Half our matches will end up getting played in the States or the teams will be franchised out to cities over there.
Before 1903, they were gas trams.I worked at gec in trafford park and can confirm this. As they had a photo on a wall of when the tram converted to electric in 1903. can't even remember my kids names some days but had this fact in the back of my mind for 30 odd years waiting for this moment my life is now complete.
Edited slightly, hope you don't mind :-)Can we move the last few pages covering utd history to the fukkin bin
Clarkie?Before 1903, they were gas trams.
And no, I have no idea how they were connected to the mains.
we decided to stop discussing the legal case and make an actual legal case which meant we had to talk complete bollocks and start quoting nonsensical historical stuff.Where's the thread that used to be here?
Clarkie?