{"product_id":"a-nostalgic-look-at-belfast-trams-since-1945-9781857940305","title":"A Nostalgic Look at Belfast Trams Since 1945","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDuring the years immediately after the Second World War the trams in Belfast carried more passengers than the buses and trolleybuses combined. In fact, 1945 was the year in which the trams carried their record number of passengers 155,234,155. This was the more surprising since by that year five major tram routes had already been convert-ed to trolleybus operation, and one to buses.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBelfast trams and tramway operation closely followed mainland UK practice. Readers from 'across the water' will recognise a similarity between certain Belfast cars and trams supplied to Cardiff, Leeds and Blackpool.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis book contains over 190 photographs, few of which have been published before, and captures the flavour of not only Belfast's trams, which are examined route by route, but also the city itself. Like almost all British cities, Belfast has suffered from official redevelopment, but also from unofficial destruction, and has so far survived both! Evoking memories of the cars, the fashions, the lifestyles and the atmosphere of 40 years ago, this nostalgic portrait of Belfast serves to illustrate that the modern city has been able to preserve perhaps a surprising amount of fine fine Victorian and Edwardian buildings.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSoftback, 21x27cm, 100 pages,\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCondition: Good\/Very Good\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Silver Link Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Secondhand (238)","offer_id":58117476942207,"sku":"9781857940305","price":6.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1910\/7111\/files\/9781857940305.jpg?v=1786101139","url":"https:\/\/rail-books.co.uk\/products\/a-nostalgic-look-at-belfast-trams-since-1945-9781857940305","provider":"Rail Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}