Birmingham City Transport by David Harvey

Birmingham City Transport by David Harvey

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Summary

This fascinating selection of photographs gives an insight into Birmingham and its transport in the Coronation year.

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Birmingham City Transport by David Harvey

In this book, David Harvey takes a look at Birmingham city transport in the Coronation year of 1953, covering the city's buses and trams. He starts by giving a brief overview of Birmingham in 1953 and then goes on to examine the Birmingham bus network, starting off by showing buses decorated for the Coronation and amid Birmingham's wider celebrations. The focus then shifts to the switch-over from trams to buses, first concentrating on the buses that took over from the trams, and then on the trams themselves. David pays particular attention to the final tram routes operating in the city, and then to the final day of operations and the very last trams. He also shows the scrapping of the trams. In this wonderful collection of photographs, some of which have never been published before, David Harvey gives a unique view of Birmingham in 1953, a period of great change in the city, and the country as a whole.
David Harvey is a well-respected and authoritative author who has written extensively for Classic Bus magazine and has had many previous transport titles published by Amberley. He lives in Dudley in the West Midlands.
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ISBN 13 9781445614960
ISBN 10 1445614960
Title Birmingham City Transport
Author David Harvey
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Amberley Publishing
Year published 2013-05-15
Number of pages 160
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.