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City of Manchester Transport Department map cover, 1935

The old municipal operations of Manchester Corporation Transport in the pre-war years when it operated tram and bus services. R Stuart Pilcher, the general manager, had arrived from Edinburgh transport and whereas he had appeared to be pro-tram in that city he quickly set in chain the pre-WW2 abandonment of most of Manchester's tram system, a conversion completed in 1949.

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Uploaded on February 27, 2011
Taken on February 27, 2011