Stockport Corporation tram 62, Longsight
It took a bit of detective work to place this photo, as most of the background of the picture no longer exists in its current form. But it is Stockport Road, Longsight. The junction with Dickenson Road is just behind the camera and if the cameraman were to swing right and come forward to the present time, he would see Longsight Asda.
All the buildings on the right have disappeared under modern buildings, and Mundy Street to the right no longer exists. Some of the buildings to the left are still there but modernised.
Turning to the tram, it's a red and cream tram belonging to Stockport Corporation Transport running on the joint route between Manchester, Stockport and Hazel Grove. This service still exists in more-or-less the same form as the busy 192 bus route. Stockport was the region's last traditional tramway operator and its last trams clanked into the depot in 1951.
Number 62 has stopped to allow passengers to board and alight and although traffic was quiet enough for the photographer to feel safe standing in the middle of the road, the driver of the Foden lorry seems rather impatient for passengers to get to the kerb so he can continue.
If you'd like to know more about the Manchester Museum of Transport and its collection of vintage buses, go to www.gmts.co.uk.
Stockport Corporation tram 62, Longsight
It took a bit of detective work to place this photo, as most of the background of the picture no longer exists in its current form. But it is Stockport Road, Longsight. The junction with Dickenson Road is just behind the camera and if the cameraman were to swing right and come forward to the present time, he would see Longsight Asda.
All the buildings on the right have disappeared under modern buildings, and Mundy Street to the right no longer exists. Some of the buildings to the left are still there but modernised.
Turning to the tram, it's a red and cream tram belonging to Stockport Corporation Transport running on the joint route between Manchester, Stockport and Hazel Grove. This service still exists in more-or-less the same form as the busy 192 bus route. Stockport was the region's last traditional tramway operator and its last trams clanked into the depot in 1951.
Number 62 has stopped to allow passengers to board and alight and although traffic was quiet enough for the photographer to feel safe standing in the middle of the road, the driver of the Foden lorry seems rather impatient for passengers to get to the kerb so he can continue.
If you'd like to know more about the Manchester Museum of Transport and its collection of vintage buses, go to www.gmts.co.uk.