This photo turned up among the copious notes; I believe it was at a
gathering at the Melbourne home of the late Jack Richardson on the occasion
of the 1955 AETA convention to mark the opening of the Bourke Street
tramway.

Note that people are drinking cups of tea! Presumably no coffee or red wine
in those days?

Noel (Reed) and others may be able to assist with the identification of some
of the people; the copious notes suggest (left to right):

Maybe Leon Marshall-Wood [deceased], unknown, maybe David Keenan [deceased],
Ken Craven (holding tea cup), Jack Richardson (Partially obscured), unknown,
unknown (the lad in school uniform), unknown, Ronald E Murray (holding tea
cup) [deceased], unknown (partially obscured), Keith Kings, unknown
(partially obscured), unknown (hands in pocket), Ian Brady, unknown
(partially obscured [wearing spectacles]), unknown (with the moustache),
unknown.

The gentleman with the moustache (second from the right) appears in several
of the group photos from the era. Who is/was he?

Sadly, many of the people are no longer with us.

I wonder if other TDU readers, like me, get as much enjoyment out of the old
(tramway) "people" shots as picture of the trams themselves?

Paul in Melbourne

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