Oddly, a group of us were speaking of the very traffic lights this afternoon.

My major highspot of this terminus in the 70s was to see an elephant in the
paddock when the circus was in town. Never a kangaroo, maybe they were
restricted to Bourke Street!

John Gilmour

On Sat, Feb 16th, 2019 at 3:28 PM, Len len.millar@...> wrote:

> Hi, Mal, and all!

> Attached is a wonderful pic dated 8/1/1955 from the late Noel Reed of 651

> at East Coburg, also with MV trolley bases. A VW “beetle”, a

> clock-face traffic light and a game of cricket on the reserve on the north

> side of Bell Street!

> Cheers!

> Len

>

> From: Mal Rowe

> Sent: Friday, February 15, 2019 7:27 PM

> To:tramsdownunder@...

> Subject: Re: [TramsDownUnder] W2.453 in 1956

>

> On 15/02/2019 18:37, Len wrote:

>

> It’s a bit hard to tell from the enlarged photo of 453, but I reckon

> 453 (along with 450, 451 and 452) still had the single spring Metro

> Vickers trolley bases that I remember seeing around that time.

>

>

>

> I think you are right Len.

>

> A Ray Pearson pic shows a MetroVic base on 453 in Swanston St.

>

> Mal Rowe - glad of observant list members

>

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