No Sim, they had them before the “silvering” colour change introduced in 1952. See attached picture by Noel Reed from National Railway Museum collection.

John Radcliffe

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This is the first photo I can recall seeing of H type trams with roof ads. Was this a prototype on these two?
Sim
On Friday, 20 November 2020, 10:18:57 am AEDT, Radcliffe, John (L&W, Waite Campus) john.radcliffe@...mailto:john.radcliffe@csiro.au> wrote:

364 and 363 at the original City terminus in the South West quadrant of Victoria Square, looking south – almost certainly taken at the same time as the preceding picture 266.

John Radcliffe (staying at home)

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