Trolleybus in Tramway Avenue

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From: "Mike Adams" <madams@lorettacigars.co.uk>

Just visited your Web-site, which brought back many memories for me - I guess it was provoked by getting a copy of Ken Blacker's new book for Christmas! I have always been interested in London Buses, and Trolleybuses in particular. This is because I spent the first 23 years of my life living in Edmonton, North London, and my Father was a Trolley-Bus Driver at the famous "Tramway Avenue" Depot. I can remember being given a ride up the Avenue in the Cab of my Dad's bus [sitting on the Battery Box], until the vehicle reached the top of the Avenue, and went into service. Obviously, I became a Bus Spotter, and visited every Depot on the system whilst operational except Fulwell, Isleworth and Carshalton.

Anyway, thanks for provoking me into sending this e-mail - as I say, it brings back many happy memories.

From: "Carol Forse" <carolforse@hotmail.com>

I was recommended to your site by an ebayer selling a Bus window blind.

I am tracing my family history, and my grandfather worked for London Transport for 50 years. He was based at Tramway Avenue in Edmonton, North London.

He started as a conductor on the Trams and finally worked as a Depot Inspector at Tramway Avenue. I have his long service certificate and a couple of internal memos sent him to thank him for attending to accidents that had happened.

I have spent some time looking at your wonderful site; as you state, it would take many hours to view all the contents and so I am being a little lazy in asking for directions to any photos you may have of Tramway Avenue in Edmonton?

Having spent my childhood in Edmonton, I recall fondly of the 279 and 149 bus routes: funny how seeing the blind advertised on ebay sent me back to my childhood days. I can recall my granddad telling me how the initials on the side of a bus showed which depot it had come from.

I regret that buses has not been one of my passions in life, but 50 odd years on, I can recall the pride I had as a child when I correctly remembered the "home" of the relevant trolleybus, just to make granddad pleased with me!!!!

Anyhow, enough of my own reminiscences, my granddad was Harold Lock and he seemed to have been very well liked amongst all his colleagues, though it seems your main interests are in the Croydon area so I suspect you wouldn't have ever made contact.