Once Upon a Tram

Once Upon a Tram

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[R. E. Jackson]

A lovely little "slice of life" film featuring an Irish treasure that should have been preserved.

[R. E. Jackson]

A lovely little "slice of life" film featuring an Irish treasure that should have been preserved.

[Allen Fisher]

Revived some very happy memories of my childhood as I travelled on the line several times, mostly using the connecting main line train service from Amiens Street station.
Many thanks for producing this wonderful archive and for affording me the opportunity to view it.

[Therese]

Ah sure it was beautifuL.I would love to know where are those young children now? they would be in their 50,s as I am too.It was really lovely to watch the quietness of it,and the simplicity of life in the good auld days.Thanks for the memories.

[j.gannon]

this nostalgic peace of film shows the respect for the glorious days of the howth trams,sadly missed by the folk of dublin of the bygone era,and the citizens of dublin today,

[eddie]

I can only describe the film as brilliant,it was a major mistake from a tourists point of view to have scrapped the system, giving its location,a seaside town,like douglas in the Isle of man,who still have the horse tram,electric tram, & steam railway,they should consider restoring it,

[Gary Poss]

A delightful segment of history. I remember riding a train in Central Texas - as a young boy - about the same time this tram was alive and well. Sadly, both tram and train are now gone. Now we have the Internet, iPods, and digital photography - no more Kodachrome. What will we have 50, 100, or 1000 years from now? Hopefully, we will have achives like this one.

[Maggie Bleksley]

Thanks for a lovely film, which was very nostalgic for me, as I spent three years of my early childhood near Howth and I frequently rode on the trams, which passed right by our back garden.

[Lorenzo Caira]

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[D EDWARDS]

Lovely to hear Cyrils Cusacks voice - every time I watch this wonderful film I am moved to remember the people of howths trams and railway, tom redmond christy hanway, howth stationmaster mr cleary to name but a few = a welcome was always assured, days of yore when our sunday school (Merrion Hall) would hire a row of trams for a day up on howth demesne - so sad its all nearly gone - remarkably cars 9, 10, 4, are still around and another in the usa - the wheels and other bits of no 6 are in manchester heaton park under a restored tram - maybe one day the section from the summit to howth could be reopened - its all still there - with a bit of enterprise it could be done and would be great for tourism in howth - it happened at harcourt street so why not at howth?

[Susan Mc Glue ... Tracey]

It was great !!! My Dad drove the trams... Dick Mc Glue and I could see all the people I knew. X

[Buy taobao]

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[Heather Maclaren]

This brought back wonderful memories of childhood summers spent in Malahide and taking the train to Sutton then catching the tram to visit Aunt Joyce (Barcroft) who lived halfway up the hill and ran a wee school.We were let off at the back gate and collected raspberries for tea on the way up to the house.When our ship left for Glasgow she would come into the garden and wave a white tablecloth to us.I think it is a great shame the tram no longer runs. It would have been a great tourist attraction especially if the wee tea shop at the summit was still there!

[elliptical reviews]

Stronly suggest admin adding a google+ button for easy share!

[Alice Bluegown]

A beautiful little film about a remarkable tramway - broad gauge rules! I have been on the Great Orme tramway in Wales several times, and this looked to have a similar atmosphere. A real shame this route was closed, but it managed to outlive a whole host of major tramway networks!

[hotels paris]

A beautiful little film about a remarkable tramway - broad gauge rules! I have been on the Great Orme tramway in Wales several times, and this looked to have a similar atmosphere. A real shame this route was closed, but it managed to outlive a whole host of major tramway networks!
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