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Merthyr Tramcars

 
 

   

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Tramcar No2 at Pontmorlais Circus May 1939

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Tramcar No 12 at Pontmorlais.

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Tramcar No 12 at Pontmorlais.

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Tramcar No 13,  High Street.

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Tramcar  Terminus- Graham Street, 1938 (Note Burton Shop)

Tramcar No13 at Graham Street.

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Tramcar at Brecon Road.

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Tramcar at Cyfarthfa Park gates.

 
Tramcar approaching Cefn Bridge.

The new extension to Cefn Coed opens with an official ceremony 

at Cefn Bridge on the 17th September 1912.

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Cefn Taxi operator "Bob The North" in his Rolls Royce, waits whilst passengers board a Tramcar

on Cefn Bridge. 

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Tramcar No9 at the terminus of Cefn Coed branch line at the Morning Sun.

(Photograph courtesy of Bill "Engine" Jones)

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This Tramcar was used in a First World War recruiting campaign.

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From the Merthyr Express.

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The Last Tramcar - 1939 - at Dowlais, Bush Hotel.

We have now been  informed by Mr Mervyn Davies that the gentleman on the left is his father Mr Walter Davies.

(Photograph courtesy of Mervyn Davies)

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From the Merthyr Express.

The Last Tramcar - 1939 - At Graham street.

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This Postcard of a Model Merthyr to Dowlais Tramcar was produced by J. Arthur Dixon Ltd

(Postcard courtesy of David Jones).

   

Text on the rear of the

postcard.