Wires above....... [NSFW]

DA7

Help me out chaps, flitting through the forum within the last few days, I came across information about a book (written by a lifer????) about trams and trolleybuses in south London. I seem to remember the title mentioned ‘wires above’ or some such.
For the life of me I can’t find the original thread. It would be a great present for someone I know.
Thanks.

i_b_b_o_r_g

This one mate? - https://www.amazon.com/Under-Wires-Tally-Trolleybuses-1905-1962/dp/0752458752

Raith_C_Chattonell

No trains?  What kind of a present is that?

SporadicAddick

A present for "someone I know" - yeah right, that's going straight into your personal porn stash in the attic.

swords_alive

Reckon @GlassHalfFull will know.
He posted an extract from a trams book in December 2014 to cheer up march51 in hospital at the time.

GlassHalfFull

The book is a recent one and is called Wires Above South East London subtitled Woolwich to Gravesend by Tram and Trolleybus. The author Robert J Harley has written many transport books, with London trams being his absolute speciality. The book is published by Heathfield Publishing. Details also available from Capital Transport.

Leuth

I'm not usually a reactionary 'bring it back!' type, except in this instance. Bring them all back 

dogpat65

GlassHalfFull said:

The book is a recent one and is called Wires Above South East London subtitled Woolwich to Gravesend by Tram and Trolleybus. The author Robert J Harley has written many transport books, with London trams being his absolute speciality. The book is published by Heathfield Publishing. Details also available from Capital Transport.

Is he anything to J R Hartley , the fine author of books on fly fishing

GlassHalfFull

No - nor does he make fancy motorbikes! This book is hardcore - strictly for connoisseurs.

Anyone interested in the Dec 2014 stuff - search tramista

LoOkOuT

Marked NSFW. Pay attention chaps, this is still a family-friendly forum.

Addick Addict

This really should be "Members Only"

Derek1952

Don't know if this book is still available it was published in 1971.

FiveGoalSummers

I have written a number of books on transport subjects. We moved to Mayday Gardens, SE3 in March 1952 and for the next few months our tram stop was outside the Welcome Inn. Probably not many on this forum will recall the trams; the trolleybuses lasted longer locally until March 1959.
   The Glikstens complained to London Transport that attendance numbers had been adversely affected by the withdrawal of trams along Woolwich Road in July 1952. Lines of vehicles regularly used to clear 40,000+ crowds. Old timers from the East Terrace, where I used to stand, remembered being packed in, sometimes 100 people to one tram. It was a cheap form of transport which turned up in all weathers and for every home game.

GlassHalfFull

Surely you're not the great Dr Harley? Please PM me!!