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Subject: Tees-side Railless Traction Board 5
Chassis: Railless
Body: Railless B28R
Location: Normanby, Normanby Road
Date: 1919

The terminus at Normanby was similar in layout to the one at North Ormesby as in both cases the trolleybuses turned within a T-junction, in this case with High Street.

This is almost certainly a formal opening ceremony prior to services commencing on 8-Nov-1919 and is clearly an event generating a lot of local interest.

The posters on the right relate to the railwaymen's strike of 1919, in protest at plans to reduce wages. It lasted from midnight on 26th/27th September to 5th October, ending with agreement to postpone the change for a year. It is unfortunate that the posters are not legible and it is therefore not possible to even see which side of the argument they are presenting.

Photograph from the GEC archive, taken by William Haig Parry

Categories & Keywords
Category:Transportation
Subcategory:Buses
Subcategory Detail:
Keywords:AJ5860, Normanby, Railless, TRTB, Teesside Railless Traction, trolleybus

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