Title
Mr Parker recalls characters on the trams
Subject
Leicester's trams
Description
Audio clip of Mr parker recalling characters on the trams.
Creator
Leicester Oral History Archive
Source
East Midlands Oral History Archive
Publisher
East Midlands Oral History Archive
Rights
You may use this item in accordance with the licence https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/uk/
Format
,mp3
Language
English
Type
Oral history
Original Format
Tape
Duration
45 secs
Bit Rate/Frequency
94 kbps
Transcription
Mr Parker: “A fellow, whose name was Tommy Hood, started as a driver and finished up as a conductor on Humberstone – he was a character all of his own. And then there was another I mentioned at the meeting, called Happy Sam, a conductor on the Belgrave, East London and Western Park route, and he used to call out fancy names for the different stops. East Park Road, Evington Road corner, he called ‘Shady Lane’ or ‘Lover’s Lane’, and such names as that. He was a real character, a pleasant and congenial sort of chap.”
Interviewer
Ned Newitt
Interviewee
George Parker
Location
Interviewee's home
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