vox Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 Either that or all tram photographers in the fifties were dwarfs Would taking a photo from waist height make a gradient look steeper than it really is - several of the photos on this thread have fooled me initially by looking to have gradients steeper than they really are (to my eyes, anyway). Good question. It certainly makes a difference to the perspective in other ways. Looks like I'm off to put that way to the test sometime soon then. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart0742 Posted December 15, 2009 Author Share Posted December 15, 2009 Good question. It certainly makes a difference to the perspective in other ways. Looks like I'm off to put that way to the test sometime soon then. Something else I have noticed, especially when taking comparison shots for then and nows, the 1950's tram photographer, quite often stood in the road. Obviously the traffic conditions do not allow this nowadays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveH Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 That'll do for me. Whilst doing the odd then and nows, I've noticed that a lot of these old photos are awkward to get right as far as the height is concerned. I've ended up almost kneeling down to get the same view. It recently occurred to me that they were probably using "box type" cameras where the view finder is on top, making the lens at just above waist height. (for normal people ) Not sure about that vox, Using a TLR (twin lens reflex) like a Roleiflex or Roleicord, or if your rich even a Hasselblad (not all waist level cameras were cheap little box cameras you know) seemed to make little difference to perspective when compared to eye level viewfinders and SLR 9single lens reflex) cameras. Many of my older pictures were taken from eye level not waist, but even so compared to a modern view of the same place ukelele lady seems to think I was looking out of someones bedroom window or on the top deck of a bus lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vox Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 Woodseats Terminus - Abbey Lane. Done When you're there, it is more of a slope down to Meadowhead than one would imagine. The silver car on the right disguises this fact. =========== Edit: If you look at the end wall of the building center/left, there's a name stone. CAJUSA - The only thing I can find is a place in Bosnia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart0742 Posted December 21, 2009 Author Share Posted December 21, 2009 today's location not Sheffield and nothing to do with trams, but is that VOX's van on the promenade Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vox Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 today's location not Sheffield and nothing to do with trams, but is that VOX's van on the promenade Caught me moonlighting for seasidetownhistory.co.uk :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart0742 Posted December 21, 2009 Author Share Posted December 21, 2009 Caught me moonlighting for seasidetownhistory.co.uk I bet Madannie knows where the mystery seaside town is , no clues yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveH Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 I bet Madannie knows where the mystery seaside town is , no clues yet It's not Cleethorpes then, - she hates the place! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart0742 Posted December 21, 2009 Author Share Posted December 21, 2009 It's not Cleethorpes then, - she hates the place! Used to have quite a unique transport facility until recently Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveH Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 Used to have quite a unique transport facility until recently OK I think I know where it is now, Something funicular perhaps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart0742 Posted December 21, 2009 Author Share Posted December 21, 2009 OK I think I know where it is now, Something funicular perhaps? no tramway, but not trams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveH Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 no tramway, but not trams Not a funicular railway (tramway) up the side of a cliff then, like the one at Scarborough or the one at Saltburn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart0742 Posted December 21, 2009 Author Share Posted December 21, 2009 Not a funicular railway (tramway) up the side of a cliff then, like the one at Scarborough or the one at Saltburn No just a tramway on the level with no trams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveH Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 No just a tramway on the level with no trams Blackpool? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart0742 Posted December 21, 2009 Author Share Posted December 21, 2009 Blackpool? No Weymouth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveH Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 No Weymouth I thought they were railway lines at Weymouth as I was once driving along a street there with tram lines in a Reliant Robin van (it was 1984) and there was this train coming down the road towards me. The lines seemed to be heading to the station along the centre of the road. So why would vox want to go to Weymouth at this time of the year? The south west have had worse weather than us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart0742 Posted December 21, 2009 Author Share Posted December 21, 2009 I thought they were railway lines at Weymouth as I was once driving along a street there with tram lines in a Reliant Robin van (it was 1984) and there was this train coming down the road towards me. The lines seemed to be heading to the station along the centre of the road. So why would vox want to go to Weymouth at this time of the year? <_> The south west have had worse weather than us. He wasn't it was just a white van on the Weymouth beach webcam It is a railway line but worked under Tramway rules Any must get back on topic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madannie77 Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 He wasn't it was just a white van on the Weymouth beach webcam It is a railway line but worked under Tramway rules Any must get back on topic As shown here, taken on a visit in March 2008. All track was still in situ but inused for some years. Pity, as it would be useful for the Olympic Games. as the sailing is based in Weymouth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart0742 Posted December 21, 2009 Author Share Posted December 21, 2009 Back to trams Where's this one taken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madannie77 Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 Back to trams Where's this one taken Handsworth terminus, at the junction with Orgreave Lane. The chapel in the background is the chapel at Handsworth Cemetery on Orgreave Lane. Map 156 shows it very nicely, and I imagine a large arrow will appear on a section of the map quite soon! Tram 325 was one of the cars purchased during the second world war from Bradford, regauged and fully enclosed before entering service in Sheffield. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart0742 Posted December 21, 2009 Author Share Posted December 21, 2009 Handsworth terminus, at the junction with Orgreave Lane. The chapel in the background is the chapel at Handsworth Cemetery on Orgreave Lane. Map 156 shows it very nicely, and I imagine a large arrow will appear on a section of the map quite soon! Tram 325 was one of the cars purchased during the second world war from Bradford, regauged and fully enclosed before entering service in Sheffield. There you go, never one to disappoint Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syrup Posted January 3, 2010 Share Posted January 3, 2010 My grandfather rode the trams (conductor) in the twenties and I think a bit earlier.. He was called Charles Frederick Drake. (known as Fred). He went blind suddenly c. age 57. He had been a valet to Duke of Connaught prior to return to Sheffield with Irish wife. Simply pipe dreaming that a photo or reminiscence will turn up. Cheers and 'any road up' Francine X Hi Francine Wecome to the site i am sure many members will only be to willing to help you do you have a relation called Laurence, Check this site it may help. http://www.cyberpictures.net/sheffield/cyh.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveH Posted January 3, 2010 Share Posted January 3, 2010 Hi Francine Wecome to the site i am sure many members will only be to willing to help you do you have a relation called Laurence, Check this site it may help. http://www.cyberpictures.net/sheffield/cyh.htm Hi Francine and welcome to Sheffield History. With a name like Charles Frederick Drake I would have thought his friends would have called him Charlie, After Charlie Drake, the comedian lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madannie77 Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 Just for a change, I thought I would post a few tram pictures. I am fairly sure of the location of most of them, just looking for confirmation (or otherwise). So, picture number 1: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart0742 Posted January 5, 2010 Author Share Posted January 5, 2010 Just for a change, I thought I would post a few tram pictures. I am fairly sure of the location of most of them, just looking for confirmation (or otherwise). So, picture number 1: God this is hard, its usually my empty brain asking your full brain My brain thought it knew this one but then changed its mind, the cottage rings a bell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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