Stuk IE LMOD 343 - 1940s Tram Tickets

Paper, ink. 6 x 3.5 cm

15/07/2011

1. Orange: Wc 0394, 1 1/2D. Ad on back for Flanagan's Ltd.
   2.Blue: Sm 9924, 2D. Ad on back for Flanagan's and advertisement rates.
   3: Purple: Rk 9313, 2D. Ad on back for Shaws.
2. Pink: Uq 2280, 3d. Ad on back for Newtonsandes Creamery.
   5: Grey/Green: Yk 7755, 2 1/2d. Ad on back for Bradmola Stockings.
   6: Grey/Blue: Rp 1642, 2d. Ad on back for Lombardstown Creamery.

The tramways began operating in 1872 and the very last line closed in 1959. The last tram in the city proper left Nelson’s Pillar in 1949. The tram barely made it, as the Irish Times reported: “Tram No. 252, the last one, had struggled free from the clutches of thousands of souvenir hunters in Westmoreland Street and had set out for Blackrock; two hours later it crawled into its home depot. The tram’s seats were gone, windows smashed, side panelling ripped away, still accompanied by a roaring, singing, hooting crowd, which had to be forcibly restrained by police reinforcements from breaking into the Blackrock depot.”

Each ticket is discoloured from age and has a small hole punched through from use.