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Some unofficial war history.(Melbourne)(Personal account)
WE USED TO HAVE cable trams in Melbourne: in fact, they lasted until 1937, or thereabouts. One line ran along our street, Rathdowne Street, in North Carlton, winding its leisurely way through the city, until it finished up at the beach.
Port Melbourne. When the weather was hot, you could park yourself on the dummy, next to the driver, and start to enjoy the air, then the sea breeze, before you finished up at the beach. There, you could spend a night--if it was really stifling--or else come home late. My family made this felicitous pilgrimage quite often; the beach was clean, the water not cold, and no one played up.
My dad, who always had to be busy, and ...
- Vic: Woman hit by tram, driver has asthma attack
- Newspaper article from: AAP General News (Australia) September 30, 2009 700+ words
...09-30-2009 Vic: Woman hit by tram, driver has asthma attack MELBOURNE, Sept 30...s Arts Centre, while the shocked tram driver had an asthma attack. The injured woman...nausea medication, he said. The tram driver was taken to St Vincent's hospital...
- Tram driver tried in vain to prevent fatal car crash.(News)
- Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England) October 3, 2003 700+ words
A tram driver told an inquest jury yesterday how he slammed his emergency brakes on in a desperate attempt to prevent a fatal crash with a car...
- Oslo tram driver nominated for Nordic literature prize.(Jorgen Norheim)(Brief...
- Newspaper article from: Nordic Business Report December 2, 2002 700+ words
NORDIC BUSINESS REPORT-2 December 2002-Oslo tram driver nominated for Nordic literature prize.(C)1994-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com A man who drives trams...
- CZECH REPUBLIC: TRAM DRIVER CHARGED OVER POLICE DEATH.(Brief Article)
- Newspaper article from: IPR Strategic Business Information Database May 26, 2003 700+ words
According to "Prague Post", police charged a tram driver with causing the death of a 25-year-old police officer who was struck and killed by a tram while conducting a traffic investigation...
- EX-TRAM DRIVER IS ON A THRILLING RIDE AS `CSI' WRITER.(Television)
- Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA) Levesque, John July 17, 2002 700+ words
Byline: JOHN LEVESQUE P-I COLUMNIST HOW MUCH IS too much of a good thing? ABC tried to put "Who Wants To Be a Millionaire?" on the air four times a week and drove it into the ground. But NBC is doing just fine with three versions of the "Law & Order" franchise. The key would seem to be serving
- Oslo tram driver nominated for Nordic literature prize.(Brief Article)
- Newspaper article from: M2 Best Books December 2, 2002 700+ words
M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A man who drives trams in Oslo has been nominated for the Nordic Council's literature prize. Jorgen Norheim, who writes books in his spare time, is one of two Norwegians put forward for the prize. The book that won Norheim the nomination is called
- THE BRAVE TRAM DRIVER.(Poem)
- Magazine article from: Quadrant Pridmore, Saxby October 1, 2000 700+ words
In April 1960 Ray Donoghue's tram lost its brakes on the decline into Hobart. He could have jumped or gone up the back and braced himself. But he stayed at his controls and dinged the bell across the Patrick Brisbane Melville Bathurst Liverpool and Collins Street intersections and smashed full
- My other job's a tram driver!
- Newspaper article from: Birmingham Evening Mail (England) Bell, David March 23, 1999 700+ words
VICKY Simmons is a receptionist with a secret skill - her other job is driving the new Midland Metro. The 28-year-old is one of about 100 telephonists, secretaries, and administrative workers at the Wednesbury base of the Midland Metro system who could find themselves at the sharp edge of the
