Bronze Age Gold from Wales

Cardiff horse tram no. 21

Cardiff horse-tram No. 21. Double deck with yellow and maroon bodywork. The tram was built by the Falcon Works, Loughborough in the 1880s and run by Cardiff Tramways Co. When the Cardiff Tramways Company was taken over by the City in 1902 the routes were electrified and the horse-tram was sold to the Cardiff Ladies Temperance Guild and used in the Docks as a snack-bar selling non-alcoholic beverages. About 1930 ownership passed to Mrs Elizabeth Leach of Tremorfa who ran it as 'Walters'Tavern' and in due course this ladies daughter, Mrs Walters, took it over. In 1955 her brother Mr Ekstrom (see P80.377), took it over and ran it for a further ten years until it closed in 1966. It was removed in Summer 1968.

Collection Area

Industry

Item Number

1996.156/1

Creation/Production

Falcon Works
Date: 1880s

Acquisition

Donation, 22/8/1996

Measurements

Length (mm): 7320
Width (mm): 2050
Height (mm): 3490

Material

wood
metal
glass

Location

In store
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