Charlton’s strong links with London’s lost trams will be explored in the Charlton Society’s monthly talk this Saturday, November 19th. The last trams ran 70 years ago along Woolwich Road along a route that was a precursor of today’s 177 bus. The repair works were in Felltram Way, where tram tracks remained visible until the 1990s. The trams were scrapped in a yard in Penhall Road, where remnants of the tracks still lurk beneath the undergrowth.
See how many SE London streets you can spot in this film from 1953…
The talk will be delivered by Mark James, a former Greenwich councillor who works as a project sponsor for Transport for London. It takes place at 2.30pm this Saturday at the Grand Salon in Charlton House – admission is £2 for Charlton Society members and £3 for visitors.
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