The "Then and Now" difference is amazing, all the hopes for what this tramway could be in the future are there to be read in the faces of the staff and volunteers and they must be so proud now of what has been achieved through hard work and probably a heap of banter to keep the spirits up when working frantically in the off season months to get sleepers down, track laid, ballasted and tested, often with hands freezing cold after a long stint. So much is owed to the initiators and willing hands and sore backs. I do hope these videos are screened in the main station at Seaton so that passengers can see what has been done years ago to make their pleasure possible.
Pioneering days. It was the determination and spirit of those first volunteers that got the dream going. It’s great that some film records were captured and thanks for sharing them. I was helping to lay tracks in another location but I remember buying souvenirs at the tram shop.
The "Then and Now" difference is amazing, all the hopes for what this tramway could be in the future are there to be read in the faces of the staff and volunteers and they must be so proud now of what has been achieved through hard work and probably a heap of banter to keep the spirits up when working frantically in the off season months to get sleepers down, track laid, ballasted and tested, often with hands freezing cold after a long stint. So much is owed to the initiators and willing hands and sore backs. I do hope these videos are screened in the main station at Seaton so that passengers can see what has been done years ago to make their pleasure possible.
Wonderful archive films that allowed us to discover how was seaton tram in the beginnings!
Pioneering days. It was the determination and spirit of those first volunteers that got the dream going. It’s great that some film records were captured and thanks for sharing them. I was helping to lay tracks in another location but I remember buying souvenirs at the tram shop.
Great look back!! Hope you do more of these, Wonderful video!