Set of 3 Agfa Colour slide, cardboard mount, by Keith Caldwell - .1 - W5 818, outbound in Elizabeth St North Melbourne, showing route 52, Fletcher St Essendon. Note the tramcar number above the headlight. Dated 12 March 1960. In the background is the F. Dawbourne Iron and Steel Merchants. .2 - W5 769 outbound at Haymarket after leaving Elizabeth St. Showing destination of Coburg Route 20. In the background is the Mayne Nickless building. Note the signpost showing the various highways out of town. Dated 9 March 1960. .3 - W5 727 - as for .2hand stamped "12 Mar '60" or "12 Mar '60"trams, tramways, elizabeth st, route 52, essendon, haymarket, coburg, route 20, w5 class, tram 818, tram 769, tram 727

Newspaper clipping from The Sun, Melbourne, Thursday 1/5/1975, "A Place in the Sun" written by Keith Dunstan, reporting on the launch of the new Melbourne trams, the previous day. Has a description of the tram, fare collection and crews. Photo of Conductress Gloria Spurrell handing a ticket to Premier Rupert Hamer with the Chairman Kirby of the MMTB in the background. Noted carried Members of Parliament to Parliament House. See also Reg Item 88. See Reg Items 2254 and 2258 for the associated press releases. Second copy from John Prideaux added 18/6/2017.trams, tramways, mmtb, z class, conductresses

Set of 7 Agfa Colour slides, cardboard mounts, by Keith Caldwell dated 11.3.1962 of the transfer of cars from Footscray to the "Main System" the day after the system was closed. See Keith Kings history of Footscray notes. All trams running trolley wheels. .1 - Footscray depot cars X1 463, X2 678, X1 460 and X1 466 in Gordon St, about to turn into River Street. .2 - X2 678 turning from Nicholson St into Irving St. Footscray with the Rockmans Store in the background. This store was later demolished for the Ring Road. Also is J. Boltons Chemist shop advertising Kodak film and another shop advertising Darrell Lea Chocolates, Peters Icecream and ? Lopes fruit shop. .3 - X1 460 at same location. .4 - X2 678 crossing Maribyrnong River Bridge - note the person crouching down on the south side of the bridge behind the tram. .5 - X1 460 in Rosamond Road, just before the curve onto Williamson Rd. This site became the Bunnings site. The tram has a modified 21E truck. .6 - X2 468 as above with part of the curve in the view. Has an advertisement for Bon Stores of Hopkins St Footscray. .7 - X2 678 at ditto..1 - in ink - "Farewell Footscray" Sun 11.3.1962 - Footscray Depot cars departing areas en route to Main system." .2 - .7 all have "Footscray Sun 11.3.62"trams, tramways, footscray, closure, maribyrnong, gordon st, river st, irving st, maribyrnong river, bridges, x1 class, x2 class, rosamond rd, 21e trucks, tram 463, tram 678, tram 460, tram 466

Set of 13 letters, from or to Yarra Trams during 2001 and 2002 to Keith Kings re various maters, sending the latest issue of "Yarra Trams Update" or "Yarra Connections" 1 - 23/1/2001 - latest news and the proposed launch of "Yarra Rewards Club Member" 2 - 25/5/2001 3 - 13/8/2001 - now known as "Yarra Connections" 4 - letter to Paul Matthews, Marketing Manager, dated 14/10/2001 re various matters, including road markings, timetables at tram stops and the newsletters. 5 - 11/12/2001- Superstops 6 - 2/1/2002 7 - 1/5/2002 8 - 21/11/2002 - Yarra Connections No. 9, notes possible take over of M>Tram 9 - 23/4/2003 10 - Feedback from Keith about route 70 trams, dated 10/5/03 11 - 4/5/2003 - map attached to above about service improvements in the CBD. 12 - 5/8/2003 - Opening to Box Hill and Met Link. 13 - 2004 - not dated, first issue of Yarra Connections for 2004 - merger with M>Tram and a copy of Reg Item 5033. All signed by Paul Matthews as Marketing Manager.trams, tramways, yarra trams, passengers, m>tram, box hill, letters, metlink

Colour print - of VR 41, in Bridge St Bendigo 13/3/2005, shortly after its reconstruction at Bendigo and re-commissioned for the MTPA - see note.In ink on the rear - Keith Kings stamp and "501-32", and "Melbourne Tramcar Preservation Association, Ex VR Tramcar 41 on an Exhibition trip in Bridge St Bendigo 13/3/05, shortly after it had been "launched" / recommissioned. Most of the restoration work was out by Bendigo Trust staff, under contract, with the not insignificant balance done by MTPS members"trams, tramways, mtpa, mtpa, bendigo, bridge st, restoration, vr trams, tram 41

Colour print - of VR 41, in Bridge St Bendigo 13/3/2005, shortly after its reconstruction at Bendigo and re-commissioned for the MTPA - see note.In ink on the rear - Keith Kings stamp and "501-32", and "Melbourne Tramcar Preservation Association, Ex VR Tramcar 41 on an Exhibition trip in Bridge St Bendigo 13/3/05, shortly after it had been "launched" / recommissioned. Most of the restoration work was out by Bendigo Trust staff, under contract, with the not insignificant balance done by MTPS members"trams, tramways, mtpa, bendigo, bridge st, restoration, vr trams, tram 41

Yields information - Photo printed from a slide of Geelong No. 4 decorated for the last tram in Geelong.Colour print from a Agfachrome Professional plastic mount reproduction slide of a colour slide of Geelong No. 4 decorated for the last day of service, outside the depot in Corio Tce. Tram has the destination of Belmont. Sign on the end of the tram, notes that the tram was the first car in 1912 and was to be the last car in 1956. Photo taken on 25/3/1956. See also Reg Item 2667 for a the original slide of this photograph. Two copies - on Canon hyper photo paper. See btm4388doc.pdf for a scan of a letter and the rear of the photograph identifying that Keith Kings took the photo. Photo added to collection - 8/2/2020trams, tramways, geelong, depot, last tram, corio tce, closure, tram 4

Typed two page list - one foolscap and one quarto sheet, titled "Rolling stock data of cars operated by the Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board", listing each class, car numbers, No. in Service, type, seat (Crush), trucks, wheel Truck centres, motors HP, Tare Tons, Controllers, Compressors and Length over bumpers. Carbon copy on plain paper. Extends to SW6 981, includes PCC 980. On the bottom of the quarto sheet has dated 20/12/48, revised 16/9/1950. Similar style to 5671, typed by Keith Kings, possibly from a MMTB data sheet.mmtb, tramcars, melbourne, lists

Colour slide, Kodak, fawn cardboard of W2 313, after a fire at Balaclava Junction at 11am (?) on 10/6/1959 stored at Preston Workshops. Photographed from Oakover Road. The tram body straightening bay is to the west of the tram and a ballast trailer to the east. Photo taken on 4/7/1959. Keith Kings, the photographer has extensive notes hand written on the slide - that the tram was scrapped on 17/7/1959 and that it was the first W2 to be scrapped. Probably the last time 313 was photographed. Slide Number K(a)(2887) See image htd4268i2 for an extract from the MMTB Board Meeting of 27/8/1959 about the fire.Extensive handwriting on rear in ink and that it was photographed at 1/100, F4.trams, tramways, w2 class, preston workshops, scrapped trams, fire, tram 313

Set of three Agfa colour slides, blue / white plastic mounts, photos by Keith Caldwell March 1963 of the reconstruction of tram track in Church St Richmond. .1 - Looking south from near William and Church Streets. In the background is Bryant & May buildings and Flexpax (McFarlane Bros) and Penfolds wines on a hoarding. .2 - ditto with W2 397 Southbound, route 79 to St Kilda Beach (has adverts for Milk and Coffey Ford), passing W5 730 to North Richmond. Has adverts for Stillwells of Kew and Drambuie. .3 - ditto showing the nature of the construction of the old track being replaced. 25/4/1964In ink "Relay Chapel St 25.4.64"trams, tramways, church st, richmond, w2 class, w5 class, route 79, trackwork, temporary track, tram 397, tram 730

Gestener print of a sheet titled "Data sheet for "W2 Day", TMSV special tour, Sunday 19/5/68", listing the tramcars used on the day; car number and depot, motors, controllers, date in service, class, date converted and class, body builder, roof, date of Upholstered seats in saloons, sun shades and notes on the tramcars them selves. Data for 567, 407, 585, 547, 332, 436 and 233. Made by Keith Kings May 1968. See Reg Item 605 for the ticket used on this tour and Reg item 3543 for a photograph of tram W2 332 at Wattlepark Loop."K. S Kings May 1968" in bottom right hand corner in light blue ink.trams, tramways, tramcars, mmtb, lists, tours, w2 class, tmsv

Yields information about the Ballarat's bogie trams, in particular No. 38 that was decorated for the Royal visit in 1954.Ballarat tram No. 38 decorated for Visit of Queen Elizabeth II to Ballarat, during 1954, about to turn from Lydiard St. into Sturt. St. Has destination of Gardens via Drummond Nth. Decorated with Red, White and Blue cloth on front and sides of cars and over windows and other Royal motifs. It background is Commonwealth Bank building, decorated with banners. Basic colour of building is white. Photo by Keith Kings. See also Reg. Item 1896 for a black and white side on photo/postcard and Reg Item 3862. image i2 - very hi res. .3 - clean up and straighten up by Peter Waugh 21-9-2022'K.S.Kings No. ..' stamped on, and 'TC6, K(k)(11), Ballarat bogie 38, decorated for Royal visit, Lydiard St at Sturt St, 8/3/54, 1/50 at f3' in blue ink.tramways, trams, ballarat, royal visit, decorated trams, lydiard st, sturt st, tram 38

Two sheets or four pages from The Herald Sun, 19/4/1995 about the Parade of historic trams in Swanston St that day, titled ”Tram Day - A Celebration of Trams” , with event details, some history of the tramcars and an item “Our Landmark on wheels” written by Keith Dunstan - about his thoughts on Melbourne and its trams, cable trams and that they are a Landmark (see also reg Item 1873). Photos of V214, HTT 8, S 164, B1 2001, L 104, W2 510, W 380, X2 676. Has advertisements from ABB and Gonanin. see Reg Item 3639 for some photos of the event.trams, tramways, melbourne, tourism, w class, parades, swanston st, tram 214, tram 8, tram 2001, tram 104, tram 510, tram 380, tram 676

Agfa colour blue white plastic mount slide, photo by Keith Caldwell of W2 605 or 625, southbound in Glenferrie Road, at the Kooyong level crossing. Glenferrie Road is being reconstructed with the north bound track in a temporary location. Tram has advert for Kenric clothes and Exide? batteries. The night watchman is watching the tram. His cabin is behind him.. The tram is showing (incorrectly) Kew Cotham Road destination. This is a Camberwell Depot tram bound for Malvern Town Hall assisting movement of School children in Glenferrie Road in the afternoon. Note the Camberwell Run number in the driver cab window. On the north bound track is possibly a SW6. Slide undated - c1968?trams, tramways, glenferrie rd, kooyong, level crossings, temporary track, w2 class, trackwork, kew- cotham road, tram 605, tram 625

Set of 3 Agfa Colour slide, cardboard mount, by Keith Caldwell of 11 March 1960 of trams at St Kilda Junction. .1 - L 106 arriving at the junction from Wellington St. Tram has the destination of City, route 4. Signals for the trams can been seen on a pole on the left hand side of the photo. .2 - SW6 - as for .1 .3 - W3 668 ditto, from Fitzroy St, showing Moreland, route 15. Has an advert for 3AW. In the background in all photos are adverts for Speedie electrical appliances, Fosters Lager, Stonefell wines, Gilbeys Gin, Penfolds, Stockdale's Bread, Hamburger Max Snack bar, Ardath, Brooks Books.All hand stamped "11 Mar '60"; .1 "L" in ink and .3 "W3" in ink written on.trams, tramways, st kilda junction, signal box, l class, w3 class, tram 106, tram 926, tram 668, sw6 class, wellington st, mmtb, route 4, route 64, route 15

Set of 2 Agfa colour slide, blue and white plastic mount, photo by Keith Caldwell 1/11/1978 of : .1 - Z24 in Flinders St, crossing Swanston St. The tram is bound for Burwood Middleborough Road, route 75. Note the two taxis doing hook turns. .2 - Z65, Route 74, Burwood and W2 629? route 48, North Balwyn. In the background is the Young and Jacksons Princes Bridge Hotel, Portmans, Classic Restaurant Coffee Lounge, and many advertisements including HBA, Peter Stuyvesant, McDonalds, Bradmill, Tattslotto, and Mocopan Coffee. Also in the photo is a policeman on point duty, cars doing a hook turn and a large paper / magazine stand on the wall of Young and Jacksons..1 - has "1-11-78" written in red ink.trams, tramways, flinders st, swanston st, z class, route 48, route 74, burwood, tram 24, tram 65, tram 629?

.1 - Agfa colour slide, blue and white plastic mount, photo by Keith Caldwell 1/11/1978 - of Z3 turning from Flinders St into Spencer St, route 75. Has the Flinders St over pass, over King St and the railway viaduct in the background. In the background is the Great Southern Hotel. .2 - Kodachrome cardboard mount, same date of Z12 southbound in Spencer St passing Bourke St with the Mail Exchange in the back and Z 97 standing in the Bourke St terminus with another Z arriving. Taken from the 2nd floor of Spencer St station building. .3 - as above with Z23 northbound in Spencer St. The cable tram track in Bourke St, can perhaps just been seen.In red ink "1-11.78" and in pencil "MLB 10/78 BX".trams, tramways, spencer st, flinders st, z class, bourke st, tram 3, tram 12, tram 97, tram 23

Set of 7 Agfa colour blue white plastic mount slides, photo by Keith Caldwell of trams using Victoria Parade between Nicholson St and La Trobe St, during a diversion. .1 - W5 725, route 42, showing City via Latrobe St. .2 - W7 1033, route 90, has adverts for Cinzano, .3 - SW6 884, route 10, South Melbourne and St Kilda Beach. .4 - W7 1008, route 90 .5 - W6 973, route 88 .6 - W6 994, route 96, with the ICI building in the background. Note the Give Way sign style. .7 - W7 1003 route 9A. Has a private bus in the background. 19/3/1966In ink "Vic Pde 19 iii 66"trams, tramways, victoria parade, route 42, route 10, route 9a, route 88, route 90, south melbourne, w5 class, sw6 class, w6 class, w7 class, tram 726, tram 1033, tram 884, tram 1008, tram 973, tram 994, tram 1003

This catalogue contains a list of the sale items of Mr Keith T Swinton. The Swinton family are long time residents of Warrnambool the family originally coming from Scotland in 1854 and opening the store in Timor Street Warrnambool. It remains today as one of the longest running family owned businesses in the district. As a general store it stocked groceries china,glass and hardware.. Keith Swinton joined the family firm with his brother Frank in 1934. Much of the original store was relinquished in the 1970's with the furniture section continuing under the Swinton name to this day.This catalogue contains the collection of household items.An interesting item which shows the collection of one of Warrnambool's residentsMainly black soft card cover with red and white text and coloured photograph of a pair of vases.Back cover is black with red line at the top edge with coloured photograph in centre of auction item .18 pages of the catalogue gives a description of the 600 items and estimated price. Inside front and back covers are coloured photgraphs of some of the items for sale.Account the Estate of Keith T Swintonwarrnambool, swinton, keith t swinton

Black and white photograph of Ballarat No. 24 in Lydiard St. North, terminating to the north of Sturt St outside the Post Office prior to shunting at the crossover during the 1954 Royal visit to Ballarat on 8/3/54. Tram appears to have destination of Grey St. Sebastopol. Post Office and Commonwealth Bank have been decorated for the occasion. A line up of people waiting on the other side of Sturt St near bank in photograph. Keith Kings photo No. I(y)2. Print has black edges (not fully masked). Note: Alan Bradley advised in his article "50 years ago", April 2004, that the date of the royal tour was 6/3/54. Check rear of photo. See "50 Years Ago" - Alan Bradley, Reg. Item No. 2709. Stamp in top right hand corner and handwritten number with "K.S. Kings No. I(y)2 Copyright reserved". (Stamped twice) In black ink "Ballarat / No. 24 shunting at crossover in Lydiard Street North, at Sturt St, on 8/3/54, Royal Visit day."tramways, trams, sturt st, royal visit, post office, lydiard st nth, tram 24

Agfa Colour slide, cardboard mount, by Keith Caldwell dated 12 March 1960, of W5 818 running in Mount Alexander Road, North Essendon, crossing the street access for Marco Polo Street. The tram showing route 59, Essendon Aerodrome, has trolley wheels and has a second person in the cab, possibly a trainer. Unusually the tram number is placed above the headlight, In the background are the palm trees in the centre median plantation. The house with the red guttering is one that dates back to the gold mining era. See http://www.esshissoc.org.au/1070%20Mount%20Alexander%20Road.pdf It was relocated to Woodland Park during 2017? Note the Centre poles, overhead construction and street light. Also in the background is a Mobil Service station that later became a garden centre. Now a block of apartments.hand stamped "12 Mar '60"trams, tramways, mount alexander rd, north essendon, essendon airport, essendon aerodrome, route 59, w5 class, tram 818

Set of six Agfa Colour slide, cardboard mount, by Keith Caldwell - all dated 11 March 1960 .1 - W5 720 inbound Dandenong Road, route 64, City, with advertisements for Tek toothbrushes, Bridge and Webster, auto electrical and Band aids. .2 - W2 573, showing St Kilda Junction, no route number. Tram has adverts but not easily read. .3 - SW6 947, showing route 62, city. Has adverts for Qantas and ? soap. .4 - W5 816, showing route 5, city, with adverts for Ducklings, Champion Spark plugs and Ferris car radios. .5 - W2 398, as for .4, with adverts for Remy Martin Brandy and 3AW. .6 - SW6 958, as for .1, followed by 833?. The first tram has adverts for Persil soap powder? and 3AWhand stamped "11 Mar '60". .5 has "W2" in ink.trams, tramways, dandenong rd, w5 class, route 64, w2 class, st kilda junction, sw6 class, route 62, route 5, tram 720, tram 573, tram 947, tram 816, tram 398, tram 958