Physical description

Newspaper clipping from The Courier, Ballarat 13/9/1997.



Page 23 - two postcards from the past, sent in by people seeking details of the photographs.



Top postcard - sent in by Deborah Hetherington, shows a parade in Sturt St. near Grenville St. with the top of a horse tram in the bottom left hand corner - see btm1665i1.



Lower postcard - sent in by Colin Holmes at the corner of Sturt and Doveton St. of a Jelbart Company field day, possibly about 1920. Has an ESCo tram in the background. See btm1665i2.





Page 24 - item "For the Record" column, written by Danny Roberts about the closure of the tramways in 1991, giving details of the last tram (No. 40), the history of trams in Ballarat, the crew on the "last" tram, and short notes on the possible return of trams to Ballarat.



See the June 2010 issue of Fares Please! for an article written by Colin Holmes on Jelbart and the Ballarat roller.