Historical information

Ron Bridger was an avid collector of items related to transport, predominately Trams. These items include newspaper cuttings, pamphlets, reports, timetables, fares prices plus special items relating to events. Items from Melbourne and regional Victoria, interstate - Adelaide and Sydney, plus overseas, make up this collection.

Sheet showing examples of tram destination blinds in miniature. Geelong example is white with black print. Footscray/Melbourne examples are black
with white print.
Geelong blind starts with Kardinia Park going to the City, Eastern Park, Shannon Street, Belmont, Chilwell, Garden and Humble Streets, City,
Newtown, Station, South Beach, Depot. This is one of the routes that provided tram travel for people in Geelong.
The Maribyrnong blind shown was on the tram route that stopped at Explosives Factory, Ordnance Factory, Ammunition Factory and Pyrotechnic Factory. These trams carried local people and workers at the different factories. The last item listed SPECIAL.E was not to carry general passengers - workers only.
Small example shows Caulfield area.

Physical description

Miniature blinds for Geelong area - white with black print and Melbourne area of Maribyrnong - black with white print.

Inscriptions & markings

Names of stopping places listed for each route