ATV Today: 25.07.1974: Model Tram Cars

Summary

Bev Smith meets Bob Whetstone from Bromsgrove who makes scale models of trams.

Year:

1974

Duration:

0:06:24

Film type:

Colour / Sound

Company:

ATV

Master format:

16mm

Description

Bev Smith piece to camera from the location of the old tram terminus at Rednal where Birmingham trams stopped and brought visitors to the Lickey Hills. We then cut to a working model of a 1920s Birmingham tram, which has been made by Bob Whetstone of Droitwich Spa and has been based upon technical drawings of the original vehicles. Bev points out some of the miniature features and then talks to Bob about his hobby. He has taken two years to make the model and has made everything by hand. The item ends with further shots of the tram models working in Bob's garden cut to music.


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