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Denne ikon har jeg malet på i nogle uger, men nu er den endelig færdig. Jeg er rigtig godt tilfreds med resultatet, han er præcis så mild som jeg havde tænkt. Min lærer, professor dr. George Kordis, har godkendt resultatet, som var afslutningsopgaven på 2nd. semester, se. www.iconographytoday.com

Sunderland 71, front nearside, is basking in the sun in Harbour View as the crew take a break in the lower saloon before setting off for the Circle. The old tram still has smart paintwork and the latest Palmer's advert but will be scrapped just after this route closes in the first week of the new year Friday 21st August 1953 : photo by Arthur Staddon, colour by Malcolm Fraser

Sunderland 72 has emerged from the Wheat Sheaf depot on the access track in front of the office to take up a duty on the Circle route. Saturday 26th September 1953 : photo by R R Clark, colour by Malcolm Fraser

Sunderland 99 is in its short-lived red and cream livery as it passes Dunns car and motorcycle showrooms opposite the Transport Department offices at the Wheat Sheaf and is bound for Southwick. Monday 21st August 1950 : photo by Arthur Staddon, colour by Malcolm Fraser

Sunderland balcony tram 6 and crew pose at the terminus on Roker Terrace in 1907. Work had begun on improving the open-top trams in 1904, when the staircase risers were cut away below the steps to improve visibility on the motorman's left. Destination boards were hung in the side windows and stencils were inserted in the destination boxes showing both ends of the route, such as Roker/Circle as seen here, although these fell out of favour after a few years. - The main improvement was the fitting of upper deck saloons above the lower ones and these "balcony cars" were popular with the public, with outside seats for sunny days and covered ones when it rained. The top deck was for smokers so the side windows were of the "full-drop" type for maximum ventilation. However, these prevented much in the way of bracing of the framework below them so after March 1907 fixed windows were fitted, with small vent windows above the main ones. As a result, an upper deck full of smokers often became a gas chamber. - This view also includes a glimpse of the water tram (number 51) which was very necessary for keeping the tracks clean in those days of mainly horse-drawn traffic. There is a well known photo of the water tram being demonstrated in the Wheat Sheaf depot yard but this is the only known photo of it in use. monochrome photo, colour by Malcolm Fraser

Hello SCT friends! We've got our July challenge and this time, not a sketch, not a scraplift and not a card. This one is a photo challenge! We've created a fun list for you and we want you to check off as many as you can. Each week over the...

Sunderland 7'2 (ex-Ilford 38) coming over the traffic island at the end of Mary Street. August 1953 : photo by D A Jones

This is the original Sunderland tram 8, built by Dick, Kerr and Co at and Co at Preston in 1900. It had an open top deck at first but this was later altered, along with the others, into a ‘balcony car’ as seen here at Sea Lane waiting to leave for Grangetown around about 1928. By this time the trams were covered in adverts, including the famous ‘Shop at Binns’ in bright red on each end. The Mayfair toffee factory was in Low Row before moving to a new building in Durham Road, still there but now a block of flats. The Cremona toffee business expanded to become a big name worldwide but it started in Sunderland and the founder, Albert Scholick Wilkin, is buried in Bishopwearmouth cemetery. Robert Bloom was another successful business, selling jewellery and watches in High Street West, but now forgotten. There were adverts inside the trams too, on the small ventilating windows, usually for soap or OXO or tea, such as ‘Try Typhoo Tea for Indigestion, ask your Doctor’ (!). Tram 8 became 42 in 1938, when its number was taken by a more modern tram which had originally belonged to Ilford Council, and it was scrapped during the following year. monochrome photo, colour by Malcolm Fraser

This photo of Sunderland tram 74 was taken in Hylton Road at its junction with Aiskell Street, which runs off to the right. Harrisons (enterprising butchers and furniture removers) and the shops beyond are all gone now but the buildings on the left are still there, albeit with a fair amount of alteration. The dome visible in the background is on the “Mountain Daisy” hotel, where tram 70 was struck by a lorry and fell over on Thursday 15th June 1933. Tram 74 entered service as a front-exit tram in June 1921 and is still in original condition in this photo, which is thought to date from 1930. It looks to be specially posed, probably in connection with the change to span wires and bow collectors due to be done in 1931. There is a pair of photos taken at the same time but looking in the opposite direction (see SCT-Track-2004-M) Tram 74 was also changed in 1931, providing new normal entrance and exit on extended platforms. It continued in service until 1953 About 1930 : source and origin unknown, colour by Malcolm Fraser

The sun sets on Sunderland 54'2, known for obvious reasons as the "Yellow Peril", as it takes on a queue of passengers at the Sea Lane terminus. This experimental livery was not adopted and only lasted until the first repaint. Monday 1st August 1938 : © TMS, photo by W A Camwell, colour by Malcolm Fraser

I was thrilled to guest blog for Scrapbook and Cards Today magazine's Craft It Monday. I shared these fun pinwheel party invites. You can make these for showers, parties, weddings, or any other occasion. Details on how to make these are found on the SCT b

Sunderland 83, front offside, at the Sea Lane terminus waiting to leave for a trip around the Circle route. The tide has come in and there is no beach to be seen so the man with the motorcycle combination beyond the tram is probably getting warmed in the Seaburn Hotel on the other side of the road. The sea front is bleak and almost deserted and the tram will be leaving soon. It won't be doing so for much longer though, because this route will be abandoned at the end of the year and many trams will be burnt between the piers at Roker April 1953 : photo by Arthur Staddon, colour by Malcolm Fraser

Here we see the rear end of Sunderland 27'2 as it runs down from the terminus at Thorney Close Road and approaches the Plains Farm stop at the foot of Grindon Lane. Thursday 28th June 1951 : photo by Donald A Thompson

Sunderland 41'2, ex-Manchester ‘Pilcher’ 380, was the one which ran into a shop front in Derwent Street in November 1952, crushing the side panel next to the staircase. The Grangetown route was due to close that month and older trams were becoming redundant. These included number 76, an ex-front-exit tram dating from 1921, so the ventilated side panel from 76 was used to fix-up the Pilcher. The ex-Manchester trams had plain panels so this one became unique for a year until it was scrapped in January 1954. It was captured in Holmeside, about to turn the Gas Office corner into Fawcett Street and bound for Roker. August 1953 : photo by A M Wright

Sunderland 53'2, front offside, a night time shot at the Sea Lane terminus. Thursday 8th October 1953 : photo by John C Gillham, colour by Malcolm Fraser