Badges
Badges are listed alphabetically in five separate
categories. To go to a particular entry, click on the
corresponding tab at the top of the page and then on the
tramway company title in the list.
These pages are currently under construction (commenced in
July 2007) and will be expanded and populated as and when
time and images permit! Please note that I am always happy
to add badges from others' collections, as long as people
can provide me with a decent quality image (jpeg, tiff
etc).
Acknowledgements
Most of the badges that will eventually appear on these
pages are from the extensive collections of John Lodge,
John Burford and Stephen Howarth. I'd like to register my
sincere thanks to them all (and Darren Lodge) for their
willingness to share their collections via this medium, as
well as for all their efforts in supplying me with numerous
high-quality images of individual badges - very much
appreciated.
For those whose interest extends beyond trams and into the
bus world, I'd strongly recommend a visit to Stephens web
site ' Bus and Tramway Badges', which has
numerous photos of bus and tramway badges, buttons,
PSV badges and associated items.
I would also like to thank the National Tramway Museum in
Crich for giving me access to the buttons and badges in
their archive collections, in particular the 'Osbourne
Collection'. Please note that only a very small proportion
of the buttons and badges held at Crich are on public
display - the archive collections are viewable by
appointment only. If you've never been to Crich then I
strongly encourage you to plan a visit; it's a unique
experience and well worth coming from far afield to see
what still seems to be an amazing number of survivors (tram
cars) from all around Britain and some from overseas. Crich
wonderfully recreates the era of the tram with
reconstructed buildings and a street which the trams (and
museum line) run through, along with innumerable
tramway-associated artifacts, all excellently presented and
displayed. Details are available on the National Tramway Museum web site.