IPSWICH TROLLEYBUSES RECALLED

I'm obviously too young to remember the heyday of Ipswich's Trolleybuses in the 1950's but volunteering in the ITM and listening to the tales of my dad, of how quick and skittish they were to travel on, and not only that but my late Uncle Fred worked for Ransomes and helped put together the Trolleybuses during the 1930's and 1940's, for which my dad has told me many tales of the work that went in to them, hence my fascination with them. Above in the first picture is a Ransomes Type D Trolleybus 41 DX 7683 at Ipswich Railway Station in 1949 which originally had a verandah front and half cab for one man use, it was rebuilt in 1948. In a photo below copyright Geoff Lumb we see 113 PV 8870 a Karrier/Park Royal heading back towards Electric House or Tower Ramparts as the younger of us may not know, this image could roughly be taken today on Nacton Road, as very little has changed although the island shelter is no longer in situ.