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The two pound tram

Newton, William

The two pound tram

by Newton, William

  • 192 Want to read
  • 17 Currently reading

Published by Bloomsbury in London .
Written in

    Subjects:
  • Brothers -- Fiction.,
  • Electric railroads -- Cars -- Fiction.,
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- England -- Fiction.,
  • Children of divorced parents -- Fiction.,
  • Runaway children -- Fiction.,
  • Horse railroads -- Fiction.,
  • Celebrities -- Fiction.,
  • Boys -- Fiction.,
  • Sussex (England) -- Fiction.,
  • London (England) -- Fiction.

  • Edition Notes

    StatementWilliam Newton.
    GenreFiction.
    Classifications
    LC ClassificationsPR6114.E98 T96 2003
    The Physical Object
    Pagination186 p. ;
    Number of Pages186
    ID Numbers
    Open LibraryOL21727590M
    ISBN 100747566976
    OCLC/WorldCa59302854

    Available from another library. Quick Copy View Author: Newton, William. Public transport by tram, streetcar, and light-rail street systems — always running on rail tracks, and usually an electric rail transport system. For trams in U.S. English usage, see Trackless train.

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The Two-Pound Tram is his first book. William Newton's debut novel, The Two Pound Tram, won the Sagittarius Award, was shortlisted for the Authors' Club Best First Novel and sold o copies. The Mistress of Abha is his second novel. William Newton died in March, Pages: The Two-Pound Tram by Newton, William A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition.

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Synopsis. Wilfred and Duncan live in a large old house in Sussex, only ever see their parents on Wednesdays, and spend their days catching butterflies and dreaming of adventure/5(44). In London, they buy an old streetcar for two pounds, then for another ten shillings find a somewhat derelict horse to pull it.

Horse-drawn trams had gone the way of the dodo by the late s, and the brothers take advantage of a loophole in the franchise laws that allows them to run it without a license (which would never have been awarded to.

"Our dream, our obsession, was to own a tram. This all started with an advertisement which showed a picture of a London tram with the words: 'Trams surplus to the requirements of the London Omnibus and Tramcar company for sale at their depot at Acton, London for £2 each.' I doubt if there was a day afterwards when the tram did not enter our conversation " The year wasand Hitler had.

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Then their mother. The Two Pound Tram (eBook): Newton, William: InWilfred and Duncan live in a huge old house in Sussex, England, with their distant father after their mother elopes, and set out to purchase a tram, decommissioned by the bus and tram company, and set up their.

The Two-Pound Tram () by William Newton (aka Dr. Kenneth Newton) follows the lives of two brothers, Duncan and Wilfred Scrutton, during the early years of World War II.

Originally, they live in a big sprawling house in the country and spend their time catching butterflies, hiding out in an old railway carriage, and using catapults to catch their dinner (rabbits, small birds, etc.). The Two Pound Tram - Book Review by Ann Skea, William Newton, Eclectica Magazine v9n2.

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