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Could Coronation tram mark new king’s coronation?

VOLUNTEERS at Summerlee Industrial Museum are asking themselves if the Glasgow Coronation tram they are restoring could be completed in time to mark the coronation of King Charles III, which is likely to take place next spring or summer.

Tram No. 1245, dating from 1939, was built as one of 150 luxury trams and launched in

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