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Base sought for Brighton 53

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A SEARCH is underway for a suitable local home for the sole surviving passenger car from the Brighton Corporation Tramways system.

The Brighton Tram 53 Society is restoring its namesake to working order but has so far been unsuccessful in finding a site which would be suitable, both in terms of location and arrangements for storing and operating the vehicle.

“We want access to public. “The first thing is to make it easy for people to get there. If it’s part of an existing project, that’s great, but what we’re looking for is someone to say ‘here’s a patch of land with public access’. Then we can build a shed, finish the tram on-site and then start thinking about putting rails down.”

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