Tram at Saltash Passage

This very rare photo shows a tram at Saltash Passage in 1929. To the right of the tram, is the Royal Albert Bridge Inn and the building on the left is now a cafe. The foreshore has now completely changed and nowadays, the area to the left in taken up by a small park built in the 1950s. It's interesting to see the lack of traffic. There would have been few cars in the towns of Plymouth, Stonehouse and Devonport at the time and there was probably none at all in Saltash Passage. It's also interesting to see the tramlines which, apparently, still lie there today underneath the modern tarmac. The tram's destination is 'theatre' which referred to the termination point at Derry's Clock near to the old Theatre Royal. This is tram number 148 which had the longest route in Plymouth. At the time, trams would have brought many visitors to the nearby Little Ash Tea Gardens, the annual regatta and the St Budeaux Carnival. The area by the cafe is where the American soldiers left for D-Day in 1944. Saltash passage has certainly seen some changes over the years but is still instantly recognisable from this old photo though one thing is noticable - it was a far quieter place!