----- Original Message ----- From: <AvrilSteward@aol.com> To: <ENG-DUR-SUNDERLAND-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, April 17, 2004 1:03 PM Subject: [SUNDERLAND] Sunderland Tramcars > According to the book "Sunderland Corporation Transport - A History of > Public Service" > in 1921 the trams were carrying 32,500,000 passengers a year, so lots of > opportunities to catch some kind of infection from a passenger. Certainly my great > grandfather who was acting Station Master at Sunderland Railway Station in > 1883 seemed to be unlucky. He died at 32 of confluent smallpox. > Avril Steward Couldn't agree more Avril, I haven't forgotten the crowded trams -or buses- no regulations re number of passengers-just-'Move along there!-make more room!"We all breathed in each others germs!!. Betty.