In a message dated 11/01/2004 23:33:28 GMT Standard Time, hjw@brickhouse.fsnet.co.uk writes: > I have recently added a postcard of Botcherby Bank to my Houghton le Spring > collection. > Botcherby Bank was a passing loop on the single line Sunderland District Electric Tramways Ltd. route between New Silksworth and East Herrington at the junction with North Moor Lane about half a mile from the Wynyard Arms in Silksworth. Whit Monday 12th June 1905, was the third day of the running of the new trams. In the evening a tram was running from Grangetown to Houghton down Botcherby Bank, a steep hill with a sharp right turn at the bottom. It got out of control and ran off the rails at the curve, hitting a stone wall. Many passengers were thrown off the top deck and one boy, William Currie lost his life. Regards Stan Mapstone