A Miss Currie said in 1964, the narrow gauge railway shown still ran behind their garden and the children used to ride along through the long grass on a remaining bogey!
According to Hester’s bankruptcy papers the tramway (rails) was started but never finished therefore this photo is likely to be taken on that section of tramway rails that still existed when these photos were taken.
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A very interesting picture that raises a few questions. Although the trolley in the 1913 bears a strong superficial resemblance to Hester’s horse drawn monorail car, careful examination would appear to show two rails and four wheels as stated in the article. By that time the monorail had been gone for some ten years, and the coversion to 3′ 6″ gauge electric tramway had ended in failure with all the equipment actioned off for salvage C1906. How did these tracks survive and where exactly were they?
It does not actually say when the photos were taken. As happens today older photos were used for a feature article. So all one can say for sure is the photos were 1913 or before.
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