I was talking with my 85 year old Grand mother Dolly Rose Noel nee Julier, who grew up on Austin street Shoreditch.
I mentioned that I was surprised to see tram- lines on old maps of Kingsland and Hackney Road."Oh yes" she said," we used to get on them (the trams) for a penny and stay on all day. The conductor would not chuck us off if we good, and we used to turn the seats for around for him, at the end of the journey, so they'd be pointing the other way at the end of the line."
"So where did you go?"
"Oh all along the embankment, backwards and forwards all day just for a penny, and we used to end up in the underground station on the strand, at Aldwych I think it was"
"Who did you used to go with?"
"Oh my brother Siddy and Gladys, yes, if we were good and turned the seats around, the conductor would let us stay on all day."