{"id":49153,"date":"2023-04-22T10:00:18","date_gmt":"2023-04-22T09:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=49153"},"modified":"2023-04-21T19:09:26","modified_gmt":"2023-04-21T18:09:26","slug":"acocks-green-library-to-commemorate-70-years-since-birmingham-tram-closure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=49153","title":{"rendered":"Acocks Green Library to commemorate 70 years since Birmingham tram closure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Acocks Green Library in Birmingham is to hold a special event on Saturday 24<sup>th<\/sup> June to commemorate 70 years since the last tram operated on the first generation tramway in the city. Taking place between 1000-1300 and 1400-1600 the event will include much of the special collection which the library holds, including some model trams.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>This free event takes place on Saturday 24<sup>th<\/sup> June and includes the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Exhibition of handmade 1\/16<sup>th<\/sup> scale model trams<\/li>\n<li>Tram memorabilia<\/li>\n<li>Local History exhibition<\/li>\n<li>Family crafts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Acocks Green Library is located on Shirley Road in Acocks Green, Birmingham. For satnav users the postcode is B27 7XH. There are a number of small car parks in the local area which can be used and it is around 10 minutes walk from Acocks Green Railway Station.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=49154\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-49154\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-49154\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/tramposter-agl-389x550.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"389\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/tramposter-agl-389x550.jpg 389w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/tramposter-agl-724x1024.jpg 724w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/tramposter-agl-768x1086.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/tramposter-agl.jpg 905w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 389px) 100vw, 389px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Acocks Green Library in Birmingham is to hold a special event on Saturday 24th June to commemorate 70 years since the last tram operated on the first generation tramway in the city. Taking place between 1000-1300 and 1400-1600 the event &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=49153\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49153"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=49153"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49153\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49155,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49153\/revisions\/49155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=49153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=49153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=49153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}