Southend tram No. 28 on seafront - 1936

An old photograph of Southend-on-Sea Corporation Tramways (SCT) car No. 28 showing a 'Kursaal Beach & Thorpe Bay' side destination board. It is outside the Minerva public house on the seafront, the Kursaal is to the left of the pub. This is from an enthusiasts tram/bus photo and postcard album, the latest pictures date to the early 1950s, this one has the initials CC so was taken by C. Carter.

A version hand colourised by me is here:-
flic.kr/p/2oqnhbe

The description written next to the photo is "Southend Corporation car No 28 at Kursaal in 1936 [CC]".

I assume that the photo album belonged to a young person because at the front is a list of initials indicating the photographers. CC - C. Carter, HOD - Haynes of Dulwich (W. J. Haynes), JRM - Rex, WRGA - Robin Anderson of South Birmingham, MM - Mummy, JKM - Daddy, CJDM - Me, LOS - Lens of Sutton.

Modern day Google maps street view:-
www.google.com/maps/@51.5324577,0.7242194,3a,75y,42.81h,8...

National Library of Scotland old/new overhead maps view:-
maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/side-by-side/#zoom=18.0&lat=5...

No. 28 was an open top car built in 1910 by Brush seating 22/32 and running on a 4-wheel Brush flexible axle truck. In early 1938 it was withdrawn and disposed of, the parts of the Southend tramways system that had not already been withdrawn or transferred to trolleybus/bus operation closing in Apr 1942.

If there are any errors in the above description please let me know. Thanks.

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Taken in: UK / England / Southend-on-Sea (show map)

Taken on: January 1, 1936

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