A side view of Sunderland 48'2, ex South Shields 52’2, posed at the recreation ground at Sea Lane terminus. Having bought this tram for £250, the Corporation now owned every double-deck single-truck centre-entrance tram in the country and they also had a lot of centre-entrance buses. The reason for this design preference was that the vehicles could load and unload very quickly, which was ideal for shipyard, football ground, and holiday rush-hours but, on the other hand, the twin staircases…