This open top four wheeled double decker is typical of hundreds of tramcars built in the early years of the 20th century. Lowestoft Corporation bought eleven vehicles of this type for the opening of its tramway service in July 1903. Four more followed a year later, of which this is one. No. 14 ran until the closure of the system in May 1931. It then spent three decades as a summer house before being rescued for preservation in 1961 by the museum founder Dick Bird. Its arrival at Carlton Colville marked the beginning of the formation of our museum. Although originally built as a 3 feet 6 inches gauge tram it has been modified to the standard gauge of 4 feet 8 1/2 inches to run on our tramway.