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Tramway Managers
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Major RR Greene
(later to become Colonel)
Wallasey Corporation Tramways Manager
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RR Greene was Wallasey Corporation Tramways first Tramways Manager, hired on a salary of £250 p.a.
He was previously an accountant with the dock board, he lived at 216
Seabank Road, Wallasey now home to a motorcycle dealer. Major
Greene was in charge of the local garrison fort known as Fort Paerch
Rock. The battery appears to have been a volunteers outfit, there were
orders to keep the French, out traditional enemy, at bay. Fort Perch
Rock was built in the 1850's. He appears to have run the tramway in a
military manner, expecting staff to salute before speaking to him. The
uniforms were also in a military style. Major Greene retired at the age
of 70 on a life pension of £268.00 p.a.
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Below is a picture of Wallasey Corporation Tramways staff
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Note the lack of maintanance staff in "scruffy" overalls
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