John Stanley Webb

John Stanley Webb
Born11 January 1920
Walsall, Staffordshire
Died22 January 2002 (aged 82)[1]
Walsall, West Midlands
Occupations

John Stanley Webb (11 January 1920 – 22 January 2002)[2][3] was an English transport historian.

Born in Walsall, Staffordshire,[3] Webb developed an interest in trains as a child; he traveled by rail to school. He wrote many books on British and other countries trams and tramway systems,[3] while working for his family's firm, James Webb and Sons, of Bloxwich,[3] which he joined in 1935 and from which he retired as Managing Director in 1986.[3]

Midland Metro named an AnsaldoBreda T-69 tram in his honour in a ceremony at Birmingham Snow Hill station on 17 July 2004.[3][4][5]

Bibliography

  • ——. A History of the Black Country Tramways.

References

  1. ^ England and Wales, Death Index, 1989–2018
  2. ^ England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Tram's a Webb wonder". Birmingham Evening Mail. 17 July 2004. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 25 April 2012 – via HighBeam Research.
  4. ^ "10 'John Stanley Webb'". TheTrams.co.uk. Retrieved 25 April 2012.
  5. ^ Midland Metro British Trams Online