With the imminent arrival of trams on Edinburgh’s streets, now’s the perfect time to rediscover our 1950s tram driver’s Life in a box in Whose Town?

Hugh Cairns started as a conductor and then became a driver on Edinburgh’s former electric tram car system. Hear him tell stories about what life was like working on the trams, see personal pictures of him and his colleagues and also special tickets produced to commemorate the last week of the previous tram system in November 1956.

You’ll also discover more about his life living in a prefab in Oxgangs and how he preferred to get out and about on his bicycle in his free time.