Talk:Double-decker tram
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[edit]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Double-deck_transport
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Rockers
[edit]The first double-decker trams had the front, rear and sides of their upper storeys fashioned as railings or square wiremesh cages. However, it was brought to the attention of the police, that young men need only stand beside a stationary vehicle and look up to glimpse the lifted hemlines and exposed ankles of ladies on the upper deck. Accordingly, this enterprise was thwarted by the introduction of long oblong wooden, pasteboard or canvas screens affixed along the outward surfaces of the mesh. These were known as rockers. It was additionally found that they kept out the worst of the wind and weather, and were a convenient bill-post for the advertisement of tobacco and liver pills, etc.; and were an intermediary stage in the complete enclosure of upper decks on trams and later buses. Nuttyskin (talk) 14:12, 11 June 2018 (UTC)