There was also bus service.
Hop on a bus from Magazine Street to Dale Street and when you get back to the university, you tell your fellow students you’ve just been to visit your son. That seems to be exactly what he did, I know I read it not long ago, but can’t find the link right now, so if anyone else saw that, please put your hand up.
(It could be one of those ‘first you see it then it’s gone’ articles.)