Phil,
That's a terrific photo, and the setting makes it very nostalgic. It's the kind of ''piece of the past'' that is of the England I would like to remember.
But in this case it could be from before my time, as:
I think from the model of the tram, the comparative narrowness of the roads, and full width of the dual carriageway central areas, that this could be from well before WW II. Perhaps cars were not considered to be numerous enough to merit more road space