TRAMTALK

Blackpool's trams will reappear in service from Sunday July 19th with service frequency up to twenty minutes and last trams running at 1930.    Changes to fare payment are being advised but with no details;  while seating is being adjusted possibly s...

The stringent restrictions on venues, events and travel mean that once familiar displays and exhibitions of transport themes are missing from our calendars in 2020.   Even Blackpool's tram service in its entirety has been 'suspended for the duration'...

Blackpool's electric tramway managed to get by for a hundred years without reliance on foreign tram builders and suppliers.   In fact all of the trams operated by the still public owned transport company and its predecessor municipal departments were...

A noticeable trend in supermarkets (and other retailers) this year has been the emphasis placed on packaging and signage of product made or sourced in Britain.   The absence of the EU blue and gold star emblem signals  reversion of the UK to becoming...

A requirement of Blackpool art guru Robin Ross to capture images of the Trust's tram collection in store at Wyre Dock providently coincided with a glorious day this week.  

 Robin Ross at work on the tram shots on Monday.

Former EE railcoach 278 i...

The current announcement of shared agreement between diverse local authorities within Lancashire outside of the two city regions of Manchester and Liverpool will now lead to an elected Mayor for Lancashire and consolidated economic strategy for the c...

The search and negotiations for a new Blackpool Courts hq has been concluded and involves the Council owned land at Devonshire Road and Talbot Road junction.  This was formerly the site of the original 'Isolation Hospital' subsequently becoming part...

The latest Government ordnance requiring all passengers travelling on public transport to wear face masks from 15th of June further underlines the continuing presence of the Corona virus and its life threatening potency.   As we head into the summer...

A reminder of the ease of travel not long ago.   Rear platform Routemaster and destinations across Europe with Ryanair.  

A hidden piece of Glasgow tramcar heritage rests in Blackpool.