
Blackpool's Cooperation With Manufacturers - 1
John Woodman Blackpool's transport system has a history of working closely with tram and bus bodywork builders ever since the 1930s when the English Electric Company prevailed on the new Transport Manager to showcase its new 'rail coach' design at a professional conference held in the town in June 1933. This led in turn to a succession of contracts for the supply of similarly styled trams, both single and double deck, through that decade. Builders drawings and concept desig