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Blackpool North Station - By Tram Again
John Woodman In 1898 the Blackpool & Fleetwood Tramroad Company commenced its new direct electric tram service between the centre of...
John Woodman
Feb 19, 2021
Buying British - post 2020
John Woodman A noticeable feature in post Brexit Britain is the proliferation of the nation's flag on product packaging. While we...
John Woodman
Feb 18, 2021
Never A Dull Moment - On The Tramway
John Woodman Supposedly a quiet uneventful midweek caught work crews busy on the tramroad between Anchorsholme and Norbreck today. The...
John Woodman
Feb 17, 2021
Missing : Blackpool's Museum of Transport - From the 1880s to the 2020s
John Woodman Blackpool was the first English town to demonstrate faith in the future role of electric power when it commissioned a...
John Woodman
Feb 15, 2021
Electric Buses - in the 1940s and beyond
John Woodman The push to 'go electric' by Blackpool's publicly owned transport operator - Blackpool Transport Services Ltd. has...
John Woodman
Feb 11, 2021
Goodbye to the Yorkshire Penny
John Woodman In today's madness of rebranding and renaming familiar business and product names - Blackpool's town centre is set to lose a...
John Woodman
Feb 10, 2021
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