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Farewell Wyre Dock - 710 Comes Home - 1
John Woodman At least a crisp dry sunny morning was on hand for the removal of Balloon Car 710 from its decade of outside storage at Wyre...
John Woodman
Feb 8, 2023
Tramtown - The Exhibition
John Woodman Following on publication of Brian Turner's definitive book on Blackpool's early electric tramway (the Conduit Years) the...
John Woodman
Jan 29, 2023
The Conduit Tramway Story
John Woodman Brian Turner has just published what will be the definitive book on Blackpool's first electric tramway. A finely researched...
John Woodman
Jan 27, 2023
Balloon 247 Is Coming Home
John Woodman Preparatory work began at Wyre Dock today clearing the undergrowth around Balloon car 710 aka 247. A team of volunteers...
John Woodman
Jan 23, 2023
Standard 40 Lytham Road
John Woodman Following on from the previous Blog featuring Standard 40 at the South Pier terminus on Station Road - a further image of...
John Woodman
Jan 20, 2023
South Pier Terminus
John Woodman Station Road was a rarely used stretch of street tram track, being a summer season only extension of the Marton tram service...
John Woodman
Jan 19, 2023
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