Blackpool Tramway 131st Anniversary Celebrations - Saturday 24th September 2016
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Published 2016-09-27
Glad to be back doing railways on this channel, and kicking off with a cracker. This will be divided into two videos due to the sheer amount of action going on during the two days!
Around this time last year, Blackpool Tramway celebrated 130 years since the tramway first opened in 1885. Last year, they put on without a doubt, the best tramway event Blackpool Tramway has seen for a long time. Plenty of trams out and plenty going on. This year, Blackpool Heritage Tram Tours promised an event even better than last year and boy did they deliver! Like last year, plenty of trams came out (both stored and active) and plenty of course was going on during the first day alone.
I was also privileged to be able to do tours of BOTH Rigby Road and Starr Gate depots. I booked my place on the first tour of the morning, the 10am and got to finally do something I have wanted do for years. These tours are included straight after the departures of the trams from Rigby Road, opened by the head of heritage, Bryan Lindop.
So many trams featured during this event. Trams at Rigby Road included some examples not seen for years, recent arrivals and of course, the usual fleet.
We see the trams at Rigby Road, Blundell Street, around the promenade and onboard various trams during the afternoon. We also sadly see Twin Set 2 at North Pier, being dragged back to base after it catching fire at Gynn Square. Taken Saturday 24th September 2016.
All Comments (21)
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Blackpool. The working class playground.Number 1 most visited seaside resort in Europe. Great place love it and the wonderful trams.👍🇬🇧
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I used to love the noise of the old trams trundling down the promenade. It reminds me when I used to come to Blackpool as a kid back in the 90’s. I wish the old ones weren’t replaced with those modern ones ☹️
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Used to go to Blackpool with my parents when I was a kid. Loved the old trams.
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Love the old trams I wish they didn't replace them with the new ones
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"Let us keep it alive. 🙏
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Blackpool is still my town. It's where I was borne. Although I now live on Malta I still think of Blackpool as my home.I remember going up to Little Bispham to catch the tram to the centre of Blackpool either for the Tower, or the Pleasure Beech, or even to do some shopping. On some occasions we would go the other way to Fleetwood. I f we did we would usually get on at the 'Crossing' at Anchorsholm.
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Brilliant vid, and high quality.thanks for posting..
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Have to put this on my bucket list top priority
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Ahh. Blackpool… I was there in the early 90’s, when it had the atmosphere of a relic, a leftover, kinda. What felt like time machines rumbling up an down the tracks… An then the Illuminations… The "Western Train" and the "Trawler" (the old one), had a ride on Bolton 66 and a "Dreadnought", the driver was really not used to electric (rheostatic) braking, but he was a cool guy anyhow. Showed me how they kept their "cuppa" warm: On top of the resistor box! :D Very happy to see so many of the oldies still running, and that the tramway survived and got modern trams. Still, funny these modern ones have so few doors. Three double doors and two single? Oslo’s new CAF trams will have 6 double doors on each side. Then again, we do have a bigger network… :) Still, Blackpool is Blackpool! :D ("Excuse me, how long will the next tram be?" "’Bout as long as this one!")
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They were the trams I remember from when I lived in Blackpool during the 1950's and through to the end of the 1960's. Many a time as a youngster with friends during late school holidays would catch a tram from Blackpool central to Fleetwood costing no more than a shilling. Then hop on the ferry and over to Knot End at a further cost of 6d. Remember Knot End was a great place for collecting conkers and would make our way back home via the Ferry and Tram with our pockets jammed full with illicitly obtained conkers. No day tie TV or computer consoles to play games on back then. Such episodes would take up to the best part of the day.
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Wonderful site. I first saw Blackpool in 1936, the last time was 2001, the only way I can visit it now is thru sites like this one. Positively wonderful. Bri, Alberta, Canada.
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Just watch this it's great to see that even though these have retired they still get out on heirtage days it's not Blackpool without these old girls .
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Love how smooth they are 👍
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you still can`t beat the old trams at blackpool thats what makes blackpool
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Such sounds!!!!! Its very difficult for me to write English, but its - amazing, its something, such a care......
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Thank You very much!!!!!!!!!!!
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WOW! I had NO IDEA!!! THANKS,
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Wow amazing trams and great video
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Im a train and I approve this video - Choo choo!!
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I was there for the 100th anniversary. Living in San Francisco at the time we had one of the 'banana' trams running in the city. I also spent many summers in Blackpool during the early 50's.
