John Woodman
Shade Gap - The Electrics
This excellent museum operation is much enhanced with the running line extended since my visits up to the '90s. All images : John...
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John Woodman
Apr 13, 2020
Shade Gap
What could be better than having a combined steam railway and electric tramway of the heritage sort - comingling services in a rural...
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John Woodman
Apr 12, 2020
American PCCs in Europe
The US styling of its 1930s modern streetcar as marketed as the 'PCC Car' found a fulsome market in North America but was less...
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John Woodman
Apr 11, 2020
Easter Weekend - Blackpool April 2020
This important holiday weekend is like no other in Blackpool or indeed anywhere else in Europe. Whilst ordinarily crowds would be...
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John Woodman
Apr 9, 2020
A Big Thanks to NHS And All Public Staff
As the country heads into what looks like being a glorious Easter Weekend one like no other - it is timely to acknowledge in full the...
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John Woodman
Apr 7, 2020
The Way We Were - 5
From the beginning of the 1930s until 1957 - Blackpool's municipal buses were more often than not designed and contructed in the town by...
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John Woodman
Apr 3, 2020
The Way We Were - 4 (Glasgow)
Glasgow's amazing tram system closed its last service nearly sixty years ago. But the onetime familiar images, if not the sounds, of the...
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John Woodman
Apr 2, 2020
The Way We Were - 3
Going back in time all the way to 2013 ! A wonderful sight at the Pleasure Beach loop with newly painted boat car in its original fleet...
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John Woodman
Apr 2, 2020
Blackpool Transport - Operating Changes
Blackpool's Transport Company (BTS) has announced several changes to services and its operations over the coming days. Fullest details...
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John Woodman
Apr 1, 2020
Love Our NHS
The UK's national health system - originated in the immediate postwar years under the Atlee Government (along with a nationalised railway...
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