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Read John's blog below to find out his thoughts on all things Blackpool transport and anything else which catches his eye...
Up The Pool ! Blackpool 2 - Lincoln 1 Wembley Stadium May 30, 2021
John Woodman The FHLT used their display tram at the Pleasure Beach (641) to celebrate the decades of Blackpool Football Club (BFC) which...
John Woodman
May 30, 2021
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Tram Depot Experience
John Woodman I have been fortunate in 'sampling' several working tram depots as an outside observer. Visits to the dwindling tramways...
John Woodman
May 29, 2021
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Rigby Road Depot - Best Use
John Woodman Comments posted online elsewhere on the recent announcement of a crowdfunding appeal for donations to cover the anticipated...
John Woodman
May 28, 2021
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After 140 Years - Finally A Tram Museum ?
John Woodman The announcement that Blackpool Transport are launching a crowdfunding campaign to raise a Million Pounds to cover costs of...
John Woodman
May 26, 2021
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Not Forgetting Centenary 642
John Woodman Some readers of this Blog may be perplexed at not seeing Centenary 642 profiled in recent editions covering the Centenary...
John Woodman
May 25, 2021
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In Memoriam - Centenary Cars 641 - 648
John Woodman By way of follow up to the previous Blog some further images of the 'heyday' of Blackpool's Centenary cars which filled the...
John Woodman
May 24, 2021
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The UK's Last Traditional Trams
John Woodman While they may not fill everyone's idea of a 'traditional tram' in fact Blackpool Council's final orders for seven four axle...
John Woodman
May 22, 2021
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Greater British Railways
John Woodman A neat politics driven rebranding of the national railway network gives cause for celebration of a sort - with public...
John Woodman
May 21, 2021
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305 Redesign
John Woodman Perhaps one of the more bizarre modifications on the bus fleet took place in 1960 when instructions from 'upstairs' mandated...
John Woodman
May 20, 2021
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202 Redesign - Consequences 1949 - 1969
John Woodman A rarity among the one hundred strong postwar class of Burlingham bodied buses was number 202. It featured in press...
John Woodman
May 19, 2021
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