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John Woodman
Jun 28, 2021
Its Time for Rebranding Our Trams
John Woodman Almost alone among the small cadre of UK light rail operators Blackpool's tram system has stuck to its originating light...
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John Woodman
Jun 24, 2021
Lessons To Be Learned - From Essex, Oxfordshire, Hertfordshire
John Woodman As if the daily news bulletins on climate change weren't enough two items in the UK news cycle today reconfirm urgent...
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John Woodman
Jun 23, 2021
Goodbye To Inspectors
John Woodman News this week that Blackpool Council have approved financing that will allow Blackpool Transport to instal 'Oyster Card'...
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John Woodman
Jun 21, 2021
EBikes, EScooters, Eeverything
John Woodman My son's visit to Blackpool this past weekend brought with it an eye opening firsthand account of the explosion in sales and...
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John Woodman
Jun 16, 2021
Global Warming = Rising Sea Levels = Coastal Flooding
John Woodman An alarming forecast of the consequences of continuing global warming has appeared online this week marking land forecast to...
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John Woodman
Jun 15, 2021
Skelleftea - Battery Gigafactory For European Vehicle Market
John Woodman The rush to develop new manufacturing centres for batteries is on. Global environmental pressure on vehicle producers has...
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John Woodman
Jun 14, 2021
Pub Signs
John Woodman Blackpool has plenty of pubs - the more famous being the Number 3 at Devonshire Square and of course the now lost landmarks...
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John Woodman
Jun 11, 2021
Going Going ......
John Woodman Interest in the Trust's trams is now bearing fruit with at least one car scheduled to be transferred to yet another Fylde...
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John Woodman
Jun 7, 2021
CENTENARY BUS FEST JULY 2021 - Don't Miss It
John Woodman To commemorate one hundred years of municipal transport in Blackpool latterly through the Council owned company - Blackpool...
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John Woodman
Jun 4, 2021
Fares Please
John Woodman I got a shock today when my wife told me she paid £1.90 for a bus ride from Mansfield Road to the Moorpark Medical Centre at...
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