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Last Updated Sunday 29th March 2009

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REVISED ALL OVER AD FOR BALLOON 709
Blackpool & Fleetwood Tramway – Sunday 29th March 2009

Blackpool Balloon 709 has received a revised blue and yellow all over advert style for Sealife Centre. The livery features contravision. Other livery news includes the loss of the Infusion all over advert for Balloon 719 - the tram now painted in light blue, although currently retains the mouldings added for the Walls livery all those years again – and Centenary 643 is also reported to have entered the Paint Shop. Read on for a photo of 709.

Car 709 shows off its brand new vinyl wrap livery for the Sea Life Centre during a shunting exercise on 22nd March. This may well have been the first time that this new advert had been seen in daylight!
Photo: Tony Waddington

Source: Various from Yahoo! Groups: Tramgen

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