Category Archives: Picture in Time

What’s New on British Trams Online?

Posted on Sunday 13 December 2020 by Gareth Prior

Once again we are heading back into the recent archives with photos this week coming from 14 years ago at Crich:

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Picture in Time: Granada Studio Tours trams

Posted on Friday 11 December 2020 by Gareth Prior

For one last time in this series we head back to Granada Studio Tours to take a look at one of the “trams” which could be found in Manchester in the 1980s.

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Picture in Time: Blackpool Twin Car 686+676 & Balloon 717

Posted on Monday 7 December 2020 by Gareth Prior

Once more we head to August for an image from Blackpool as “Picture in Time” continues.

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What’s New on British Trams Online?

Posted on Sunday 6 December 2020 by Gareth Prior

This week’s photos come from the recent archive as we go back to 2007 and images from Stagecoach Supertram:

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Picture in Time: More Granada Studio Tours Trams

Posted on Friday 4 December 2020 by Gareth Prior

Sometimes you just can’t predict what article will be popular and get lots of comments and correspondence and it would be fair to say the Granada Studio Tours trams is a case in point. Considering they aren’t real trams the … Continue reading →

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Picture in Time: Blackpool Boat 606

Posted on Monday 30 November 2020 by Gareth Prior

“Picture in Time” is again heading to Blackpool for today’s archive image and its an unusual sight this time out.

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Picture in Time: Granada Studio Tours Trams

Posted on Friday 27 November 2020 by Gareth Prior

After we looked at some of the Granada Studios “trams” last week in 1985 we move forward 11 months to May 1986 where they seem to have multiplied somewhat!

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Picture in Time: Blackpool Boat 602

Posted on Monday 23 November 2020 by Gareth Prior

As we continue our look at archive Blackpool tram images as part of “Picture in Time” we now move on to 1993.

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What’s New on British Trams Online?

Posted on Sunday 22 November 2020 by Gareth Prior

This week we have photos from the archive again and this time we head across to the Isle of Man in 2001 and 2002:

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Picture in Time: Granada Studio Tours Trams

Posted on Friday 20 November 2020 by Gareth Prior

For the next couple of weeks the Traditional Tram edition of “Picture in Time” is going to be a little bit different as we feature some “trams” which were part of Granada Studios in Manchester. Obviously, they weren’t real trams … Continue reading →

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Picture in Time: Blackpool Twin Car 686+676

Posted on Monday 16 November 2020 by Gareth Prior

Today “Picture in Time” is back in Blackpool as we take a look at an image captured during the Centenary celebrations in September 1985.

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What’s New on British Trams Online?

Posted on Sunday 15 November 2020 by Gareth Prior

Its another look into the recent past for this week’s photo collection as we go to Croydon in 2005:

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Picture in Time: Leeds 532

Posted on Friday 13 November 2020 by Gareth Prior

Our final stop in Leeds during 1959 moves on from the Horsfield Cars and takes a look at one of the Feltham trams which had moved north for their final years of service.

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Picture in Time: Docklands Light Railway 47

Posted on Tuesday 10 November 2020 by Gareth Prior

Before our modern tram Picture in Time series takes a break we are again making a stop on the Docklands Light Railway for an archive image dating from 2003.

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Picture in Time: Blackpool Balloon 721

Posted on Monday 9 November 2020 by Gareth Prior

We continue our look at some of Blackpool’s trams as they were in 2007 in this edition of “Picture in Time” as we feature a much more traditionally shaped 721.

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Picture in Time: Leeds 195

Posted on Friday 6 November 2020 by Gareth Prior

We have another photo taken in Leeds just a few days before the tram system closed in November 1959 for this edition of “Picture in Time”.

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Picture in Time: Docklands Light Railway 33+25

Posted on Tuesday 3 November 2020 by Gareth Prior

We are once again heading back to the Docklands Light Railway in 2003 for this edition of “Picture in Time”.

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Picture in Time: Blackpool Balloon 718

Posted on Monday 2 November 2020 by Gareth Prior

Today we feature another colourful all over advert carried on a Blackpool tram during 2007 – and colourful is the word for this design on 718!

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Picture in Time: Leeds 172

Posted on Friday 30 October 2020 by Gareth Prior

Today we are again heading to West Yorkshire in 1959 for another colour image of the last day’s of the Leeds system.

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Picture in Time: Blackpool Balloon 713

Posted on Monday 26 October 2020 by Gareth Prior

The latter years of the Blackpool Tramway (pre-upgrade that is) saw a number of plain liveried trams in action and in 2007 that included the subject of our latest edition of “Picture in Time”.

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