Category Archives: Picture in Time

Picture in Time: Blackpool Balloon 720

Posted on Friday 5 January 2024 by Gareth Prior

Its summer 1978 and we’re back on the Blackpool Tramway as we feature some more excellent photos from Donald Brooks as “Picture in Time” returns to the Fylde Coast once more.

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Picture in Time: Manchester Metrolink 1025

Posted on Friday 29 December 2023 by Gareth Prior

We have time for just one further “Picture in Time” image from Manchester Metrolink in 1994.

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Picture in Time: Manchester Metrolink 1010

Posted on Friday 22 December 2023 by Gareth Prior

Its “Picture in Time” time again as we stay on Manchester Metrolink in 1994.

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Picture in Time: Manchester Metrolink 1009

Posted on Friday 15 December 2023 by Gareth Prior

Another edition of “Picture in Time” coming from Manchester Metrolink.

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Picture in Time: Manchester Metrolink 1002

Posted on Friday 8 December 2023 by Gareth Prior

We continue our latest series of “Picture in Time” with another image from the 1990s of Manchester Metrolink.

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Picture in Time: Manchester Metrolink 1010

Posted on Friday 1 December 2023 by Gareth Prior

“Picture in Time” moves to Manchester as we start a series of photos taken in the early days of the Metrolink network.

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Picture in Time: Glasgow 1297 & Sheffield 510

Posted on Friday 24 November 2023 by Gareth Prior

We stay at Crich for this week’s “Picture in Time” but where last time out we were in 1979, this time we go back about another five years.

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Picture in Time: Sheffield 264

Posted on Friday 17 November 2023 by Gareth Prior

“Picture in Time” is back with another visit to the Crich Tramway Village!

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Picture in Time: Sheffield 189

Posted on Friday 10 November 2023 by Gareth Prior

Another edition of “Picture in Time” goes to Crich on a 1979 Bank Holiday Monday.

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Picture in Time: Glasgow 22

Posted on Friday 3 November 2023 by Gareth Prior

This latest edition of “Picture in Time” is again heading to Crich as we take a look a photo from 1979 of one of the trams in service.

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Picture in Time: Blackpool 49

Posted on Friday 27 October 2023 by Gareth Prior

Its time for another change of location for “Picture in Time” as we leave Blackpool and head to Crich for a photo of… a Blackpool tram!

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Picture in Time: Blackpool OMO 8

Posted on Friday 20 October 2023 by Gareth Prior

We have time for another photo from Blackpool in 1978 as “Picture in Time” continues today.

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Picture in Time: Blackpool Railcoach 679

Posted on Friday 13 October 2023 by Gareth Prior

Back to 1978 for another Blackpool image in “Picture in Time”.

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Picture in Time: Blackpool OMOs 7 & 10

Posted on Friday 6 October 2023 by Gareth Prior

This week “Picture in Time” moves from 1977 to 1978 as we take another look at the Blackpool Tramway back in the 1970s.

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Picture in Time: Blackpool Brush 634

Posted on Friday 29 September 2023 by Gareth Prior

Its time for another edition of “Picture in Time” and we stay in Blackpool for this week’s photo.

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Picture in Time: Blackpool Balloon 716

Posted on Friday 22 September 2023 by Gareth Prior

“Picture in Time” moves on this week and for the next few editions we will be in Blackpool as we continue to take a look at some of Donald Brooks’ excellent photos of the tramway as it was in the … Continue reading →

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Picture in Time: Croydon Tramlink 2548

Posted on Friday 15 September 2023 by Gareth Prior

Before we move on from Tramlink we have time for one final photo for “Picture in Time”.

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Picture in Time: Croydon Tramlink 2542

Posted on Friday 8 September 2023 by Gareth Prior

Having spent the past few weeks looking at the construction of Croydon Tramlink this week “Picture in Time” moves beyond that work and features the system after it started to operate.

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Picture in Time: Croydon Tramlink construction

Posted on Friday 1 September 2023 by Gareth Prior

Before we start to look at some trams again in this series of “Picture in Time” we have one final image of construction work taking place ahead of the opening of the Croydon Tramlink system.

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Picture in Time: Croydon Tramlink construction

Posted on Friday 25 August 2023 by Gareth Prior

“Picture in Time” continues in Croydon this week with another image taken during the initial construction of Tramlink in the late 1990s.

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