Category Archives: Crich Tramway Village

Crich to open longer hours as season comes to an end

Posted on Friday 16 October 2020 by Gareth Prior

The last main week of the season at Crich in any normal year is one of the highlights of the year with the popular Starlight event taking place complete with special lighting effects and trams running after dark. Now, 2020 … Continue reading →

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In Pictures: Sheffield Roberts Cars on display to commemorate anniversary

Posted on Saturday 10 October 2020 by Gareth Prior

8th October 2020 was the 60th anniversary of the closure of Sheffield Corporation Tramways and although there are currently no original Sheffield trams running in service across the UK the two surviving Roberts Cars were both on display at their … Continue reading →

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Sheffield Corporation Tramways 60 Years On – the Preserved Trams

Posted on Thursday 8 October 2020 by Gareth Prior

On 8th October 1960 the last trams on the first generation Sheffield Corporation Tramways ran bringing to an end 87 years of tramway operation in the city. With the first horse trams having run on 7th October 1873 this was … Continue reading →

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Crich to celebrate 60th anniversary of the last Sheffield Corporation Tram

Posted on Sunday 4 October 2020 by Gareth Prior

On 8th October 1960 the last trams ran in Sheffield – or at least it was thought they did, until Supertram came along! – and now some 60 years later Crich Tramway Village will be marking the occasion with the … Continue reading →

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In Pictures: Crich with its Covid restrictions

Posted on Wednesday 30 September 2020 by Gareth Prior

The Crich Tramway Village has been open again since Saturday 11th July with the expected Coronavirus restrictions in place to ensure the safety of visitors, volunteers and staff alike in these unprecedented times. As we’ve reported before this has included … Continue reading →

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Picture in Time: Berlin 3006

Posted on Friday 4 September 2020 by Gareth Prior

This week we move forward a bit in time at the Crich Tramway Village, around about a month since last week’s image, and we feature Berlin 3006.

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Trams in Video: Crich Tramway Village – Starlight Spectacular 29th October 2016

Posted on Sunday 30 August 2020 by Gareth Prior

Today’s video takes us back to the Crich Tramway Village with some footage filmed at the Starlight Spectacular event on 29th October 2016. An intensive service was running on the line throughout the day, including after dark running until 2000 … Continue reading →

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Blackpool Brush Car 298 restoration moves forward

Posted on Friday 28 August 2020 by Gareth Prior

Work may not have resumed yet on the restoration of Blackpool Brush Car 298 at Crich but another major and significant milestone has been reached in the project with confirmation that the Tramcar Sponsorship Organisation and the Tramway Museum Society … Continue reading →

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Picture in Time: Sheffield 74 & Southampton 45

Posted on Friday 28 August 2020 by Gareth Prior

Its back to Crich again for this edition of “Picture in Time” as we have one further image during the temporary working arrangements on 25th May 2011.

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Covid-19 update – heritage systems and museums

Posted on Tuesday 25 August 2020 by Gareth Prior

Its been a while since we last had a summary of which heritage lines are operating following the continued easing of lockdown restrictions so here we go again! This summary only gives details of those museums/heritage lines which have reopened. … Continue reading →

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Picture in Time: Southampton 45

Posted on Friday 21 August 2020 by Gareth Prior

We make a second visit to Crich on 25th May 2011 for this edition of “Picture in Time” and this time we feature the tram which started it all – Southampton 45.

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Crich get over £300,000 in funding

Posted on Monday 17 August 2020 by Gareth Prior

One of the big themes of the pandemic has been the need for various tramways to find a new funding stream whilst they were unable to open and then open under restrictions. Whilst there have been fundraising campaigns to the … Continue reading →

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Picture in Time: Sheffield 74

Posted on Friday 14 August 2020 by Gareth Prior

For the next few weeks our Traditional Tram edition of “Picture in Time” will be heading back a few short years to 2011 for some images taken at the Crich Tramway Village. We start off with Sheffield 74.

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Bradford cabmen’s shelter heads away for restoration

Posted on Sunday 9 August 2020 by Gareth Prior

The Bradford cabmen’s shelter which has been a long-term fixture at the Crich Tramway Village’s Wakebridge stop has been removed from its usual home and transported to Bristol for a start to be made on its restoration back to (as … Continue reading →

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Trams &: Cheltenham 21 & bus

Posted on Sunday 2 August 2020 by Gareth Prior

It may be the last “Trams &” for now but we hope you agree we have almost saved the best until last as it’s a trip into the archives in the pretty unlikely location of Cheltenham.

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Trams &: London Transport 1622 & buses

Posted on Saturday 25 July 2020 by Gareth Prior

It’s a wet special event day at Crich for our latest look at a tram alongside other forms of transport.

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LEGO trams based on Crich collection added to LEGO Ideas website

Posted on Sunday 19 July 2020 by Gareth Prior

If like your writer you are amazed and what people can create with a little bit of LEGO then you will be interested in this next story as a supporter of the Crich Tramway Village has recently created four incredibly … Continue reading →

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So Nearly, Not Quite! Blackpool Railgrinder 2

Posted on Thursday 16 July 2020 by Gareth Prior

We have a historic feel to this edition of “So Nearly, Not Quite!” as we are heading back to 1969.

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In Pictures: Crich re-opens to the public

Posted on Monday 13 July 2020 by Gareth Prior

Saturday 11th July 2020 saw the re-opening of the Crich Tramway Village for the first time since it was forced to close as a result of Covid-19 pandemic. With new guidelines in place – including the wearing of face masks … Continue reading →

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So Nearly, Not Quite! London County Council 106

Posted on Sunday 12 July 2020 by Gareth Prior

We have another entry into the “So Nearly, Not Quite” series of tram photos which didn’t end up as planned when that shutter was pressed.

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