Part Two showcases the letter B and where else did you think we would feature for the second letter of the alphabet!
Of course, its Blackpool! Home to a tramway since 1885 and for many years in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s the only place where there was still a traditional street tramway in the UK. Soldiering on to carry the flag for tramways in the country when they had gone out of fashion, the bulk of the operating fleet remained of 1930s vintage by the time government money came to enable it to be upgraded as a modern light rail system from 2012.
We could have used any countless number of photos to cover this letter but have gone back to 2006 for a photo of the tramway showing how in its later years it become the home of the advertising livery. Two of the iconic streamlined trams of the 1930s are used to illustrate this with 1934 Balloon 723 in an advert for McDonald’s and 1937 built Brush 630 in an ad for Karting 2000 at Pleasure Beach when both trams were working specials. (Photograph by Gareth Prior, 5th September 2006)