It would appear that there is a concerted effort at Blackpool Transport to remove expired adverts from the trams as following on from 006 comes the news that 007 has lost one side of its ads too.
007 is one of only two of the Flexity2 trams to be named with it carrying the name of Alan Whitbread, a former member of staff at Blackpool Transport who passed away in 2015. Despite its naming some 10 years ago, it did subsequently received external advertising with it having carried above window adverts for Organ Donation for the past few years. Like many of its sisters it also received adverts for heart attack prevention on the centre section below the windows a couple of years ago.
July 2025 has now seen a change for 007 though as the adverts on one side of the tram have now been stripped. This just leaves the opposite side carrying the adverts, although presumably they will also be removed in due course.
This is the second tram in recent weeks which has seen adverts removed as 006 lost its long-standing adverts for Tunnocks caramel wafers earlier in July.
Adverts gone! This photo at Starr Gate shows the side of 007 which has now gone advert free with the organ donation and heart attack prevention vinyls having been stripped.
Whereas the other side retains the adverts – at least for now! (Both Photographs by Oliver Shenton, 26th July 2025)