Category Archives: Picture in Time

Picture in Time: Manchester Metrolink 1012

Posted on Sunday 13 September 2015 by Gareth Prior

We are back in Manchester for our latest Picture in Time image and we have now reached 1012 in our quest to feature all of the original T68s. Today we bring you two images, both taken in April 1992.

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Picture in Time: Blackpool Illuminated Standard

Posted on Friday 11 September 2015 by Gareth Prior

With the Blackpool Illuminations shining again we head back to the northwest’s premier holiday resort for today’s Picture in Time image and the time machine has stopped in 1961 this week for a view of one of the Standard Cars … Continue reading →

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Picture in Time: Prague 180

Posted on Tuesday 8 September 2015 by Gareth Prior

A tram which escaped from its home city just before the Soviet tanks arrived is the latest tram to feature in our “Picture in Time” series today – Prague 180. We find the tram in action at Crich in 1989, … Continue reading →

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Picture in Time: Midland Metro 15

Posted on Sunday 6 September 2015 by Gareth Prior

Today Picture in Time travels to the West Midlands for a couple of images of Midland Metro’s T69 15 during the testing and commissioning period in early 1999.

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Picture in Time: Blackpool Centenary cars 641 & 648

Posted on Friday 4 September 2015 by Andrew Waddington

Today we turn the clock back eight years with a view of two Centenary cars at Pleasure Beach as the sun falls on one of the first evenings of the 2007 illuminations season in Blackpool. Despite being relatively recent, much … Continue reading →

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Picture in Time: Seaton 7

Posted on Tuesday 1 September 2015 by Gareth Prior

Today “Picture in Time” is off to the south coast and a visit to Eastbourne in 1965 and a view of a tram we now know as Seaton 7 but this was five years before the Modern Electric Tramways operation … Continue reading →

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Picture in Time: Croydon Tramlink 2552

Posted on Sunday 30 August 2015 by Gareth Prior

We are back in Croydon for today’s Picture in Time image as we find CR4000 2552 operating a test run before the system opened to the public.

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Picture in Time: Blackpool OMO 4

Posted on Friday 28 August 2015 by Gareth Prior

It’s back to 1974 for our latest edition of “Picture in Time” as we find ourselves in Fleetwood for a view of Blackpool OMO 4 in operation.

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Picture in Time: Metropolitan Electric Tramways 331

Posted on Monday 24 August 2015 by Andrew Waddington

Metropolitan Electric Tramways 331 is a tram which has featured before in our archive photo series, following its restoration to passenger-carrying status at Crich in its latter day identity as Sunderland 100. However, a little known fact about 331 is … Continue reading →

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Picture in Time: Manchester Metrolink 1011

Posted on Sunday 23 August 2015 by Gareth Prior

We are back in Manchester for today’s Picture in Time image as we reach 1011 in our trawl through the original T68 trams built for Metrolink in the early 1990s. In this photo we find the tram before the system … Continue reading →

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Picture in Time: Blackpool OMO 8

Posted on Friday 21 August 2015 by Gareth Prior

Our latest edition of Picture in Time heads to Blackpool again as we take a look along Blundell Street in 2004 with a view of by then long withdrawn OMO 8 which was stabled briefly during works in the shed … Continue reading →

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Picture in Time: Douglas Horse Tramway 35

Posted on Tuesday 18 August 2015 by Gareth Prior

In our recent Douglas Horse Tramway Photo Gallery (http://www.britishtramsonline.co.uk/gallery548.html if you missed it!) we featured no. 35 which is now out of service and stored away from the tramway at the Home for Retired Horses but back in 1973 it … Continue reading →

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Picture in Time: Midland Metro 04

Posted on Sunday 16 August 2015 by Gareth Prior

It seems rather apt in the week that the last of the Midland Metro T69s ran in service that the class makes its debut in the Picture in Time series as we take a trip back to September 1999 for … Continue reading →

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Picture in Time: Blackpool Balloon 714

Posted on Friday 14 August 2015 by Gareth Prior

Our latest Picture in Time subject is a tram which has never featured on these pages before; well at least not in this form – Blackpool Balloon 714, now know as Jubilee 762.

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Picture in Time: Blackpool Conduit car 4

Posted on Tuesday 11 August 2015 by Andrew Waddington

For today’s ‘Picture in Time’ image we head once again to Manchester, however rather than the familiar Heaton Park Tramway or the Metrolink system, our destination this time is the Manchester Museum of Science & Industry. For a number of … Continue reading →

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Picture in Time: Croydon Tramlink CR4000s

Posted on Sunday 9 August 2015 by Gareth Prior

It’s a Picture in Time with a difference today as we are also appealing for information about these photos as Bob James is attempting to identify the two Croydon Tramlink CR4000s taken in these photos.

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Picture in Time: Blackpool Boat 607

Posted on Friday 7 August 2015 by Gareth Prior

Continuing our theme of Blackpool Boat Cars we head back to the northwest coast today for a view of 607 – this time when it was in between spells at Crich in 1993.

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Picture in Time: Blackpool Boat 607

Posted on Tuesday 4 August 2015 by Gareth Prior

Considering when I turned over all three of my tram calendars for August I was met by a photo of a Blackpool Boat Car what better excuse do I need to include more views of a Boat for today’s Picture … Continue reading →

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Picture in Time: Manchester Metrolink 1009

Posted on Sunday 2 August 2015 by Gareth Prior

As usual Sunday’s Picture in Time features a modern tram and this week we are heading to Manchester Metrolink with an image of T68 1009 in 1992.

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Picture in Time: Pleasure Beach loop

Posted on Friday 31 July 2015 by Gareth Prior

Today Picture in Time is back in Blackpool as we take a look at Pleasure Beach loop in 1993, a time when it was not uncommon to see a large number of trams waiting to form specials along Blackpool Promenade. … Continue reading →

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