Category Archives: Picture in Time

Picture in Time 9: Cadbury purple for 674+684

Posted on Sunday 28 July 2013 by Andrew Waddington

With several Blackpool trams recently arriving at the Sunderland premises of the North East Land, Sea & Air Museum, this seems like an appropriate time to feature one of the recent arrivals in service at Blackpool, in our occasional series … Continue reading →

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Picture in Time 8: Leeds 600 in 2005

Posted on Friday 28 June 2013 by Andrew Waddington

As our recent photo feature on Leeds 602 was so popular, the next subject of our ‘Picture in Time’ is the similar Leeds 600. Like 602, this tram is part of the National Tramway Museum collection, however it is currently … Continue reading →

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Picture in Time 7: Leeds 602 in 1994

Posted on Saturday 1 June 2013 by Andrew Waddington

The 60th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II’s Coronation on 2nd June seems to have attracted surprisingly little attention in the media, at least compared with last year’s  Diamond Jubilee celebrations. Thankfully, British Trams Online is here to put things right, … Continue reading →

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Picture in Time 6: Bolton 366

Posted on Thursday 23 May 2013 by Andrew Waddington

The 50th anniversary of V.E. Day in May 1995 was acknowledged by two different trams at Blackpool, both of which were returned to approximations of their 1940s appearance. The more obvious of the two was Blackpool Balloon car 703 which … Continue reading →

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Picture in Time 5: Lisbon 730 at Seaton

Posted on Wednesday 1 May 2013 by Andrew Waddington

Lisbon 730 has recently been basking in glory thanks to a short but highly succesful period of operation at Beamish Museum. Having now returned to its home tramway at Birkenhead, we take a look back to an earlier time in … Continue reading →

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Picture in Time 4: Sheffield 264 (the Crich one!)

Posted on Friday 29 March 2013 by Gareth Prior

The latest tram to feature in our “Picture in Time” feature is Sheffield 264 – the one based at Crich rather than Beamish’s version. Built in 1937 264 remained as part of the operational fleet in its home city until … Continue reading →

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Picture in Time 3: The Sunderland Feltham

Posted on Saturday 26 January 2013 by Andrew Waddington

Metropolitan Electric Tramways 331 is a tram which is no doubt very familiar to most readers of this website, as it is a regular performer on the tramway at Crich. However, when it was first restored at the museum, it … Continue reading →

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Picture in Time 2: Trams outside at Carlton Colville

Posted on Sunday 9 December 2012 by Gareth Prior

2012 will probably – hopefully! – go down as the year when the most trams were stored outside as groups and societies sought to find locations to put their acquisitions from the Blackpool Tramway. We have all seen from the fate … Continue reading →

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Picture in Time 1: Glasgow 1017 at Summerlee

Posted on Friday 26 October 2012 by Gareth Prior

The UK tram and light rail is continually changing and this new weekly series of photos seeks to show some of the things which have changed over the past few years across the country as well as showing some images … Continue reading →

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