Back to Crich again for another edition of “Picture in Time” and its still 1984.
This visit obviously took place on a warm day and it was also a very busy day judging by the full loads on all the trams we can see in this latest image. The occasion of this event seems to be the silver jubilee (25th anniversary) of the National Tramway Museum and on the left we see Paisley 68 with special signs celebrating this fact.
Both the trams which are the main focus of this photo are non-runners at Crich today but in 1984 they were clearly both valuable members of the operational trams. Paisley 68 (now back to its Glasgow identity as 1068) entered service in 1968 and would run most years until 2009. A return came in 2012 (which is when it became Glasgow 1068 again) but withdrawal came in 2016.
As for Blackpool Standard 49, it would run between 1964 and 1976 and then from 1978 until 1992. But it was withdrawn in 1992 (some 34 years ago now!) having covered travelled almost 18,000 miles, and will need an overhaul before being used again.
Photograph by Peter Gough, 1984