{"id":16261,"date":"2017-01-05T16:05:15","date_gmt":"2017-01-05T16:05:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=16261"},"modified":"2017-01-05T16:05:15","modified_gmt":"2017-01-05T16:05:15","slug":"picture-in-time-blackpool-brush-626","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=16261","title":{"rendered":"Picture in Time: Blackpool Brush 626"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Blackpool Zoo adverts have long been synonymous with Blackpool trams \u2013 and in particular the Brush Railcoaches \u2013 with the very first single deck advert being for that very attraction. In this edition of Picture in Time we are taking a look at the last all over advert on a single decker for Blackpool Zoo as carried on <strong>Brush 626<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->This advert \u2013 which lets be honest probably wasn\u2019t a patch of some of the earlier Blackpool Zoo designs since the first in 1975 \u2013 was first applied on <strong>626<\/strong> (one of the Brush Railcoaches which underwent overhauls in the 1990s) in mid-2005 and lasted until the end of the 2008 season. Featuring a white base the tram\u2019s advertising vinyls included the use of the dreaded contravision including images of various animals you could see at the Zoo including Tigers, Lions\u2026 and Dinosaurs!<\/p>\n<p><strong>626<\/strong> did receive one further livery (into fleet livery) before it embarked on a new career in preservation. A career which has stalled as it was purchased for the aborted Wirral Waters scheme by Merseytravel. After a period of storage at Pacific Road on the Birkenhead Tramway the tram has been moved for further storage with an uncertain future.<\/p>\n<p>We catch up with <strong>626<\/strong> and its advert in 2007 when it was still celebrating what was new at Blackpool Zoo in 2005. In this first image the tram is close to the Victoria Street stop in Fleetwood with a service which is nearing its destination on 4th September.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=16262\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-16262\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-16262\" title=\"1.626-gp\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/1.626-gp-550x365.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/1.626-gp-550x365.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/1.626-gp-1024x679.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/1.626-gp.jpg 1229w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a>And then on 5th September the tram is seen at Manchester Square as the light fades and the illuminations prepare to be switched on for another night. <strong>626<\/strong> is this time running through to Bispham.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_16263\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=16263\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-16263\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16263\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-16263\" title=\"2.626-gp\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/2.626-gp-550x365.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/2.626-gp-550x365.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/2.626-gp-1024x679.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/2.626-gp.jpg 1229w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-16263\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Both Photographs by Gareth Prior<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blackpool Zoo adverts have long been synonymous with Blackpool trams \u2013 and in particular the Brush Railcoaches \u2013 with the very first single deck advert being for that very attraction. 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