{"id":16990,"date":"2017-03-30T18:41:08","date_gmt":"2017-03-30T17:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=16990"},"modified":"2017-03-30T18:41:09","modified_gmt":"2017-03-30T17:41:09","slug":"picture-in-time-blackpool-balloon-721","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=16990","title":{"rendered":"Picture in Time: Blackpool Balloon 721"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Its time for another trip to the northwest coast and the Blackpool Tramway for this instalment of Picture in Time. This time around we feature <strong>Blackpool Balloon Car 721<\/strong> in 2005 at which time it was carrying an all over advert for Hot Ice.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->This white based all over advert was carried by <strong>721<\/strong> just for the 2005 season with fairly limited use of vinyls with much of the bodyside left plain white. There was some use of contravision across some windows \u2013 although by no means the worst example ever seen on a tram \u2013 but the design was very simple and one which quickly showed the general grime of operating on Blackpool Prom throughout the season. Following the removal of the advertising vinyls at the end of the season <strong>721<\/strong> then operated for a time in plain white.<\/p>\n<p>We first find <strong>721<\/strong> in its Hot Ice livery at Cabin on 3rd September 2005 on the now removed centre track before it returns to Pleasure Beach.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=16991\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-16991\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-16991\" title=\"1.721-gp\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/1.721-gp-550x365.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/1.721-gp-550x365.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/1.721-gp-1024x679.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/1.721-gp.jpg 1229w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a>Each side featured a different design and this second image shows the other side of <strong>721<\/strong> with the tram pausing at Tower with a service for Starr Gate on 9th September 2005. This photo also shows the grime easily identified on a white tram.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_16992\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=16992\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-16992\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16992\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-16992\" title=\"2.721-gp\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/2.721-gp-550x365.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/2.721-gp-550x365.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/2.721-gp-1024x679.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/2.721-gp.jpg 1229w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-16992\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Both Photographs by Gareth Prior<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Its time for another trip to the northwest coast and the Blackpool Tramway for this instalment of Picture in Time. 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