{"id":18232,"date":"2017-08-12T19:43:31","date_gmt":"2017-08-12T18:43:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=18232"},"modified":"2021-02-14T09:00:55","modified_gmt":"2021-02-14T09:00:55","slug":"in-pictures-leeds-345-goes-to-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=18232","title":{"rendered":"In Pictures: Leeds 345 goes to war"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As part of the World War II Home Front event taking place this weekend at the Crich Tramway Village (including tomorrow, Sunday 13th August if you\u2019re at a loose end!) <strong>Leeds 345<\/strong> has received war time additions with blackout curtains, headlamp hoods and white fenders.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The tram was in use in this temporary look on the first day of the event and was joined by <strong>Glasgow 22<\/strong>, <strong>Blackpool 40<\/strong>, <strong>Leeds 399<\/strong> and <strong>Liverpool 869<\/strong> in operating the service. As normally with these events there was also plenty else going on to keep visitors busy including the usual re-enactors as the museum goes back to the 1940s.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_38271\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=38271\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-38271\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38271\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-38271\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/1.345-ctv-550x413.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/1.345-ctv-550x413.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/1.345-ctv-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/1.345-ctv-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/1.345-ctv.jpg 1240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-38271\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Leeds 345 passes a jeep apparently in use by the press as it heads down past The Red Lion with its wartime alterations show to good effect.<\/dd>\n<dd><\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_38272\" style=\"width: 423px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=38272\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-38272\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38272\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-38272\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/2.345-ctv-413x550.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"413\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/2.345-ctv-413x550.jpg 413w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/2.345-ctv-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/2.345-ctv.jpg 930w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 413px) 100vw, 413px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-38272\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A close-up of the fresh white paint and headlamp hoods. (Both Photographs by Gordon Burch\/Crich Tramway Village)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As part of the World War II Home Front event taking place this weekend at the Crich Tramway Village (including tomorrow, Sunday 13th August if you\u2019re at a loose end!) 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