{"id":28724,"date":"2019-07-15T20:00:31","date_gmt":"2019-07-15T19:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=28724"},"modified":"2019-07-14T09:50:31","modified_gmt":"2019-07-14T08:50:31","slug":"in-pictures-1950s-weekend-at-beamish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=28724","title":{"rendered":"In Pictures: 1950s weekend at Beamish"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Saturday 13th and Sunday 14th July saw Beamish head back to the 1950s (or is that forward to the 1950s?!) for another weekend event. As always the trams provided a vital transport link around the museum site with the Saturday of the event seeing four trams allocated to service all running in a clockwise direction. The four trams were <strong>Blackpool 31<\/strong>, <strong>Blackpool 40<\/strong>, <strong>Newcastle 114<\/strong> and <strong>Sheffield 264<\/strong>. Leo Dembry has provided us with the following photos.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_28725\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=28725\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-28725\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28725\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-28725\" title=\"1.31-ld\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/1.31-ld-550x412.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/1.31-ld-550x412.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/1.31-ld-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/1.31-ld.jpg 1277w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-28725\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Blackpool Marton Box 31 arrives at the clockwise stop in the town with a full load of passengers.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_28726\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=28726\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-28726\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28726\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-28726\" title=\"2.40-ld\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2.40-ld-550x412.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2.40-ld-550x412.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2.40-ld-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2.40-ld.jpg 1277w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-28726\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Blackpool &amp; Fleetwood Box 40 pauses in the town. This time around it had the Ash Street Fleetwood destination display on its blind.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_28727\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=28727\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-28727\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28727\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-28727\" title=\"3.40-ld\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/3.40-ld-550x412.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/3.40-ld-550x412.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/3.40-ld-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/3.40-ld.jpg 1277w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-28727\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Another view of 40 in the town.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_28728\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=28728\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-28728\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28728\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-28728\" title=\"4.114-ld\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/4.114-ld-550x412.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/4.114-ld-550x412.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/4.114-ld-1024x767.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/4.114-ld.jpg 1286w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-28728\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Newcastle 114 approaches the stop at the Entrance.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_28729\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=28729\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-28729\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28729\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-28729\" title=\"5.264-ld\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/5.264-ld-550x412.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/5.264-ld-550x412.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/5.264-ld-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/5.264-ld.jpg 1277w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-28729\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">In this view we see Sheffield 264 as it arrives in the Town passing the sweet shop with unusually doesn\u2019t have a big queue coming out of its door!<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_28730\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=28730\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-28730\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28730\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-28730\" title=\"6.264-ld\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/6.264-ld-550x412.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/6.264-ld-550x412.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/6.264-ld-1024x767.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/6.264-ld.jpg 1286w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-28730\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Another view of 264 as it approaches the stop at Foulbridge\/Home Farm. (All Photographs by Leo Dembry, 13th July 2019)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saturday 13th and Sunday 14th July saw Beamish head back to the 1950s (or is that forward to the 1950s?!) for another weekend event. 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