{"id":36360,"date":"2020-11-17T20:00:19","date_gmt":"2020-11-17T20:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=36360"},"modified":"2020-11-17T16:54:31","modified_gmt":"2020-11-17T16:54:31","slug":"in-pictures-progress-slows-on-the-demolition-of-wilkos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=36360","title":{"rendered":"In Pictures: Progress slows on the demolition of Wilko\u2019s"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over the past few weeks we have seen rapid progress in the demolition of the old Wilko\u2019s store in Blackpool but in this latest update that progress has slowed somewhat with little of the structure having been removed over the past week. Whilst there is only a small part of the total structure still standing the past week seems to have seen the removal of rubble previously knocked down and boring holes. Tony Armitage\u2019s photos comes were taken on 13<sup>th<\/sup> November 2020.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_36361\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=36361\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-36361\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36361\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-36361\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/1.wilko-ta-1-550x367.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/1.wilko-ta-1-550x367.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/1.wilko-ta-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/1.wilko-ta-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/1.wilko-ta-1.jpg 1296w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-36361\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">No real change in this view of the building looking westerly along Talbot Road.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_36362\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=36362\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-36362\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36362\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-36362\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/2.wilko-ta-1-550x367.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/2.wilko-ta-1-550x367.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/2.wilko-ta-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/2.wilko-ta-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/2.wilko-ta-1.jpg 1296w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-36362\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Following the tracks along Talbot Road to the future site of the tram terminus.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_36363\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=36363\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-36363\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36363\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-36363\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/3.wilko-ta-1-550x367.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/3.wilko-ta-1-550x367.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/3.wilko-ta-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/3.wilko-ta-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/3.wilko-ta-1.jpg 1296w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-36363\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Another look at the site from Talbot Road showing the remaining sections in place. (All Photographs by Tony Armitage, 13th November 2020)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the past few weeks we have seen rapid progress in the demolition of the old Wilko\u2019s store in Blackpool but in this latest update that progress has slowed somewhat with little of the structure having been removed over the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=36360\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36360"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=36360"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36360\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36364,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36360\/revisions\/36364"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=36360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=36360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=36360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}