{"id":40690,"date":"2021-07-30T12:00:23","date_gmt":"2021-07-30T11:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=40690"},"modified":"2021-07-24T14:02:16","modified_gmt":"2021-07-24T13:02:16","slug":"lockdown-walks-blackpool-balloon-717","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=40690","title":{"rendered":"Lockdown Walks: Blackpool Balloon 717"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this edition of \u201cLockdown Walks\u201d we are heading to Blackpool as we take a look at a heritage tram in service.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Probably one of the most used of the heritage tram fleet in Blackpool is <strong>Balloon 717<\/strong>. Restored to something approaching original condition in 2008 thanks to a bequest (albeit with various modern safety additions) the trams ended the traditional tramway as a regular performer and since the heritage era has started it has again been used a fair amount in its original fleet livery.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=40691\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-40691\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-40691\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/1.717-th-550x367.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/1.717-th-550x367.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/1.717-th-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/1.717-th-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/1.717-th.jpg 1275w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_40692\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=40692\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-40692\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40692\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-40692\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2.717-th-550x367.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2.717-th-550x367.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2.717-th-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2.717-th-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2.717-th.jpg 1275w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-40692\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Both of these photos show 717 standing at the North Pier and Tower heritage stop in between tours. (Both Photographs by Trevor Hall, 7th July 2021)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this edition of \u201cLockdown Walks\u201d we are heading to Blackpool as we take a look at a heritage tram in service.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7,88],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40690"}],"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=40690"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40690\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40693,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40690\/revisions\/40693"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=40690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=40690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=40690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}