In this photo on 28th<\/sup> September 2010 we see 641<\/strong> just leaving Pleasure Beach loop with its destination blinds set for a journey north to Thornton Gate.<\/p>\n
Our Blackpool edition of \u201cPicture in Time\u201d is this week featuring an image taken during 2010 and showing the very first of the Centenary Cars.<\/p>\n
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Towards the end of the traditional Blackpool Tramway as advertising contracts expired and the vinyls were removed a number of trams ended up operating in plain base liveries, partly waiting for a new advert and also presumably to reduce costs any repaint may endure. One such tram which ran in a plain livery was Centenary 641<\/strong> \u2013 although with a twist! With the base colour of the tram\u2019s last advert being orange (from an Orion Bingo advert from 2005\/6) and with the town\u2019s football team playing in orange (officially tangerine) the chance was taken to add a little bit of signwriting to the advert boards: \u201cBLACKPOOL TRANSPORT SUPPORTING BLACKPOOL FC\u2026.GLAD ALL OVER\u201d along with the football club badge either side. Large Blackpool Transport logos were also added to bodyside. 641<\/strong> would truly become the Blackpool FC tram following withdrawal though when it received a commemorative livery when it was first display alongside Pleasure Beach loop under the ownership of the Fleetwood Heritage Leisure Trust.<\/p>\n In this photo on 28th<\/sup> September 2010 we see 641<\/strong> just leaving Pleasure Beach loop with its destination blinds set for a journey north to Thornton Gate.<\/p>\n
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