{"id":43176,"date":"2022-01-01T18:00:50","date_gmt":"2022-01-01T18:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=43176"},"modified":"2021-12-22T19:11:14","modified_gmt":"2021-12-22T19:11:14","slug":"out-and-about-around-didsbury-on-metrolink","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=43176","title":{"rendered":"Out and About: Around Didsbury on Metrolink"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our new year offerings continue with another edition of \u201cOut and About\u201d for you today as we head out onto Manchester Metrolink with some views taken around Didsbury.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_43177\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=43177\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-43177\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-43177\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-43177\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/1.3056-kc-550x412.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/1.3056-kc-550x412.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/1.3056-kc-1024x767.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/1.3056-kc-768x575.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/1.3056-kc.jpg 1281w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-43177\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This first image was taken at the East Didsbury terminus where 3056 stands ahead of departure for Shaw &amp; Crompton.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_43178\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=43178\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-43178\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-43178\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-43178\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/2.3052-kc-550x412.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/2.3052-kc-550x412.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/2.3052-kc-1024x767.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/2.3052-kc-768x575.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/2.3052-kc.jpg 1281w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-43178\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Moving along the line to Didsbury Village where we see 3052 calling with a service heading the short-distance to East Didsbury.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_43179\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=43179\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-43179\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-43179\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-43179\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/3.3076-kc-550x366.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/3.3076-kc-550x366.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/3.3076-kc-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/3.3076-kc.jpg 880w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-43179\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">One of the trams to be carrying an advertising livery at the time of these photos was 3076 \u2013 adverts for NOCCO \u2013 and we see it here at Didsbury Village as it departs for Rochdale.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_43180\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=43180\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-43180\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-43180\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-43180\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/4.eastdisbury-kc-550x412.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/4.eastdisbury-kc-550x412.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/4.eastdisbury-kc-1024x767.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/4.eastdisbury-kc-768x575.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/4.eastdisbury-kc.jpg 1281w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-43180\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Back to East Disbury where this view from above shows both platforms occupied. 3062 is at the front of a double unit on the far side (complete with Bee Network vinyls) as 3123 stands in the closer platform. In the distance on the right the scene is completed by a Stagecoach bus.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_43181\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=43181\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-43181\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-43181\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-43181\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/5.3123-kc-550x412.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/5.3123-kc-550x412.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/5.3123-kc-1024x767.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/5.3123-kc-768x575.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/5.3123-kc.jpg 1281w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-43181\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Back to ground level and we take a closer look at 3123 which gets ready for a service to Shaw &amp; Crompton. (All Photographs by Keith Chadbourne, 18th December 2021)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our new year offerings continue with another edition of \u201cOut and About\u201d for you today as we head out onto Manchester Metrolink with some views taken around Didsbury.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[17,100],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43176"}],"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=43176"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43176\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43182,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43176\/revisions\/43182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=43176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=43176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=43176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}