{"id":44750,"date":"2022-04-29T18:00:14","date_gmt":"2022-04-29T17:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=44750"},"modified":"2022-04-23T18:49:28","modified_gmt":"2022-04-23T17:49:28","slug":"picture-in-time-blackpool-balloons-703-712","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=44750","title":{"rendered":"Picture in Time: Blackpool Balloons 703 &#038; 712"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this edition of \u201cPicture in Time\u201d we head to Blackpool again with an image which just says Blackpool all over it \u2013 trams and the Tower what more is there to say!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>This image was taken during 1984 when Blackpool Tower was under attack from King Kong! Quite why it was decided that King Kong should pay a visit to Blackpool and be attached in such a prominent position seems unclear although it was there to help the Tower celebrate its 90<sup>th<\/sup> birthday (what more could you want to celebrate your 90<sup>th<\/sup> than a visit from King Kong!). Looking over holiday makers, traffic and trams alike it certainly makes for a distinctive look!<\/p>\n<p>In the foreground of this shot we see two Balloon Cars which are believed to be <strong>703<\/strong> on the left and <strong>712<\/strong> on the right, both trams which originally started off as open toppers but were enclosed during the early 1940s. While <strong>703<\/strong> retains a trolley (and roof windows), <strong>712<\/strong> had become the first of the Balloons to be permanently fitted with a pantograph in August 1984. <strong>712<\/strong> is also in the more modern 1980s fleet livery while <strong>703<\/strong> is still in the 1970s style.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_44751\" style=\"width: 376px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=44751\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-44751\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44751\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-44751\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/703712-hq-366x550.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"366\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/703712-hq-366x550.jpg 366w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/703712-hq-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/703712-hq-768x1153.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/703712-hq.jpg 862w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 366px) 100vw, 366px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-44751\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photograph by Hazel Quarmby<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this edition of \u201cPicture in Time\u201d we head to Blackpool again with an image which just says Blackpool all over it \u2013 trams and the Tower what more is there to say!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7,35],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44750"}],"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=44750"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44750\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44752,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44750\/revisions\/44752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=44750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=44750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=44750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}