{"id":56781,"date":"2025-01-01T21:00:21","date_gmt":"2025-01-01T21:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=56781"},"modified":"2025-01-01T15:53:41","modified_gmt":"2025-01-01T15:53:41","slug":"blackpool-brush-622-scrapped","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=56781","title":{"rendered":"Blackpool Brush 622 scrapped"},"content":{"rendered":"

2024 ended with a tram scrapping as Blackpool Brush Railcoach 622<\/strong> was cut-up on site at Anchorsholme Academy. The tram \u2013 which carried a version of its former Tigerrific Blackpool Zoo advertising livery \u2013 had been at the school for just over 10 years but costs involved in refurbishing it have meant it was deemed surplus to requirements by the school.<\/p>\n

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In a statement in a recent school newsletter they said: \u201cWe had hoped to refurbish the tram on our playground however the costs were far too high and we were unable to afford them. We then found a new home for the tram and it was due to be refurbished as a glamping pod. Sadly health and safety stated it was unsafe and therefore will be removed from site over the Christmas holidays. Our pupils have shared they are looking forward to having more space to play outside.\u201d<\/p>\n

622<\/strong> was built in 1937 as no. 285<\/strong>, the second of the 20 strong class of streamlined trams \u2013 the only class of the 1930s Blackpool trams to come out of the Loughborough facility. Renumbered as 622<\/strong> is 1968, the tram\u2019s biggest claim to fame probably came in 1975 when it received the first single deck all over advert for Blackpool Zoo. The iconic Tigerrific livery was carried until late 1980 and after that the tram settled into being just another member of the single deck fleet in Blackpool. It was originally listed for withdrawal in the great mothballing of 2004 but its then advert for Glyngarry Windows gave it a stay of execution. It even survived to receive a new advert in 2006 for Pontins before it was finally withdrawn from the last time in 2009.<\/p>\n

Into preservation and after a few moves across the Blackpool area it was earmarked for a special project at what was then Anchorsholme Primary School and is now Anchorsholme Academy. This would see the tram receive its 1975 Tigerrific Blackpool Zoo advert and be used as a classroom at the school.<\/p>\n

622<\/strong> left Rigby Road Depot in April 2014 \u2013 at that time it was just painted in the base coat for the advert \u2013 and was placed in the school playground. It subsequently had its advert completed and the remained in place for over 10 years until December 2024 when the decision was taken to break the tram up on site during the school holidays.<\/p>\n

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Two images taken from outside the school showing the breaking up of 622. (Both Photographs by Gary Mitchell)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

2024 ended with a tram scrapping as Blackpool Brush Railcoach 622 was cut-up on site at Anchorsholme Academy. The tram \u2013 which carried a version of its former Tigerrific Blackpool Zoo advertising livery \u2013 had been at the school for … Continue reading →<\/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\/56781"}],"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=56781"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56781\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56784,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56781\/revisions\/56784"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=56781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=56781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=56781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}