{"id":58891,"date":"2025-06-20T18:00:31","date_gmt":"2025-06-20T17:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=58891"},"modified":"2025-06-15T08:33:49","modified_gmt":"2025-06-15T07:33:49","slug":"picture-in-time-blackpool-jubilee-761-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=58891","title":{"rendered":"Picture in Time: Blackpool Jubilee 761"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We have another edition of \u201cPicture in Time\u201d today as we\u2019re back to Blackpool again.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Jubilee 761<\/strong> is seen in this photo having not long arrived at Tower and terminating with what is presumably a special during the busy autumn illuminations season. The traditional concrete fencing on the right and the long-standing Tower overbridge add to the scene as the crew of the tram are deep in conversation by the driver\u2019s position.<\/p>\n<p><strong>761<\/strong> \u2013 the first of the two Jubilee Cars \u2013 was converted from <strong>Balloon 725<\/strong> in 1979 and this was the tram still in its original style carrying the standard green and cream fleet livery of the time. Its also carrying adverts for The Rockin Berries Fun Show which was the main show on South Pier during 1983 and also featured special guest star Bernie Clifton. The Rockin Berries still exist as a group to this day, although the members have changed over the years. <strong>761<\/strong> is now stored at Rigby Road Depot and is part of the FTT collection.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_58892\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/761-cab.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-58892\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-58892\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/761-cab-550x393.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/761-cab-550x393.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/761-cab-768x549.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/761-cab.jpg 961w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-58892\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photograph by Chris Allsop-Buckler, 27th September 1983<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have another edition of \u201cPicture in Time\u201d today as we\u2019re back to Blackpool again.<\/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\/58891"}],"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=58891"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58891\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58893,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58891\/revisions\/58893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=58891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=58891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=58891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}