Now I have to confess that I have only visited Blackpool three times and have never travelled on one of the trams.
All of which is my loss.
The first time was a family holiday now lost in the mists of history, the second was a trip to the Tower and the last was part of a day spent touring the coast.
Now according to one source, “the Blackpool tramway runs from Blackpool to Fleetwood on the Fylde Coast in Lancashire, England.
It was the last surviving first-generation tramway in the United Kingdom until it was replaced by a fleet of modern Supertrams in 2012.
However, today the traditional trams still provide a 'heritage service' on weekends, bank holidays and during the summer.
The line dates back to 1885 and is one of the oldest electric tramways in the world.
It is operated by Blackpool Transport (BTS), and runs for 11 miles and carries 6,500,000 passengers each year.”*
All of which is enough history and tram facts as you are going to get.
Instead I suggest you go looking for this tram which local artist Peter Topping painted on one of his more frequent trips to the resort.
But then he is a Preston man unlike me who was born and brought up in south East London and had to rely on Brighton and Clacton for a bit of sea side fun neither of which had a tram
Painting; Blackpool Tram © Peter Topping, Paintings from Pictures,
Web: www.paintingsfrompictures.co.uk
Facebook: Paintings from Pictures
*Blackpool tramway, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackpool_tramway
The first time was a family holiday now lost in the mists of history, the second was a trip to the Tower and the last was part of a day spent touring the coast.
Now according to one source, “the Blackpool tramway runs from Blackpool to Fleetwood on the Fylde Coast in Lancashire, England.
It was the last surviving first-generation tramway in the United Kingdom until it was replaced by a fleet of modern Supertrams in 2012.
However, today the traditional trams still provide a 'heritage service' on weekends, bank holidays and during the summer.
The line dates back to 1885 and is one of the oldest electric tramways in the world.
It is operated by Blackpool Transport (BTS), and runs for 11 miles and carries 6,500,000 passengers each year.”*
All of which is enough history and tram facts as you are going to get.
But then he is a Preston man unlike me who was born and brought up in south East London and had to rely on Brighton and Clacton for a bit of sea side fun neither of which had a tram
Painting; Blackpool Tram © Peter Topping, Paintings from Pictures,
Web: www.paintingsfrompictures.co.uk
Facebook: Paintings from Pictures
*Blackpool tramway, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackpool_tramway
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