710 was built in 1934 as open top streamline double deck car 247.
During WWII, all 13 top toppers were given roofs, to enable year round use.
Originally, it probably looked a lot like it’s sister car, the later 706 Princess Alice. Alice had also been enclosed, but was rebuilt as an open-topper following a collision:
My new passport arrived in the post today. I will not be using is to travel to exotic foreign destinations, for this in my Pier Passport: a handy guide to the seaside piers of the UK.
Some years ago, I decided that I wasn’t completely happy with having to carry printed timetables, or having to scroll though big PDF files while chasing Trams on my visits to the Blackpool Tramway.
I figured that it would be better to be able to access the timetables on my phone. As I was incapable of creating Apps for both the Android and iPhone platforms (seriously, have you seen what you have to do to become a developer for iOS?), I decided to do it as a mobile-friendly formatted web page. How hard could it be?
Working backwards in time as I reconstruct my old tripblog website, its time to look at The Great Orme Tramway, and our visit from September 2019.
National Tramway Museum – Town End to Glory Mine on Blackpool 166 19th May 2018
National Tramway Museum Victoria Park to Stephenson Place on London County Council 106 19th May 2018.
National Tramway Museum Glory Mine to Victoria Park on London County Council 106 19th May 2018
National Tramway Museum – Town End to Glory Mine on LCC106 19th May 2018
National Tramway Museum – Glory Mine to Town End on Leeds 399 in the snow, 17th March 2018.
Brush Trams 621,623, 630, 631 and Illuminated Trawler 737 (ex Brush 633) Leaving Pleasure Beach.
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