Blackpool Tram Archive Series 4 DVD - Description
With footage from the 1960s to the
mid-1980s, this nostalgia-packed programme takes the viewer on a journey into
the golden years of the Blackpool tramway.
With footage from the long closed routes
around Marton, Lytham Road
and Dickson Road,
see the likes of Railcoaches, Brush cars and Balloons from a long gone era.
There's footage of a number of enthusiast
tours from the 1960s with Conduit car 1, Dreadnought 59, Crossbench 2, VAMBAC
11, Fleetwood 40, all cream Towing car 275 and numerous Standards.
Travel over the long forgotten line from
Starr Gate, along Squires Gate
Lane and onto Lytham Road.
See rare footage of Coronation 304 pushing
a failed Balloon car, a Boat car with a bizarre wooden framework for
advertising purposes, amazing film shot from a car chasing trams along Dickson Road and
Coronation cars on Fleetwood winter service in the snow!
Includes:
- Depot shots at Rigby Road, Blundell Street and Marton
- Newly built OMO cars in plum and custard
livery
- Brand new Centenary cars
- Various Illuminated cars including the
Gondola
- All cream Twin cars
- A huge number of Balloons and Railcoaches
- Tram Sunday 1985 and 1986
- Numerous buses with Routemasters in St.
Annes, PD3s on the prom and a Swift on service 15
Using 100% archive film (colour and black
and white) - most of which has never been seen before - this fourth title in
the Blackpool Tram Archive Series takes the viewer on a fantastic journey into
the past.
