Andy Mitchell from Radio Wave
0 Have your say Among all the events happening in town over the weekend, one you may have also noticed passing by (every few minutes in fact) was the terrific Blackpool Heritage Transport festival.
Now entrenched in the resort’s annual September calendar, it’s usually held at the end of the month.
Go on... ask me why - local history bit here.
It was on September 29, 1885 that Blackpool’s first tramway took to the tracks, the first electric tramway in the UK, and they’re still at it.
Transport fans from all over the country and even Europe come flocking to the spiritual home of the tramcar... read more
26 September 2018 in
Regional North West ,
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Source: Blackpool Gazette
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