A few recently scanned tram photos from May 1984.
We'll start off with the spectacular 1904 Blackpool Dreadnought tram. Originally built when the trams were still powered by a conduit slot between the rails, these huge trams took large numbers of visitors up and down the Promenade with the entire end of the tram used as an entrance.
Balloon 720 heads up Lytham Road towards the sheds at the end of its shift.
1984 was the run-up to the tramway centenary in 1985. A number of trams were on loan to Blackpool being tested on the Blackpool tracks in 1984. Blackpool had also recently restored their 1953 Coronation tram, seen here in front of the landmark honeycombed front of Lewis's store.
A peek into the tramsheds on Rigby Road. On the left is a Glasgow tramcar with the Bolton tram behind it.
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