Beside the Seaside

Blackpool Brush car 630 departing Wakebridge for Glory Mine

The first day of the 'Beside the Seaside' event at Crich saw atrocious weather conditions on the Sunday, but the torrential rain had eased off by Monday allowing the following selection of photographs to be taken. Trams in service in the morning were Blackpool 166, 236 and 630, Southampton 45 and Berlin 223 006-4. Mid-afternoon saw Blackpool Standard 40 leave the depot to join the five trams that were already in service, making a total of six trams running. The weather conditions were much more photogenic than on the Sunday, with enough gaps in the heavy cloud to allow a decent selection of sunny shots to be taken. 

Blackpool Toastrack 166 passing the depot

Boat 236 passing Toastrack 166 near the Bowes-Lyon bridge

Brush car 630 at the museum entrance tram stop

Southampton 45 pulling up at the Stephenson Place stop

Boat 236 and Toastrack 166 approach each other near the Bowes-Lyon bridge

Blackpool Toastrack 166 at Stephenson Place

Berlin 223 006-4 passing the depot

Boat car 236 passing 1967 Blackpool Leyland Titan PD3 No 501 at the Red Lion pub

Blackpool Boat 236 and Standard 40 pass each other alongside the depot area

Blackpool Standard car 40 arriving at Stephenson Place

Toastrack 166 and Boat 236 pass at Wakebridge