August Bank Holiday Heritage

Balloon 700 and Boat 600 passing each other near the Metropole Hotel

August bank holiday Saturday saw seven trams being used on the heritage service at different times during the day. The planned output should have been Boat 600 (tram A), Bolton 66 (tram B), Balloon 700 (tram C) and Balloon 723 (tram D), with the Frigate (tram X) due to enter service mid-afternoon. The day started out wet and windy, therefore Brush 631 stood in for Boat 600 and Balloon 718 substituted for Bolton 66. The weather began to improve during the morning and Brush 631 and Balloon 718 were swapped for 600 and 66 respectively, operating as trams A and B as originally timetabled. Note all these photos were taken on Saturday 24th August.

Bolton 66 heading for the Pleasure Beach

Brush 631 at Little Bispham heading for Starr Gate to be swapped for Boat 600

Balloon 723 heading south past the Imperial Hotel

Balloon 700 at Little Bispham, returning from a trip to Fleetwood

The Frigate entering Little Bispham turning circle during the afternoon

Boat 600 heading south past the Tower

Balloon 718 on Little Bispham turning circle