SURVIVING TRAMS
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WHEN so many transport hooks on the market today arc priced close to £10 — sometimes more — it is pleasant to find one winch still represents true value for money.
To commemorate the centenary of Blackpool's trams, Ian Allan has published an A3 paperback, Vintage Roadscene Special: Blackpool's Trams(0.95) which offers a well illustrated and concise history of the last surviving street tramway in Britain.
The author, J. Joyce, traces the story from the introduction of electric trains in the days when Blackpool had still to grow. The early conduit system had to be replaced by overhead wires owing to problems with sea water flooding the conduits in stormy weather.
lie looks at the growth of the system, its modernisation in the Thirties, its subsequent decline in the Fifties and early Sixties to the present FleetwoodStarr Gate coastal route, and the recent introduction of new trams. A.L.M. Ian Allan, Coombelands House, Weybridge, Surrey KT15 1HY.