Tramtown Blackpool 

Been on this myself and it reminded me of when i was a little boy my dad took me round the tram shed and i have been in love with the Blackpool trams ever since - just hope they don't make it like York railway museum as that to clean and there's no life in the exhibit's.... keep them running.... every time I'm in Blackpool i will be booking on this tour... Also Jane Cole is a great lady and the best thing to have happened to Blackpool Transport - used to be my boss on virgin west coast -

Wonderful memories of Blackpool trams from my childhood holidays every year in the 50's & 60's Great when they went all around the streets Best trip I loved south pier to fleetwood mother always brought Irish linen from the market there

Very interesting to see the Trams. Nice to see the historical Trams being preserved .Will have to visit on my next trip to Blackpool.🚊

This to Me is a Proper Charity 👍 Now its Time to Save the Trams & Not Just the Roof . Museum & Restored trams to be Preserved Forever & to be Seen by all Visitors . What an Attraction if not .the Biggest of them all in Blackpool . Undercover heated & Protected from the Weather . TIME TO TAKE BACK CONTROL . We All Love Blackpool & all remember our visits to Blackpool & Everything about it . Time to See it SHINE AGAIN . 👍

Hi I loved the video as in my time I can remember going on some of them when I was a kid I love Blackpool since I was a kid an in 50 years going to Blackpool I never got to the tram depot will next year.

It’s wonderful to see so many of the classics still alive! I hope the rocket can be back in service one day.

Keeping the history alive love the old trams we have the water cress line down our way

I've been there on 15th it so amazing to see all trams hiden

Thanks for your video I love to see the old trams they are part of the history of Blackpool so keep up the great work all the best for the future

Probably the best video of warts and all Blackpool trams. Your passion for Blackpool is obvious. Keep up the good work,

Very interesting to watch. Great to hear all the history😊

Fascinating history, the vintage trams should be saved for all to enjoy.

Brilliant video, I loved the shake and rattle , the noise the trams made rattling down the prom

What a wonderful Christmas upload you done.Thanks for sharing.

MY dad was a fan of the tram shed and also the trams.... Again great vids thanks

Hi stephen. I remember the balloon trams in the early 80's. They had a musty smell and the light bulbs inside were very dull. Also remember the hold ups due to the trolleys coming off the high wire. It's videos like this that keep us all young.. once again, another great video👍

Wow what an amazing interesting video about the old trams, I remember seing the rocket one as a child in the 60s, my brother and I couldn't believe it a rocket on rails. Brings back some very good memories thanks for sharing this Stephen, I'm definitely making a donation to this worthy cause.👍

A true classic video, between your sunsets, starling flying and Blackpool history you never fail to amaze me.

Amazing to see the 'train' tram still in the livery of ABC Weekend Television, considering that particular ITV company ceased broadcasting in 1968.

This is your best video yet! You need to get more "Access All Areas"!

Great history that must be preserved. Thanks, Stephen.

That was so interesting! We were lucky enough to go on the open air tram in San Francisco, it was very exciting and the conductor was delighted to hear i was from Blackpool 🤣

Fascinating video. Will no doubt be working my way through your Blackpool videos.

all your work is great)))))))))))))) happy Christmas keep up the great work Richard and Anna

Hi Stephen. Thanks for that. Great video. Really interesting 🤨

i used to be an electrician here years ago, i helped restore the western train, 17:02 you can see my old locker on the left with the black chaos star on it XD

Excellent, enjoyed loads

Great vlog Stephen loads of interesting facts about the old trams and the history of them.

Another great video Stephen something different again,!Thankyou really enjoyed it 😁😁😘

Hey mate great vlog love all of the trams thanks for showing us 💯😊

Absolutely fascinating video!

Love the old trams thanks 4 sharing Stephen

That was great! Thank you! 😊

Another lovely video! I have been on one of depot tours and several of the tram tours and they are very good and interesting.

We used to stay at Mrs Howarth's.. the white boarding house next to tram depot. My brother (8) used to disappear into the tram shed to watch the guys working. Every night during Illuminations each tram would toot at us all waiting outside the house. Thanks for showing us 💖

Absolutely brilliant ..used to stay in hotel in Wellington Road a few minutes away

Always take a trip to tram depot on a visit to blackpool its sad to see the old track bed no longer in service

I really enjoyed this vlog.

Very interesting video you learn somtnew everyday your videos are doing Blackpool proud great stuff look forward to seeing your next one 👍👍👍

That was a really interesting tour of the tram town.

That was really interesting!! Great video

How very interesting! Aww brings back such memories of me being a kid, I remember the rocket and the boat and the train ❤ this sort of reminds me of the boneyard in Vegas! xx

Yahoooo!! 26k congratulations Stephen, you are doing so well, I'm really happy for you. That was such an amazing video, I absolutely love trams, used to think it would be great fun to be a clippie on the old trams. I could just see myself shouting out "hold on tight, plenty of room on top" Oooh missus!! 🤣🤣 xx

Very Good enjoyed that thanks !!

Fantastic video. Well done. Thank you

Really interesting., i knew where the trams went when they had finished work for the day but never knew all that took place inside xxxx

Great video

Ty Stephen for a very interesting video love the old trams 😊

hi loved the tram nostalgia . interesting to hear you say that the tram from lytham to blackpool was stopped in the 30s there is a film by guy jones of a tram going from lytham to blackpool in 1903 about 10 min long also a film of people on holiday in blackpool in 1904 it was even busy then . love your video's keep up the good work

Hi Stephen, just wanted to say a huge thank you for coming down and visiting us, you are welcome any time. It's a beautiful video and has helped us so much on so many fronts. What you are doing for Blackpool with your camera is amazing but best of all you are a great chap in your own right.

When I visited Blackpool on a 7 day holiday with my brother when I was 15 (brother 13) with no parents to tie us down and we had the freedom of Blackpool I took pictures of the trams in there. As far as I can remember there were a lot more illuminated trams back then (1983) including the Rocket,Ship and Train. I’m fairly sure there was a Phantom of the Opera one.

Another interesting video Stephen.

If you are from Western Europe and want to see exotic trams, the nearest place you may visit is Blackpool. The tram system is worth a visit anyway with traditional cars particularly taken care of.

always interesting videos Stephen keep up the good work you are appreciated

Great Vlog Stephen,don’t think I’ve seen a video give so much detail to what’s going on behind closed doors,great stuff that Blackpool Heritage trams let you show so much,think that new frame is for 704.

Their should be a museum with them great trams restored & Saved forever . Great video . Let's hope you get some great investors to save this Heritage. ❤

Well done , great video content

Super interesting video Stephen! I used to stay at the New Oak Lea Hotel on Lytham Road, and the trams used to wake me up every morning on their way out. My holidays in Blackpool as a kid wasn't complete without hearing them trundling in and out of that garage. Great memories, and a thoroughly interesting video!

Lytham Road where it all started?… would that be your first “Vee log”? Lol. Always loved your channel Stephen, and it’s because your a normal bloke with a camera or phone. No bullshit, no staged videos, and no “look at me! look at me!!…me me me!” Plus your videos are full of facts and information about one of the most iconic seaside towns here in the UK. Thanks for a great year of content and Merry Christmas mate!

Great video. I have always been a fan of buses. In Liverpool when I was little, I was fascinated by buses. The Atlantean was/is my favourite. Can I say, you are a very good commentator on your channel.

8:20, the tram that looks like a bus is a Centenary tram built in the mid 80s by East Lancs Coachbuilders. It's pretty much a bus but with tram wheels & a pantograph 🙂

That video was very interesting Steve, I didn't realise that there's so many different teams , must of been delightful to of had the privalidge to do a video from the depot

Brilliant vdeo, steve.

Again..another great video!Nostalgia value in this place and the trams is really really good with those trams storing many many memories from countless numbers of passengers over the years .Hope to visit here one day and take in the atmosphere..please keep the vids going…top man!

Stephen , Steve..omg whatever...this is fantastic

Loved this video I will go and have a look xx 😘

That was really interesting, love the old trams.🤗

Wonderful journey back in time there,really enjoyed remember the rocket,fisherman's friend team during our visits to the illuminations back in the day, love watching you depictions of Blackpool

Great video of all the old trams.remember seeing the rocket back in old days with the baot and train.nice to see them all again 👌👍

Loved this video i do like the vintage trams my favorite being the bolton, which i would like to ride, along with the charlie carollie boat tram, i have had a ride on the baloon tram double decker 717 i think the number was.😊

Excellent video Stephen and your kind publicity will add to the interest shown to the Tram Town project and hopefully help it achieve it's noble and worthwhile objectives that bit earlier. I am proud to be one of the, so far, few official guides to the depot tour and as such, can highly recommend the tour as a unique way of seeing how it all fits together, as well as letting anyone see the trams "up close and personal." This place is absolutely unique in the UK as the ONLY place that held on to.its beloved trams as a first generation tram service and as has now been shown very markedly, was right to do so, now that other towns and cities are bringing them back. It is also the ONLY place in the UK where the old trams can run alongside the new, which is a credit to the council for making that a prerequisite to having the new ones arrive. If I may just make a couple of points. In the body shop, the two tram bodies to the left of the skeletal Balloon car 704, were not both Lytham trams. The first one in blue, 43, most certainly is, but the one behind is an ex Glasgow car 1016, but originally Paisley 16. The two are linked, as Bryan who you saw in the video, was made aware of 16's existence, by needing a truck for 43 to be restored. The truck wasn't useful to the project due to 43's low floor construction, but rather than not help save 16, Bryan accepted 16 as a future project. The blue Fylde Borough / Seagull Coaches Atlantean bus is historic too, as the very last Atlantean into UK service. The silver coloured"Trampower" tram next to it, is a fully privately funded project, that will hopefully be a vanguard for starting to see British built trams again and built very locally too. It is set to run on a demonstration line in Preston shortly. Whilst it is true that it did suffer a fire, firstly, that's what a prototype is for. Find out any issues. However, that said, let's just say that after investigation, things weren't perhaps quite as..erm... straightforward ...as they might have been ....and just leave it at that!! Anyway, it should soon be showing it's VERY favourable paces, compared to other currently available foreign built trams. I'll let your viewers decide if those two statements might be connected, or not!!

Love the trams Stephen used to get on them at the top off Lytham Road terminus and they went down the middle. I used to get off at station road. It was amazing how they got over that hump bridge. Can remember getting my bike wheel stuck in them opposite post office on Abingdon Street Great filming again takes me back to when I worked in the tram sheds in Sheffield on Queens Road as they look all the same type of Depot

Liked and saved straight away 👏🏻

I remember so many of these trams from the mid 80s-onwards :) Car #1016 (formerly Glasgow and Paisley) joined the Blackpool Heritage fleet a few years ago for resto - its good that these guys accept classics from across the country to save and preserve for us all to enjoy

Very interesting blackpool tramway

I used to love travelling on those Spivs (Coronation Tram) that I used to let all the others go past so I could ride them. The trailer cars were cool as well. The BBC used to have their own dedicated tram to televise the illuminations as well. Saw it in a sorry state in the shed back in the 70s.

I was lucky enough to be at the opening event, completely by chance. I wish Brian and the team all the best in succeeding with this, it will really be an asset to the town.

Swam in the baths once. Absolutely freezing. We lived originally nearby. Wyngarth hotel. No longer there. Now part of that big club on the prom. Great work. Keep it up

Hi Stephen thank you for another great video as always I love trams so much history I always like going on the heritage trams when I go to Blackpool that place is massive very nice take care xx

Me and my brother stayed with our family in the Royal Windsor guest house in the mid 1990's and had the view looking out down Bolton street across to that depot and watched each morning while we stayed there the trams going out through the tram wash.

WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT WHEN IT OPENS TO THE PUBLIC LOOKS SO INTRESTING

Quite possibly my favourite of your videos. If I ever get back to Blackpool I will very much like to go on the tour.

Great job presenting. Really good love it

Absolutely brilliant!!

Brilliant video as always

That was brilliant Stephen i loved that video of the old trams I remember the rocket.

Hi, thanks for the tour. 6:10 - If I'm not mistaken, the machine is a 'tyre turning lathe', used to make sure the tyre is 'round' (no bumps) and the correct profile (so the wheel stays on the track). The machine for changing tyres usually had a ring of heaters (gas or electric) on the floor, but I couldn't see one (or, it could be used to rotate the wheels so you can find the valve to blow the tyre up? ;-) ) Keep up the good work and Merry Christmas to you and your viewers! 🎄

This was a special vlog good to see something completely different you deserve a bafta award for this fantastic content again Stephen 👏.

great video keeping blackpool tram history alive

Great vlog Stephen, very interesting, I remember the Rocket 🚀 tram from my early days in Blackpool .. Brought back memories

Now that's some quality content there Stephen, I'll watch this again later and take it all in. Lucky man getting to go round there. I went not long ago and there was one of your prints of the mirror ball in the reception area

What a lovely idea for a video Stephen. Well done.

Great video really enjoyed this well put together great content

Very nice

Really enjoyed that trip round tramtown, I’m originally from Burnley so know Blackpool well, but now up north east for last 23 years. We get down on coach trips to Parkhouse hotel but not last 2 years with covid. Love your videos, very informative.

Best video yet

Very nice tour enjoyed it Thank You junt came home after a week stay in a hotel really nice video camara work spot on

I really enjoy watching your videos

merry xmas to you and family

Hi Stephen, a most interesting video of the tram depot, thank you for doing it, A Merry Christmas and a Happy and Healthy New Year to you from us down in Wiltshire.