Trams In North Lancashire - DVD |
Trams In North Lancashire - DVD - Online Video
Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside
Europe).
November 2006
Classification: Exempt
Studio: Online Video
Run Time: 90 minutes
ASIN: B001LIJNYE
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Five years in the gathering, this DVD features a mouth-watering
assembly of amazing film footage - some nearly 100 years old.
Take a memorable trip into the past - amble along the Promenade at Morecambe on
a horse-car
See new electric trams at St. Annes then ride the full length from Lytham to
South Shore station
- Blackpool in 1903
- Catch former Blackpool conduit cars on loan to Lytham
- Observe Company and Corporation cars in Southport
- Visit Preston in its latter days
- Clamber onto a Colne tram in 1911
- Watch former Nelson and Colne cars in 1934
- Sample Burnley's trams in 1932 -1935
- Savour all the magic of the opening day of the Accrington electric system
in August 1907 (superb coverage)
- Marvel at new Darwen and Blackburn cars on test runs in 1900
- Follow the action in central Blackburn in the mid 1930s
- Witness the demise of the system during 1947 -1949
Special features:
- Extremely rare scenes of a Demi-car in action
- The decorated car in Burnley - Burnley's last ever tram
- Ex-Sheffield cars sold to Barrow and Preston
- Trams sold for further service including scenes in Lytham (Accrington's
'Big Bertha' in colour)
- A brief history of the English Electric works in Preston with early scenes
in Nottingham and Sheffield
Also today's remains, a few carefully selected stills, and finally, a musical
tribute to the steam tram sung by Nelson Arion Male Voice Choir.
Featuring trams in:
- Morecambe
- Blackpool
- Lytham
- Southport
- Preston
- Colne
- Nelson
- Burnley
- Accrington
- Darwen
- Blackburn
Includes film from the famous Mitchell & Kenyon collection.
- Take a memorable trip into the past - amble along the Promenade at
Morecambe on a horse-car
- See new electric trams at St. Annes then ride the full length from Lytham
to South Shore station
- Blackpool in 1903
- Catch former Blackpool conduit cars on loan to Lytham
- Observe Company and Corporation cars in Southport
- Visit Preston in its latter days
- Clamber onto a Colne tram in 1911
- Watch former Nelson and Colne cars in 1934
- Sample Burnley's trams in 1932 -1935
- Savour all the magic of the opening day of the Accrington electric system
in August 1907 (superb coverage)
- Marvel at new Darwen and Blackburn cars on test runs in 1900
- Follow the action in central Blackburn in the mid 1930s
- Witness the demise of the system during 1947 -1949
Special features:
- Extremely rare scenes of a Demi-car in action
- The decorated car in Burnley - Burnley's last ever tram
- Ex-Sheffield cars sold to Barrow and Preston
- Trams sold for further service including scenes in Lytham (Accrington's
'Big Bertha' in colour)
- A brief history of the English Electric works in Preston with early scenes
in Nottingham and Sheffield
Also today's remains, a few carefully selected stills, and finally, a musical
tribute to the steam tram sung by Nelson Arion Male Voice Choir.
Featuring trams in:
- Morecambe
- Blackpool
- Lytham
- Southport
- Preston
- Colne
- Nelson
- Burnley
- Accrington
- Darwen
- Blackburn
Includes film from the famous Mitchell & Kenyon collection.
Produced by - Online Video
Running time - 90 Minutes
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