THE introduction of Blackpool's Brush-built tramcars 80 years ago was celebrated over the weekend of September 23-24, forming the centrepiece of Blackpool Heritage Tram Tours' (BHTT) annual Tramway Anniversary Weekend. The 20 cars built by the Loughborough firm in 1937 owed much of their design to the earlier English Electric'railcoaches' that had helped transform the Blackpool operation under Walter Luff's modernisation plan.
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