A Tribute To Rigby Road Works Blackpool Volume Two 1954 to 1985
by John Woodman
Published in 2011 - 196 pages of profusely illustrated pages in A4 Landscape format covering Blackpool's buses and trams during the period from 1954 to 1985 - under the management of J.C. Franklin and Derek Hyde. Capturing the story of transition of the tram system from four routes with much street running in Blackpool to the final coastal 11 mile still operating today. The bus system is comprehensively covered as the centre entrance vehicles of the previous manager gave way firstly to rear entrance double deckers, then front entrance one person operated single deckers and then the Atlantean fleet.
Continuing the story from 1922 to 1954 in Volume One (still available). The innovation of Rigby Road Workshops is featured throughout.


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