Blackpool's trams are a national treasure. This book commemorates 75 years since the entry into service of the first of a fleet of streamlined trams, a type that has long been so enduring and the most of the tram fleet in Blackpool today is derived from these 1930s designs. Through these pages, take a bracing 12 mile trip along the Promenade and the cliffs from Star Gate to Fleetwood as it was between the 1930s and the 1960s.
This album is published to commemorate the centenary of the opening of this much-loved Welsh narrow gauge passenger tramway. Connecting two major seaside resorts on the North Wales coast, the trams ran for almost 50 years, during which time they became a tourist attraction in their own right.
Approximately 13 years ago, in December 1988, the first military base closure commission recommended the closing and realignment of 145 US domestic bases and facilities. This action was the consequence of the Department of Defense's broad reevaluation of its mission in conjunction with the weakening and ultimate collapse of the Soviet Union. There was little need, according to the Pentagon, to continue to retain the vast Cold War-era infrastructure. Funds saved from closing down under-utilised bases, DOD further noted, could be used to enhance development of new weapons and improved readiness. Three additional rounds followed the 1988 round of infrastructure reductions in 1991, 1993, and 1995. Since then, no further rounds of base closures and realignments have been authorised by Congress, despite repeated requests from the Department of Defense in recent years for two additional rounds. The reasons for congressional resistance are two-fold. First, there is concern over a likely backlash from constituents living in or near military installations. Second, many Members of Congress remain wary about a repetition of the perceived political intrusion by the Clinton Administration that o
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The Manchester and Ashton trolleybus network was one of the largest in the country. Manchester's red and Ashton's blue vehicles shared the wires on most of the services between the two areas, and in addition Manchester had a substantial network of its own. The photographs allow the reader to explore all the routes in turn, including those radiating from the city centre into Cheshire, and the intense services into the north-west suburbs, showing how all these areas looked in the middle of the last century.
During the middle decades of the last century, the streets of the city were busy with the comings and goings of the yellow trolleybuses which lined up in the city centre to take shoppers home to Jesmond or shipyard workers to Walker. Through these pages, take a ride and visit each route in turn, looking at what Newcastle was like fifty or so years ago.