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Trams:
The Chapters in the Tramway history section are set out in a diary format, so that everything is in chronological order

Each chapter deals with a particular era covering a number of years

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“Aw’ll tell tha wod, owd mon, them trams meks a thunderin’ noise”
 
The First Trams in Blackburn
   
Blackburn Corporation Tramways Company 1881 - 1887
   
Early Developments 1887 - 1891
   
Operations & New Proposals 1891 - 1897
   
The Corporation takes the Reins 1897
   
The Electric Era Begins 1899 - 1900
   
The Early Years 1900 - 1907
   
Growth & Development 1908 - 1914
   
The First World War 1914 - 1918
   
Heydays 1919 - 1925
   
Improvements & Modernisations 1926 - 1935
   
The First Tramway Abandonments 1935 - 1939
   
The Second World War 1939 - 1945
   
Decline & Abandonment 1946 - 1949
   
The End 1949
   
After the Last Tram had Gone