Blackpool 703 | The Haunted Tram
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- The Age of the Tram was quite short lived in Britain, with few cities maintaining their historic tramways these days. Blackpool in Lancashire is an exception though, and there is one tram in particular that has a very odd history. join me in this video where I explore the haunted history of Blackpool 703, also known as Sunderland 101.
Sources of footage:
Coronation Street Episode 3002 8 December 1989, ITV
Beamish and its trams at Christmas 2012, by Graham Sleath
Beamish Museum TH-cam Channel
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I worked there in 2005. 703 wasnt used much that season and i only worked on it 3 times,but once,i was on late shifts and we were on Cleveleys flyers and were waiting our time at the southbound stop ready to run back to depot and we heard someone walking around upstairs. From what i heard when i worked there it was supposedly an engineer whonhanged himself on the stairs. But i certainly heard footsteps upstairs.
@AK47Warrior I was with a driver called Steve and another conductor called Dave but I don't remember their surnames but I remember their faces. Not sure of they still work there but we were sitting in the back saloon,it was really quiet nobody about and it was like someone walked up and down the aisle upstairs. Very strange but we knew we were empty cos we'd been sat there 10 minutes. On late shifts you were lucky to have 30 quid in your pouch,but we checked and no one was up there. We only found it was supposedly haunted after we told people at depot what we heard.
I Heard it’s supposedly Someone that Got hit with the Tram back when it was Pretty much New.
I agree with you. Having come across such on more than one occasion.
There is an office, in a shopping mall, in Chorley, that has been visited a few times and staff have left because of it. Made me laugh when seeing things moving when they should have been stationary, like heavy doors moving, opening and shutting/
Try reading your story at four in the morning when you're in pitch black and having an overactive imagination at the same time.
Thanks for sharing the history I remember the trams I think that some people are sensitive to spirits & others aren't the home in pockley must of had something bad happen in some of the rooms people can find out threw historians or the library as to why they feel uneasy there I've had my own encounters to one when I was 14 & again 45+ at my old house on the southbrook in Daventry Evans Close I won't give the number out there are 3 children 2 girls 1 boy who play in the bathroom at night there harmless they wouldn't let me sleep until after 2am you hear taps turned on and splashing of water but get up to check & everything is off there is 1 spirit person in the lounge they never showed me if they were male or female I think they're linked to the children they didn't ask they unnerved me I remember sleeping on the sofa 1 night & without warning this freezing cold person had there legs right up against the bottom of my sofa I was wary I asked them to leave me alone & they did I was freezing cold it's sad that they didn't reveal themselves to me maybe I could of helped them I wonder if the new tenants & children have encountered them please watch out for the greys in a craft they're really sinister Truth they took me over before I moved out it was horrible thanks to My Jesus he broke there control over me I would never live in that estate again.
I actually witnessed 703 at Rossall Hospital intersection... I'd been fishing on the prom one night and returned back home in my car about 02:30 in the morning crossing the tram track that is just off Rossall Road. Needless to say at that time there were no cars on the road and the last tram had finished hours ago. As I approached the crossing slowly a tram came past me very slowly and weirdly, silent.. Blackpool trams are very squeaky with thier old wheels. It glided past me silent, all lit up , why? it had no passengers infact I never even noticed any crew. As the road cleared I went over the track and watched it gliding silently into the distance towards Fleetwood ,all lit up. The year? mid 1990's but don't know exactly when.
Charlie was a fitter that hung himself in the stair well of 703 in the 1960 that was what i was told when i worked as a contractor on the trams in the 1990s
I drove 703 a few times on a tram driving experience day at Beamish and the tram does creek due to it’s age and I did feel like there was a bit of atmosphere on it when it was at both Beamish & Blackpool.
I loved this. Just a gentle, haunting story. An everyday type of experience that makes you wonder.
An everyday experience ermmm no it’s not
These things happen, and have experienced things that cannot be answered by anything other than supernatural
Never knew this story. I'd heard about the phantom linesman who is said to walk the tracks at Bispham but not a haunted tram. This did remind me of the time I used to be a bus driver and we had a bus assigned to our depot that was, as far as I was concerned, haunted. I never really knew what it was but you never felt alone when driving it when it was empty. There was a real sense that someone was watching you and whoever or whatever they were they didn't feel friendly. The uneasiness feeling was strongest at the back left of the vehicle and I used to give that area a very quick check during the pre-drive check over.
I have experienced this strong feeling that there was somebody at the back of a coach that I was driving late at night from Newcastle to Sydney , Australia . I was reasonably sure that all passengers had disembarked and nobody could be seen in the mirror , but eventually this impression became so distracting that I stopped the coach and walked to the rear , to find a couple asleep on the seat . It did give me quite a fright ! I then took them to the nearest railway station , waited for the train and waved them goodbye . Obviously , had I not followed my intuition and stopped , they would have wound up at the depot ! No phantoms to report , sorry ! 👻
@@murraykitson1436 No phantoms in Oz, it's a modern country.
@gareth265 Oz is ancient was inhabited by the natives for thousands of years before European settlers
I enjoyed that, thank you. My Dad’s a tram driver in Blackpool - I now need him to take me to the Rigby Rd depot!
My grandmother got the 703 all the time. She never saw or heard a ghost but she did once see a woman do a poo in a handbag
At least she had the decency not to do it on the floor and leave someone to clean up the mess. If you gotta go you gotta go but clear up your own mess.
Doubt if anyone now would be that considerate.
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😂 What a bag o shite 💩
Wtf
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A nice change of pace Reiver. Great story that must have taken a fair amount of work to put together. Well done lad.
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My gran used to be a tram conductor in Blackpool. The only spirits she ever observed were the liquid variety brought on in copious quantities by the fishermen from Fleetwood
She didn't have any by the steering wheel by any chance?😂
@Davserban she wasn't really a drinker but said they did used to give her lots of tins of cigarettes and massive bags full of fish because she and her driver always looked after them and made sure they got home safely after a night on the tiles.
She also said they used to get so drunk when they first got home from fishing trips it was quite normal for one of them to be getting dragged along by the legs by his mates to catch the tram home 😅
I love the old trams - if you're ever in the area, Crich Tram Museum is well worth a visit, although they don't have the length of track of Beamish or Blackpool. It's very cool that Blackpool didn't get rid of its old trams when all the other towns did - and now, of course, towns are bringing the trams back, although in a very different shape to the original ones.
I wonder what the story is of this old man and why he was still travelling on the tram - and whether he reached his destination in the end. I guess we'll never know.
A really good story about a ghostly passenger loved it
I'm in to my trams and trains too, this is really interesting, I've never known about this haunted story from the 703.
That bell ringing must have made their hearts skip a beat!!!
I live in Blackpool and regularly travelled on the balloon trams, I love them, they have a class and style from a vanished age. I didn’t see any ghosts though!
If your close to Preston in the future, we have a haunted train tunnel (long disused) called 'The Miley Tunnel', as it runs a mile under the town. People have seen stuff down there and ive walked it myself, it certainly feels spooky.
I always used to walk through there with my mate and girlfriend after school.
I live in Blackpool I might have to go and check it out for myself
Fascinating- we live near Beamish and I remember this tram- I looked on my photos and there’s a photo of my child in front of this tram at the Pockerley Hall stop
Its an interesting one and I enjoyed your video - it was informative and not sensational which is always a plus.
So I work for a major UK train operating company. It's worth noting that our main depot is on a road called "Dead Man's lane" - the whole area, which was very cheap land in the 1800s, was the city's plague pit.
We have at least 2 units, that I know of, that some drivers will not collect from the depot on their own. I myself have had a weird experience on one which I've told colleagues about and got a "we're not surprised" back.
The experiences range from doors opening by themselves, the passenger information system corrupting itself randomly and the public address system activating with no one onboard to work it. One of the 2 sets has also been involved in more fatalities than any other unit in the fleet - including some particularly nasty ones.
It does make you wonder what might be going on.
Bloody love beamish. I also highly recommend the tram depot tour in blackpool as they will twll yoy a few spooky stories from the trams and the depot itself. They have plans for an overhaul of the depot so that might disturb some things..
thank you for a another great story love this channel and the storys you find us
Really enjoyed this…. When I was a boy these trams fascinated me when we would visit Blackpool from Manchester as a family. Being someone interested in the Paranormal this is the best of worlds. Great video. Well put together.
Very interesting story. Perhaps he used to frequently use the tram when he was living and now haunts it, maybe with fond memories, we will never know.
I enjoyed this and who knows I could have travelled on that tram when I went to Blackpool. Great story thank you 👏👏👏👏
I live in Blackpool and seeing this is so cool! Cheers for making this. My Mrs was mentioning this is used in ghost tours
However, there is one more terrifying place in Blackpool that you have overlooked; Ma Kelly's by the station on a bank holiday weekend.
Yep, but the one near central pier is even more of a hellscape when it's emptying out.
The spirits leave pools of ectoplasm all over the streets
Ma,Kelly's, what happens there,
@@johnlengden4207 People get pissed drunk out of their heads !
This reminds me of Telly Savalas' ghost story from 1958 which also featured an apparition who lent him money to buy petrol ,as he had run out . I would recommend looking this up on the internet , especially the segment from " The Extraordinary " .
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Wonderful , atmospheric video , with highly appropriate yet subtle background music ! The phantom bell ringing reminds me of a similar phenomenon where nurses are summoned to vacant beds in hospitals , in fact I have even heard this first hand from nurses when I had been a patient ! 🙄. During a visit to Thirlmere Railway Museum , Sydney , if you enter some of the unrestored carriages , you feel a strong sense of foreboding and of the past , which makes the visit even more interesting ! Such exhibits would no doubt have some fascinating tales to tell .
Very fascinating thank you !
Beautifully illustrated and narrated, as always!
Another excellent video, with a story completely new to me.
An interesting story well told - thank you. I've always intended the visit Beamish Museum, but never managed it so far... perhaps one day. Lastly, it is such a shame that by the time that ethereal chap returned to the tram, his £10 note had gone down in value quite a lot!
We have been several times as it's not far away. Definitely worth a visit
I was interested to know whether 10 pound notes had the year of issue printed on them , as this would have provided added creedence to this story .
I would, wait a year or two as currently they seem to still be recovering from Covid and it is always incredibly busy which is good for business but is a shame
But still visit if you can as it is great even now
Beamish is class! I love it near Christmas! Really worth going!
Great story! Love the old trams. I am so glad some were saved for us to enjoy now.
Look up Crich Tram Museum - they've got quite a collection, dating back to the 1890s, and they have them out running (obviously not every single tram every day - but when I visited a couple of years ago they had three running, spanning the whole period trams were active until they were withdrawn in the 70s).
Excellent job.Lots of energy of people on this old tramps.Great you
treated with the respect deserves
I was brought up within about 1/4 of a mile from that very Rossall Beach stop, from the late 60's too. I remember those trams well, although I've never heard about this story at all until now. I s'pose you had to work on the trams to have been familiar with it back then. I've never heard of those trams being refered to as 'balloon' trams either. Ditto, I guess. Still, thanks for the very nice footage.
"Balloon" is certainly the way they're commonly referred to in Tramway enthusiast circles.
Superb story telling and great ghost story.
Thank you :-)
Full body apparitions are rare, full body apparitions that apport items are rare indeed. The only other that springs to mind is the underground worker that left some overalls on a bench. That story can be seen on the marvellous Ghosts on the Underground doc. Still, this also involved interaction, probably triggered by the rough weather. Perhaps the old chap was killed in a storm and never made it home.
I totally agree with you about that programme being excellent.
"Ghosts on the Underground " I have rewatched many times and will continue to do so.
My favourite is from Bill, the track walker, who saw the ballast go down in front of him as 'something ' walked past him whilst sitting in the tunnels having a break.
Excellent video.
Thoroughly recommend it.
There's another one I recall. A plane crashed into the Everglades in 1960's? (Not sure but a while ago) and the dead captain and first officer appeared to passengers on other planes (apparently planes that used salvaged parts of the one that went down).There was a book and a TV movie with Ernest Borgnine made of it - still available on YT.
@@angelau1194 Ghosts of flght 401. Brilliant book.
£10 would be almost a weeks wages in those days
Thank you! Now I have to go to Beamish :) Looks wonderful!
❤❤ ive been poorly for missed the notification JR now enjoying the narrator and story thanks lad xx
When you said it was moved to Beamish, I got chills! I’ve visited Beamish so many times over the years, and never knew the story of the tram. Clicking on this video I wasn’t expecting to be told about a tram I have actually travelled on 🤯 😂 I don’t think I had a paranormal experience in the tram, but definitely felt uneasy in multiple places at beamish; especially the school and houses nearby, and the mine….the mine is absolutely vile! On a school trip we had to go in there and our tour guide deliberately turned off the lights and I FREAKED, I wouldn’t say I’m claustrophobic but there is something about that mine that churns my stomach with dread-very unpleasant energy in there. Love Beamish but seriously wouldn’t recommend the mine 😂
I work at Beamish, I've heard a lotta stories in the break rooms and such.
You'll need to share these stories 👍
im located near beamish its a good day out 👍
That's what they are though... Just stories. Don't blame you if you go to the snack wagon at breaks 😂.
@@kingkromez3013 Yeah, it's a great place to visit for the day
What a story I really love this ghost story . I believe it's really true. Some ghost
Did get on the 703 Tram I really hope to bring this tram back on its root again and find out if the ghost did come back again I hope people don't be scared of spirits. Or goes, most of them are harmless. It's like They old life, repeat itself.Tells you the story what happened to them And should help you to solve their story
Please never be scared of ghost or spirits Even though sometimes it's their life's been tragic Or murdered. I personally believe in ghost and spirits
It's been a long time since I seen a ghost . But even now I love the seagulls and spirits again and really Live experience of it And learn from the ghost and spirits
Please bring more stories of ghost and true stories of ghosts and spirits..
Please and thank you
I love the retro look of the trams. Love this ghost story! 😊
Whether at Starr Gate or a stargate there's clearly a portal to another dimension in Blackpool.
Genuine goosebumps from a well-told, classic, TRUE ghost story. Subscribed! Will share this remarkable tale--brilliant!😊😊
I worked on the Trams in Blackpool many years ago. I drove probably most of the Balloons & Railcoaches, I may have even driven and/or Conducted on 703.... I can't remember, it's so long ago ! But I never had any supernatural experiences on any of them 🤣
Maybe He appears on anniversary?
What a wonderful tour. I had no idea about villages preserved as they were at various times!
Seeing as Blackpool had the only proper tram service in the country, I can't believe they have recently replaced the beautiful, iconic and charming 1968 trams with plasticky modern ones - the kind you see on new tram lines. How utterly ridiculous.
They're running a public transport system, not a museum.
Creepy! I love trams. Must get to Beamish sometime.
I can believe it, recently my son passed away on a tube train,he was a train driver as well. His soul and spirit is on the train. Northern line,so if you see a ghost it be him.
A very well told ghost story! Thanks and congratulations
thankyou for keeping these stories alive
i’d love to see a video on the beamish ghosts, if it’s possible!!
Fantastic video really enjoyed it when I go to Blackpool I'm going to book a tour of the depot 👍
Very interesting im going to Blackpool in July for a few days pity it's not running would love to have a go on it 👍
I used to live in Fleetwood , near Fishermans Friend and I have the ratting of a tram some nights , when no more trams were running until the next day
i wish this mans channel had more views and support
Fascinating story and very well told - great work!
I would love trams to come back. Would prefer to travel on them than the bus.
Brilliant tale.
Beautifully presented,as always❤
I wonder if the Beamish Museum has an exhibit of London from the sixties?
I'm a Beatles fan,and I've always thought if I could time travel,that's the place,and time I would go to.
Thanks for a ghost story that made me smile,rather than shiver!
Beamish is called "The Living Museum of the North", so there isn't anything from London there. In fact most of the exhibits come from the North East, although part of the bank in the 1913 town area comes from Southport, and the current tram fleet includes cars from Blackpool, Sheffield, Oporto, and Lisbon as well as Gateshead, Sunderland and Newcastle.
@@roderickjoyce6716 I'd have to go to The Beatles museum,then.
I know there's one of those.
I think you just got yourself another subscriber 😃👍. It's the first time I've come across your channel but I thoroughly enjoyed that story 😊
Amazing I had no clue about this and I love Blackpool trams fabulous video as well amazing… just fabulous . Thankyou
I live near Blackpool and hadn't heard many local ghost stories until now!
Where is that tenner ? Very interesting. Peace and love Billy from Ireland 🇮🇪
Blackpool was a great place in the 70's and 80's, it's a complete sh*thole now.
101, bloody 101. I had the opportunity to ride her once, it was a late evening Bemish, the museum was closing and everyone was leaving we had just left the hall, heading towards the museum exit. We rounded the hill just before the exit. The bell ran once, myself and the two other passengers looked at each other. The atmosphere was strange to say the least. We arrived at the exit where I got of with the other two passengers. A lady about 20 years older them me had been one of the other passengers, he had sat in the very seat that keeps popping up in these stories. She came up to and ask "did you feel the temperature drop when that bell rang." I could only answer no, of course England isn't known for nice weather but the day was rather good all things considered. It was most certainly not cold.
Very interesting and well told, thank you.
Tram Town is closed atm.I visited the depot and it was so fabulous.Love the Stories! there must be more Spirits on these Trams!
I thought that was the phantom flan flinger at first 😜 compost corner
Love this thanks for uploading!
"Faster and smoother rides?!" That footage of a tram shows it zipping along pretty well compared to a lot of modern traffic.
😂 sure the film isn't sped up?
"The Phantom Fylde coast fare Dodger?".🤔😉🇬🇧👁😎👍🏻
Excellent video thankyou ❤
Its nice to know this beautifull old tram still exists :)
Great presentation of an interesting story.
there's something particulalrly creepy about how normal this is, now ghouls or wails just a spectral rider who rings to be let off. the tension level for the conductor must have been ballistic
Love these ❤
Plot twist: the ghost is that of Len Fairclough
You mean from Coronation Street?
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Hi. This was interesting to watch. I live in Blackpool and ride this route regular but on the modern trams. ❤
Love stories like this 😊
Spooky. The ghost must be pissed off he's stuck in a mothballed tram. Does Blackpool have transfers to get onto another tram?
Great video ❤
Thank you :-)
Really interesting video. I've never visited Blackpool but I know the North East well and visited Beamish a few times. Could be just a coincidence but one time I was on a tram-not sure which one but I felt very sick for no reason. Not saying it's supernatural but intriguing non the less! xxx
Interesting video👍
Absolutely wonderful. I'm from Sunderland but haven't lived there for almost 15 years. Whilst living in Sunderland I visited Beamish a number of times over the years & used the trams there to move about the site. Wondering if I was ever a passenger there on tram 703.
Good Show!
What an interesting story
A very good story I beleive it all
Oh, nice video! thanks ^_^
they werent called dreadnought, dreadnoughts are different, open top and open staircase
Loved this tale. Im sure there's a similar tale in Glasgow but for the life of me, I'm not too sure. Be good to hear about any in the Newcastle area
Abit creepy but not the point of having a sleepless night...i enjoyed it.
I am a believer...it's 1 word against others.
How can a ghost have a physical ten pound note? Makes absolutely no sense! Would have been interesting if they had put the note to one side, and kept it, possibly traced its origin, and it could have been used as an exhibit later in the museum. But I bet they didn't , as something else, possibly nefarious was going on that night in my opinion!!
Hello do they still have the tram or has it been moved or even scrapped???? Thanks
It’s still at the Blackpool depot
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New subbie. This is interesting.
They could use it for ghost tours around Blackpool as Blackpool is said to have lots of haunted places
I use to work for Blackpool Transport, and I have worked this tram 703, I have also heard and seen the seat flipped over. you can hear the seat when flipped, it has a sound all of its own. we were empty at the time and finishing duty, and we were on the way back to Rigby Road,
Anytime I hear ghosts and public transport in the same sentence.. I immediately think "drunks. Definitely drunks"
Being from Blackpool, I did notice a tram at Beamish that had a Blackpool destination (I think it was ‘’pleasure beach’ ) on the board on the front. I didn’t know it had history.
That’s a different Blackpool team I believe. Number 31. Still at beamish to this day.
A haunted tram is a strange thing to me reminds me of that EF Benson story