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Wallace Arnold WUM44, an A.E.C. MU3RV Reliance, new in 1956, with a Duple Elizabethan C41C body, having been parked in the lay-by on the Mellor Brook Road, for a photographic stop, prepares to continue its journey to Blackpool with a party of enthusiasts for a tour of the tram system using standard tram 40 and also pantograph tram 174 for the section from North Station to Fleetwood.
Withdrawn in 1964, it passed via Hughes (dealer), Mirfield in November to Edwards, Joys Green in January 1965. After withdrawal in November 1969 it passed to McQuillan, Newry, Northern Ireland by July 1972 and was derelict by March 1973.

Photo taken by John Kaye, Sunday 7 April 1957, Mellor Brook Road

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