Bradford 721, Tyrrel Street, Bradford, 1970

            Working the number 8 service to Duckworth Lane and the Bradford Royal Infirmary, Bradford trolleybus 721 turns at the junction of Sunbridge Road and Tyrrel Street in the City Centre in July 1970.

The Karrier 'W' (W = wartime) trolleybus had been new to Bradford in January 1946, and was then fitted with a Park Royal body. As with most wartime and immediate post-war buses, the wooden framing was built to austerity standards and by the late 1950s needed rebuilding or replacement.

721 received a new East Lancs, 8ft wide, forward-entrance body in June 1959 as part of an on-going fleet modernisation program.

Following the London trolleybus closure in May 1962, trolleybus abandonment in British towns and cities gathered pace. In January 1970, just four systems remained operational, Cardiff, Walsall, Teeside and Bradford. Cardiff's last trolleybus ran in January 1970, Walsall finished in October 1970 and the Teesside Municipal Transport undertaking going in April 1971. 

Although Bradford remained loyal to the trolleybus, the tide had turned. By 1971, the City's trolleybus system had been pruned back to just two routes and surplus trolleybuses were withdrawn. 721 was taken out of use in July 1971 and later passed to a breaker for scrapping. The last Bradford trolleybus ran in  March 1972, making it  Britain's last trolleybus system.

Scanned from the original 35mm transparency.

Taken on: July 1, 1970

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