Tram Sunday set to be '˜best festival yet'

The Vander Wheel of Death at this year's SpareParts Festival

Organisers of Fleetwood Festival of Transport says this Sunday's event will be the biggest and best yet - and will include a virtual reality ride and a spectacular jumping astronaut.

The free spectacle, still known in the town as Tram Sunday, is now much more than a conventional classic vehicle display and incorporates the colourful SpareParts arts festival as well.

So as well as a huge 200-strong collection of vintage cars, buses, lorries, motorcycles and trams in and around the town centre, there will also be crazy characters and weird mechanical creations, and an exciting new attraction akin to something from science fiction.

There will also be two very different parades and a much greater involvement from Fleetwood children than ever before.

Earlier this year the SpareParts element was handed an investment package by Arts Council England to help it keep running in Fleetwood until 2020, and to also continue its expansion into other transport festivals in Sandbach and Crewe in Cheshire.

Dave Carlos, the transport festival’s operations director, said: “With the huge community effort involved, the exciting new attractions and an increase in the number of vehicles, I can honestly say this year is going to be the best yet.”

“It’s the sort of event you would travel miles to see, yet it’s here in Fleetwood and it’s free to attend.”