Almost all of the old tram systems were gone by the time I was born in 1966, so the first time I ever rode a tram was about 1977. That was at a Preservation Society in Devon, and was just a single line laid specially as a tourist attraction.
I rode the Blackpool trams around 1988, and it was good to see them in service as both a combined tourist attraction and as a daily means of transport for many of the locals.
There's some interesting information about Blackpool's trams here:
http://www.allanburke.freeserve.co.uk/trams/default.htm
