Crich Tramway Village has first mother and daughter crew

Volunteer tram driver Sarah Brightman said she was "thrilled" to see her daughter Rebecca qualify as a conductor

A mother and daughter have become the first to crew vintage trams together at a transport museum in Derbyshire.

Volunteer tram driver Sarah Brightman first took her daughter Rebecca to Crich Tramway Village when she was only five weeks old.

Rebecca has now qualified as a tram conductor at the age of 16, and hopes to become a driver in the future.

She said volunteering at the museum in Derbyshire had given her a lot more confidence.

"Being here kind of just changed me completely," she said.

"I used to be extremely quiet, even in school I was quiet, until I started conducting here. I've just been talking non-stop."

Sarah has been volunteering at the museum since she was 17 years old

Crich Tramway Village has had father and son duos before, but has never had a mother and daughter crew until now.

Sarah said she was "thrilled" when her daughter qualified at the museum, which she had visited regularly since she was a baby.

"Probably once a fortnight I'd come up and she would come up with me," Sarah said.

"She would hang around and ride on the trams. It was like a second home to her."

Sarah herself started volunteering as a conductor in 1996, when she was 17.

She became a tram driver in 2001, and Rebecca was born in 2007.

Crich Tramway Village has more than 60 tramcars from around the world

Recalling the first time Rebecca went on a tram, her mother said: "We brought her here, she was five weeks old, she was in a little car seat and she was totally oblivious to everything."

Sarah's 14-year-old son also hopes to become a conductor in two years.

"We as a family like transport," said Sarah.

"We like railways, we like trams, trolley buses, anything. They've all grown to love transport."