Places
26 places found.
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- Blackpool, Lancashire
- Blackpool, Devon (near Dartmouth)
- Bispham, Lancashire
- Newton, Lancashire (near Blackpool)
- Little Bispham, Lancashire
- Queenstown, Lancashire
- Marton Moss Side, Lancashire
- Blackpool, Devon (near Newton Abbot)
- Blackpool, Dyfed
- Blackpool, Devon (near Ivybridge)
- Little Layton, Lancashire
- Layton, Lancashire
- Blackpool Corner, Devon
- Little Marton, Lancashire
- Norbreck, Lancashire
- Warbreck, Lancashire
- Mereside, Lancashire
- Hoohill, Lancashire
- Little Carleton, Lancashire
- Whiteholme, Lancashire (near Thornton)
- South Shore, Lancashire
- Squires Gate, Lancashire
- Combe, Devon (near Blackpool)
- North Shore, Lancashire
- Hawes Side, Lancashire
- Great Marton, Lancashire
Photos
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Maps
119 maps found.
Memories
234 memories found. Showing results 1 to 10.
My Memories Of Blackpool
I remember my parents taking us children to see the Blackpool illuminations as a birthday treat, where we would see all kinds of animations along the prominade and all the trams where also lit up, that was some 48yrs ago. I don't know if this still happens, enjoy.
A memory of Blackpool in 1960 by
Happy Childhood
I lived with my grandma Elizabeth (Lizzie) Bignell at No 10 Ten Cottages from 1943 to around 1948. The houses were Estate owned (and still are) and my grandad Robert Bignell worked at the manor house first as a shepherd and ...Read more
A memory of Wormleighton in 1946 by
Aboretum
I was born just around the corner from this photo, in Ward Stree, it's now a car park. This junction is going through yet another re vamp. As a teenager I would visit the Aboretum with friends and race the boats across the pond and get ...Read more
A memory of Walsall in 1966 by
I Am A Beach Boy
I was born in July 1942 at 2 Church Road ,the youngest of eight children,the time I remember best is around 1952,being a kid in the Beach then was brilliant,so many things to do, Boating Lake,Minature Railway,Swimming ...Read more
A memory of Severn Beach in 1952 by
Talke A Forgotten Village
As you proceed north along the A34 towards the Cheshire border you will approach Talke traffic lights and on the left and right side of the road there are two areas of grassed land. This grassed area was once the village of ...Read more
A memory of Talke in 1959
Chairman Of Abram Bamfurlong And Bikershaw
My father Ernest Peter Houghton was chairman of the local council 3 times. He was Labour councillor for over 30 years and was well respected in the community. During one of his terms of ...Read more
A memory of Bamfurlong in 1949 by
Abc Lyric Cinema
I was the Chief Projectionist at the Lyric from approx 1957 until 1963 when I was appointed as Co Chief/Lighting Engineer at the new ABC Blackpool. The Manager at the Lyric was Mr Ron Crabb and when he moved to another ABC ...Read more
A memory of Wellingborough in 1957 by
Cofton Farm Camp Site
'Eee, when I were a lad'....... in the 1950's my dad and I would get the bus from Exeter to Dawlish and camp for a week at Cofton Farm, using a little WWII army-surplus 2-man ridge tent. My elder brother was in The Scouts, ...Read more
A memory of Starcross by
The Brad
I was born in Coedybrain Rd in 1948 and my family moved to School St. I remember going to the school until I was 6, when we moved away to a new housing estate. The school had a stuffed squirrel in a glass case. I was in the nursery ...Read more
A memory of Llanbradach
Childhood Memories We Never Forget
To anyone reading this; I was born Valerie Harding and lived in Wedges Mills and I remember so many things about my childhood in Cannock. The Maypole dancing at John Woods school, attending Church each Thursday ...Read more
A memory of Cannock in 1953 by
Captions
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So popular was the resort that Blackpool eventually had three piers; the Victoria Pier was opened in 1893. Far right is a number 9 tram advertising Cocker's Victoria Pier.
Originally known just as Pool, 'Welsh'; was added to differentiate it from the English Poole in Dorset.
In days gone by, the lake at Cranham was the local swimming pool for children in such neighbouring villages as Sheepscombe, Birdlip and Brimpsfield.
A Blackpool-bound tram pulls into the Market Square.
The oldest of the town's three piers, this one dates from 1863, and when it opened was known simply as Blackpool Pier.
The New Brighton Tower was completed in 1898, about eight years after the Blackpool Tower.
Based on Blackpool Tower, New Brighton' tower was built between 1897 and 1900 at a cost of £120,000.
Construction of the American-influenced Blackpool & Fleetwood Tramroad (B&FT) began in July 1897, and by September 1898 the line was fully opened.
The press of humanity on beach and pier proved the boast of the Council: 'Blackpool will not be left behind in any respect'. The greatest attraction at the seaward end was the Indian Pavilion.
At this point, the Market Place adjoins Blackpool Old Road.
It was inspired by Gustave Eiffel's great tower in Paris, which had opened five years earlier, but at 518 feet, Blackpool is only a little over half its height.
Blackpool has two piers, and everything handsome about her.
Close to Blackpool, Newton was popular, especially at the time of the Blackpool Illuminations. Rows of holiday caravans do not conjure up history, but this corner of the Fylde has its share.
Preston was always a town that you had to pass through to go north to south, but as the popularity of Blackpool increased, so did the traffic east to west.
The pier was considerably shorter in length than those at Blackpool, but somewhat similar in design to the one at Aberystwyth.
Preston was always a town that you had to pass through to go north to south, but as the popularity of Blackpool increased, so did the traffic east to west.
At this time the resident population was around 9,000, compared to 58,000 for Blackpool.
Though well-maintained and kept in top-flight condition, Lytham Pier was of a somewhat functional design when compared to the one at St Anne's, or to the South Pier at Blackpool.
Blakeney stands at the edge of the Forest of Dean at the point where Blackpool Brook and Soudley Brook meet.
There was a similar ride at Blackpool Pleasure Beach.
There was a similar ride at Blackpool Pleasure Beach.
Cheap rail fares and discounts at digs for block bookings boosted the holiday trade at both Blackpool and Southport.
Not quite the equal of the Blackpool Illuminations, though.
Places such as Blackburn and Burnley were all but empty as millworkers and their families escaped en masse to Blackpool, Southport, Morecambe, Scarborough and North Wales.
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