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Blackpool, The Aquarium 1890
Photo ref: 22888
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More about this scene

A pre-Tower picture. Featured here are Dr W H Cocker's aquarium, menagerie and aviary, which occupied the site where the Tower now stands. The menagerie was retained as a Tower attraction, but it also gained fame as the setting for Stanley Holloway's monologue about young Albert Ramsbottom and the 'to do' when Albert was eaten by the menagerie lion.

Memories of Blackpool, the Aquarium 1890

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. These memories are of Blackpool, The Aquarium 1890

Sparked a Memory for you?

If this has sparked a memory, why not share it here?

Site of the present Blackpool Tower