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
285 photos found. Showing results 41 to 60.
Maps
119 maps found.
Books
2 books found. Showing results 49 to 2.
Memories
234 memories found. Showing results 21 to 30.
Return Of A Native
Camberley, where it all began. Where I lived half of my life so far. In your head you never leave the place you were born and raised. On a wet un-comforting day I found myself revisiting the town of my past. I was cast into ...Read more
A memory of Camberley in 1988 by
The Pool
I was 10 years old and had cycled to the pool from my home in Hesters Way. Old bike, black with a basket on the front for my jam sandwiches and pop, towel and swimsuit in. With friends we would spend all day there, not really able to ...Read more
A memory of Cheltenham in 1958 by
Six Weeks In Pontypool
I was evacuated with my school to Pontypool on 1st September 1939. I was taken in with my friend Jim Baker, by a retired miner and his wife, and spent six weeks in what was alleged to be the smallest house in Pontypool. I ...Read more
A memory of Pontypool in 1930
The Wrong Guy
There at the time when Cawthorne was a tour operator and whether it was coincidence or not the tour operator was called Harry Cawthorne coach tours. I do believe that they were an established firm; it could well be that the village ...Read more
A memory of Gawber in 1952 by
Catterick Camp 1944
Following completion of my initial Army training at Squires Gate Camp, Blackpool and at Warley (Essex) I was posted to the School of Signals at Catterick. Le Catau and Baghdad Lines. After several weeks of Training as an ...Read more
A memory of Catterick in 1944
Brothers And Sisters
My brother Christopher and I first went down to school at Visitation Convent, Bridport in September 1957. We lived in Ascot as our father had been an officer in the Royal Horse Guards and had been based at Windsor. We took a ...Read more
A memory of Bridport by
Best Holiday Ever !
My family come from the East End of London. My mum and dad took us on holiday from Chingford on a Grey Green coach to Stoke Fleming for two weeks, we stopped en route in Yeovil for tea.... My parents had booked a caravan ...Read more
A memory of Stoke Fleming in 1956 by
Good Old Stan
I was to live in Blackpool for a short while and would work on a farm; I lived with my sister and brother in law in Delphine Avenue. Lawrence my brother in law leant me his Honda fifty motorbike, I pulled into a petrol station ...Read more
A memory of Blackpool in 1970 by
Cottages On Warren
Many, many, happy memories of holidays in a cottage on the Warren located next door to old Tynans (sorry if not spelt right) bakery. Waking up to the smell of pies and bread, while being sent to the stand pipe on the old dusty ...Read more
A memory of Talacre by
'down Yer 'wey'.
Moved to Farncombe in 1942 from Datchet, but evacuated originally from Barking, London. I remember arriving at my new home at 1 Tudor Circle. My Step-father was a fireman in the AFS, who's ...Read more
A memory of Godalming in 1942 by
Captions
85 captions found. Showing results 49 to 72.
At Blackpool, sailing boats were often loaded and unloaded by means of portable gangways, one of which is in the picture.
If you think something is missing amongst the buildings overlooking North Pier you are right, for Blackpool Tower was not begun until 1891.
Until Blackpool's third pier was built at South Shore in 1893, the one here was known as South Pier.
Note the jaunty open-top car, no doubt heading through Preston and on to Blackpool.
Cleveleys is the most northerly, from Blackpool, of the small resorts leading up to Fleetwood.
The number 19 Dreadnought tram approaching (left) bears a poster advertising the Grand Theatre, Blackpool, where 'Whirled into Happiness' was being staged.
At the same time Blackpool and Lytham were linked by the coast railway. The Baths and Assembly Rooms offered public swimming baths, newspaper and reading rooms and a concert hall.
In June 1878, the Lord Mayor of London, Sir Thomas Owen, travelled to Blackpool to open the Winter Gardens.
Work began on Blackpool's second pier in 1867 and took less than a year to complete. Promoted as the 'pier for the masses', it was hugely popular and offered a variety of entertainments.
This stretch of the coast developed long after Blackpool; with the coming of the tram system, there was much rivalry to purchase land for hotels, hydros and houses.
Bispham lies just a little to the north of Blackpool's bright lights and seemingly non- stop amusements, and its sea-front hotels and guesthouses attracted holidaymakers seeking a more
The Fylde area has long-been popular with holiday-makers, for it is well-sited for day-trips to the Lake District as well as the sea-side resorts of the Blackpool coast.
At just under 21 miles from Whitby, Scarborough rapidly developed to become the premier resort of the Yorkshire coast, and was often overrun with day trippers, as Blackpool was.
It was only after the railway arrived in 1848 that Morecambe evolved as a resort, developing its own attractions to compete with neighbouring Blackpool.
Few people can now remember how crowded the beach became on a warm summer day - the scenes here were comparable with Blackpool Beach.
Doubling as a landing stage for steamers, North Pier was the first of Blackpool's three to be built and opened in 1863.
One of Blackpool's former attractions was a gigantic Ferris wheel, seen here behind the sea-front baths.
At Blackpool, sailing boats were often loaded and unloaded by means of portable gangways, one of which is in the picture.
Whether it be Blackpool, Dunoon, Port Bannatyne, Port Erin or any of a hundred other resorts in the 1890s, holidaymakers had developed a passion for messing about in boats, mainly of the rowing variety
The painted board to the right appears to be a feature of Blackpool Illuminations; this long stretch of lights, switched on in early autumn to lengthen the holiday season, ended at Bispham.
This was undeniably a healthy situation and quieter than neighbouring Blackpool. Some famous personalities have retired here, including Violet Carson and Marisa Robles, the harpist.
Preston was the centre of a wheel of railway transport: spokes went off to Blackpool, Lancaster, Blackburn, Manchester, London, Liverpool and Southport.
The village became Increasingly popular with visitors because of its proximity to Blackpool, but caravans and a holiday camp seem at odds with a village recorded in the Domesday Book.
Like Blackpool, Whitley Bay became a popular destination for holiday-makers from Glasgow, and it also prospered as a tripper resort for the people of Tyneside.
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