heritageblackpoolNov 10, 20203 minTower Ballet DaysFor many years, the children of Blackpool entertained visitors to the town by performing in a review called the Tower Children’s Ballet...
heritageblackpoolAug 14, 20204 minAnd the Dawn Came up Like Thunder Leo Rawlings (1918-1990) was born in Birmingham but moved to Blackpool with his family, aged 13. Whilst working as a sign writer,...
heritageblackpoolAug 10, 20202 minThe Tale of Two Donkeys by Wendy RushtonMy Father survived Dunkirk and married my Mother. Together they set up home in Blackpool, the most exciting town in the north. More than...
heritageblackpoolAug 6, 202012 minBlackpool Aviation Week 1909"Blackpool is a show place; and whether it be motor races or flying machine races, it will pay us to be right in the forefront, and to...
heritageblackpoolJul 30, 202010 minBlackpool's "World Champion" FootballersBy Steve Bolton It’s Not the Men Blackpool has a long and successful history in men’s football. This has been well documented and...
heritageblackpoolMay 14, 20202 minThe North Pier: 150 Years and CountingPicture the sight, 20,000 people eagerly watching the event of the year on 21st May 1863. They had arrived from far and wide, many by...
heritageblackpoolMay 14, 20203 minMurder in the BungalowOne of the last women to be hanged in Great Britain was Louisa Merrifield of Devonshire Road, Blackpool. She was executed by the state...
heritageblackpoolMay 13, 20201 minUncle Tom’s CabinUncle Tom’s Cabin was a pioneer of Blackpool’s entertainment industry and became the resort’s first and most popular landmark for over...
heritageblackpoolMay 13, 20202 minThe Illuminations CollectionBlackpool is famous for its Illuminations, a fantastic light display which yearly draws crowds from all around the country. Since the...
heritageblackpoolMay 13, 20203 minTerrible Murder During the Festive Season!110 years ago, a dreadful crime was perpetrated in the centre of Blackpool. A young man as driven to murder by a demanding wife and an...
heritageblackpoolMay 13, 20201 minSir Hiram Maxim’s ‘Captive Flying Machine’ at Pleasure Beach, Blackpool 1904Sir Hiram Steven Maxim was born in Sangerville, Maine, USA on February 5th 1840. He became a naturalised British subject and was knighted...
heritageblackpoolMay 13, 20203 minOur Shipwreck Heritage: Tragedies, Rescues & ProfitWhen writing his ‘History of Blackpool’ back in 1837, William Thornber included reference to the shipwrecks along the coast. He commented...
heritageblackpoolMay 13, 20204 minA Terrible Tragedy: Murder at the Foxhall Hotel“In the memory of even the oldest inhabitant of Blackpool, does not exist a remembrance of such a sad and fearfully tragic event as that...
heritageblackpoolMay 7, 20202 minReflections on VE Day 75 May 8th, 1945 VE Day! The day the Second World War hostilities officially ceased. It was a time of relief, huge happiness and massive...
