Tower Ballet Days

26 November 2020

For many years, the children of Blackpool entertained visitors to the town by performing in a review called the Tower Children’s Ballet held in the Tower Ballroom.

The Tale of Two Donkeys

10 August 2020

Blackpool is famous for its Donkeys, but did you know it used to host an annual Donkey Derby Race?

Blackpool's "World Champion" Footballers

30 July 2020

Blackpool has a long and well documented history in men’s football. Less celebrated, but equally magnificent is the history of the women’s game in the town.

Reflections on VE Day 75

08 May 2020

On the 75th Anniversary of VE we look back on the day Blackpool celebrated the end of the conflict in Europe.

Blackpool Masonic Hall – a history of the building Part One

01 March 2020

The history of one of Blackpool's many fascinating historic buildings from 1888-1940.

The Wreck of the Sirene

01 March 2020

The story of one of Blackpool's most dramatic shipwrecks, the day the Sirene struck the North Pier.

Lucy Morton Blackpool's Olympic Gold Medallist, 1924

01 March 2020

A biography of Blackpool's pioneering female Olympic champion.

John Hodgson’s Belle Vue Strawberry Gardens

02 September 2019

The story of the man behind Blackpool's first pleasure gardens