Police Station, Joiners Workshop, Motor Garage, Market and Food Hall. From its first use as a police station, the sequence of occupation of the Abingdon Street premises, which is now a Food Hall, after...
Max Erard and Zona Vevey ….& Co… https://www.tumblr.com/footlightnotes/39830711458/husband-and-wife-max-erard-and-zona-vevey : ‘Husband and wife, Max Erard and Zona Vevey composer/entertainer at the piano and singer (photo: unknown, possibly Henderson & Co, Rochdale, circa 1912).’ In the...
Bispham Cliffs. Cover image and text from the Blackpool Herald April 3rd 1914. Blackpool’s Favourite Natural Promenade in Jeopardy Erosion Continues at Alarming Rate ‘When will the authorities attempt to do something to preserve...
Police Station, Joiners Workshop, Motor Garage, Market and Food Hall. From its first use as a police station, the sequence of occupation of the Abingdon Street premises, which is now a Food Hall, after...
Max Erard and Zona Vevey ….& Co… https://www.tumblr.com/footlightnotes/39830711458/husband-and-wife-max-erard-and-zona-vevey : ‘Husband and wife, Max Erard and Zona Vevey composer/entertainer at the piano and singer (photo: unknown, possibly Henderson & Co, Rochdale, circa 1912).’ In the...
Bispham Cliffs. Cover image and text from the Blackpool Herald April 3rd 1914. Blackpool’s Favourite Natural Promenade in Jeopardy Erosion Continues at Alarming Rate ‘When will the authorities attempt to do something to preserve...
The featured image of 216 Whitegate Drive is with the kind permission of the Kensington Foundation. The address as given in the newspapers for the St Margaret’s Home for Friendless Girls, though the similar,...
Joseph Hopwood was born in Manchester in 1838 and died in Blackpool on February 13th 1913 after living in the town for 40 years. A veteran of Britain’s imperialistic age, he had been over...
Edited and extended with a second part June 2024 With thanks to Robert Leach for the cover image. Inflation figures on all amounts relate to 2023 Brief Summary; The Sanatorium was first established in...
Soldier, preacher, politician, lawyer, historian, traveller, public speaker, lecturer, champion of his race and stern critic of the established inertia towards the resolution of worldwide slavery, especially within the American and African continents. Born...
Pauline Rivers Danseuse, Maitresse de ballet, choreographer and creator of the lasting children’s ballet at the Blackpool Tower Ballroom. In the theatre industry publication, the Era of 27th October 1926; ‘Madame Pauline Rivers is...
As the suspicion of the Church towards the stage persisted, the Actress could always say to the Bishop with innuendo, “…..” The creation of an Actors’ Chapel within the church of St Stephen’s in...
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