Dr Spencer Timothy Hall.
‘Possessing a nature of intense tenderness and a poetic sensibility peculiarly attractive, with a sympathy for suffering in every form, small wonder that Spencer Hall was admired and loved by all who came within...
Category: Blackpool
Stanley Spencer’s Airship Flight from Blackpool October 21st 1902
Stanley Spencer, intrepid aviator, and air balloon and airship manufacturer. Introduction When Stanley Spencer brought his airship to Blackpool on Saturday. October 3rd, 1902, the idea that the human being could conquer the air, like...
Alice Emily Webster; the Missing Lady
‘Miss Webster left her lodgings in this borough about 2pm on Thursday 20th August, 1903, saying she was going to do some shopping, and she has not been seen since.’ ‘The above reward (£50) paid...
Victoria Monks Musical Hall Artiste
With Thanks to the Friends of Layton Cemetery, Blackpool, England, where her name is commemorated on the family gravestone there. Early Life Victoria Monks, Music Hall Artiste (1882 – 27/1/1927). Without reference to the...
Stanley Spencer’s Airship Flight from Blackpool October 21st 1902
Introduction When Stanley Spencer brought his airship to Blackpool on Saturday. October 3rd, 1902, the idea that the human being could conquer the air, like it could conquer the oceans, was still only a reality...