The Blackpool Sanatorium for Infectious Diseases and the Health of Blackpool. 1/ Late 1876 to early 1900’s. There were two sanatoriums – (sanatoria if preferred) –for infectious diseases in Blackpool. The first was constructed,...
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The Flight of the Mailplane ‘Blackpool’ June 1932
The Spartan mail plane ‘Blackpool’ which set off from Blackpool Stanley Park airport at 5.35pm on Wednesday 15th June 1932 on its way to Karachi, had a special significance for the town. As a mail...
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...
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...