heritage Archives - Blackpool Social Club

12 Aug

Seaside Shuffle: local writers pen Blackpool anthology

Linda Hampton0 CommentsLiterature & Spoken Wordauthors, Blackpool, blackpool art scene, books, community, heritage, literature, memoir, Place, poetry, publication, Stories, tea amantes, writers

Local author Linda Hampton (Sailing To The Moon), hosted the launch of a unique collection of writings last week – Seaside Shuffle. As a contributing writer to the collection, she tells Blackpool Social Club readers how work from local writers manifested into a new publication It was a packed house at Tea Amantes Community Arts on Albert Road in Blackpool, as many of the 37 Blackpool-based-or-connected writers, and friends, piled into to celebrate the culmination of nearly a year’s work, the publication of the anthology Seaside Shuffle - an eclectic mix of writing styles, and points of view all summoning…

24 Mar

Sharing Blackpool’s Stories: Brunch with The National Lottery Heritage Fund

Blackpool Social Club0 CommentsHeritage, Opportunitiesfunding, heritage

Whether it’s of an individual, place or time, stories are at the heart of every project The National Lottery Heritage Fund supports. Heritage is about stories and everyone has one of those. This Friday, community groups and creative organisations working in Blackpool are invited to join the National Lottery Heritage Fund to explore the potential of a heritage project. The Heritage Fund is hosting a brunch for all who might be curious about hearing more about their funding and networking with other local organisations. This informal event will give attendees an introduction to funding available through their National Lottery Heritage…

28 Jan

Walk on the Wild Side: January

Stephen Dunstan0 CommentsEnvironment and Nature, Heritageheritage

In the monthly instalment of nature walks in Blackpool, Stephen Dunstan takes his binoculars to the Promenade. This three mile stroll gives the chance to enjoy colourful Canadian shorebirds and one of the most magnificent murmurations of Starlings in the whole country. For those with less mobility there is the option of retracing your steps on a bus or tram. This walk is best undertaken late afternoon on a high tide, to observe the Starling roost forming before dusk. From North Pier head towards Bispham on either the upper or lower Promenade. If small brown birds fly up with squeaky…

02 Jul

July Almanac: a bird’s-eye view on nature

Stephen Dunstan0 CommentsEnvironment and Nature, Heritageheritage

In our monthly guide to what to look out for in the natural world locally, Stephen Dunstan hunts out rare birds to the Fylde Coast and says if we’re patient enough we might just spot some otter pups. Main image: curlew by Elizabeth Gomm July sees the first signs of the nature autumn in Blackpool and the Fylde as wading birds begin to head south. Common sandpipers appear on the estuaries, Shard Bridge can be a particularly favoured spot, but they will also turn up on Stanley Park and Blackpool Beach. When you are accustomed to their several note squeaky…

16 Mar

Theatre Review: Amy Johnson: Last Flight Out

Linda Hampton0 CommentsTheatre, Dance & PerformanceBlackpool, blackpool arts scene, heritage, performance, Theatre

Actor and writer Jenny Lockyer singlehandedly flew her audience through the fascinating story of the life of female aviator Amy Johnson with her one-woman show, Amy Johnson: Last Flight Out, at the Old Electric. Linda Hampton reviews and shares a fascinating local connection to the story. Amy Johnson: Last Flight Out celebrates this internationally famous woman pilot and her record-breaking solo flight from England to Australia in 1930. The play touches down on her early years as she discovered flying and went on to plan and execute her Australia flight in the face of huge physical and personal challenges. In…

05 Oct

Poetic License: Showcasing the work of local poets

Blackpool Social Club1 CommentLiterature & Spoken WordBlackpool, blackpool arts scene, heritage, literature, poet, poetry, writers, writing

To celebrate National Poetry Day, Blackpool Social Club launches Poetic License, a new series to bring you poetry about Blackpool and written by Blackpool poets It's National Poetry Day today, 5th October, and to mark the occasion BSC is bringing you some of the poetry that sprung from a place-inspired poetry writing workshop. As part of the Heritage Action Zone (HAZ) Cultural Programme, in July this year local writers came together at the new home of the community arts organisation Aunty Social on Topping Street, seeking their poetic muse in a workshop hosted by local writer and published author, Linda…

11 Jul

Blackpool Social Club Presents: Claire McGlasson in conversation

Blackpool Social Club1 CommentGuide, Literature & Spoken WordBlackpool, heritage, historical fiction, literature

Blackpool Libraries and Blackpool Social Club present author Claire McGlasson in conversation on 14th July. McGlasson will be discussing a historical novel about the disgraced Rector of Stiffkey and his Blackpool sideshows in the 1930s. Margaret Finch has just begun work in a position that relies on her discretion and powers of observation – documenting the behaviour of working-class holiday makers in Blackpool in the interwar period. Harold Davidson, the disgraced Rector of Stiffkey, is the subject of a national scandal and has also arrived in the seaside town to win over the masses by appearing in its famous sideshows.…

19 Apr

Theatre Preview: A Manchester Girlhood

Antonia Charlesworth0 CommentsHeritage, Theatre, Dance & Performancediaspora, heritage, jewish, manchester, romanian

Based on the lives of three Manchester Jewish women and their Romanian immigrant parents, A Manchester Girlhood gets a Blackpool showing this week as the play embarks on a short tour. Written and directed by Julia Pascal, the story is based on her own family heritage and begins in Bucharest 1910, as Esther Goldenberg has been forced to marry Emanuel Jacobs. “Esther is described as a ‘difficult girl’, which is a title that resonates with me,” says Rosie Yadid who plays her. “She wants more for herself than the life that is laid out for her but has no way…

04 Feb

Boldly exploring futuristic and heritage film at the Winter Gardens Film Festival this February

Blackpool Social Club0 CommentsFilm, HeritageBlackpool, community, entertainment, Film, film festival, filmmaking, heritage, Lancashire, performance, Vintage Film, Winter Gardens Film Festival

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Blackpool's very own film festival is back, having announced a programme of screenings, talks and workshops full of futuristic film and vintage delights. [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Following last year's comeback event, The Winter Gardens Film Festival returns to the iconic venue from the 11th to 12th February 2023 and will include its usual variety of classic and contemporary film. Main screenings will take place in the wonderful Opera House at the Winter Gardens. Built in 1939 as a cine-variety theatre, combining a super cinema with a world class stage for theatrical performance, the venue's capacity of just under 3000 makes it the…

24 Jul

Story Trails Made us See Blackpool Differently

Linda Hampton0 CommentsFilm, Heritage, Visual Arts & Exhibitionsart exhibition, artist, Augmented Reality, Blackpool, community, entertainment, Exhibition, Film, heritage, history, library, local history, photography, Place, Virtual Reality

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] When you visit Central Library in Blackpool you expect to step into different worlds through the medium of books. Last weekend it was more ‘if you go into the library today, you’re sure of a big surprise!’ as audiences entered the worlds of Virtual Reality (VR) and interactive Augmented Reality (AR). Story Trails is the UK’s largest immersive storytelling project and brings together the past, present and future using the latest technology. Through immersive cinema experience, 3D maps of Blackpool or a VR headset bringing to life BFI & BBC archives, there was much to choose from. Throughout the…