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05 Oct

Funding boost for Fleetwood’s historic town centre

Blackpool Social Club0 CommentsHeritage, Local Newsfleetwood, funding, heritage, history, town centre

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Fleetwood’s historic high street is one of 14 across the North West set to receive funding for its revitalisation project. The high street project will improve historic shop fronts and draw visitors from the market to the town centre Wyre Council and a consortium of partners will work with Historic England to develop and deliver a plan that will transform and restore disused and dilapidated buildings into new homes, shops, work places and community spaces, restoring local historic character and improving public spaces. Government funding of £1,792,362 has been confirmed and the project fully worked up for Fleetwood high street,…

28 Jun

Capsule to Capture Creative Lockdown Memories for Showtown Museum

Louise Ashcroft0 CommentsHeritage, Local News, Opportunitiesarts, Blackpool, community, creative, history, local history, lockdown, museum, schools, showtown, Tik Tok, time capsule

The new museum is working with Blackpool Schools to create a time capsule filled with lockdown memories. This current pandemic is the first time in the entire history of Blackpool where the whole resort has paused. It’s the first time that every attraction has been closed at the same time. The beaches, promenade, cafes and shops are empty. To capture this unique (hopefully soon to be over) moment in history, Blackpool’s first side-tickling, eye-popping, toe-tapping, mind-boggling museum of fun and entertainment, Showtown, is helping inject a sense of community across the town, by working with teachers from 48 Blackpool schools,…

24 Sep

Blackpool’s Hidden History At Raikes Hall

David Simper0 CommentsHeritage, Visual Arts & ExhibitionsBlackpool, hall, heritage, history, jewel, lost, raikes

I was previously aware of the Raikes Hall and the Royal Palace Gardens history, but this event delivered by the Blackpool Conservation Office, Blackpool Museum, Heritage Blackpool, the Belle Vue Strawberry Gardens Group and the Regent Cinema filled in all the gaps. This was a free historical exhibition presented over the 14th and 15th September 2018 at the Raikes Hall itself. This building, now a public house, and its fine bowling green (I cycle past it most mornings) is the only part of the former leisure complex remaining. Initially built in open land, the hall was constructed in 1750 for…

13 Sep

Blackpool’s Great Wheel Discovery Day

Clancy0 CommentsHeritagebig wheel, collections, heritage, history, libraries, local history

Blackpool’s Local and Family History Centre is showcasing a pottery souvenir of the famous Great Wheel attraction as part of a Lancashire wide object trail. The History of Lancashire in 70 objects project will mark the 70th anniversary of the Lancashire Life magazine. It has been curated by the people of Lancashire with their chosen objects displayed in various public spaces across the county. The Great Wheel souvenir will be on display in the Local and Family History Centre, first floor of Blackpool Central Library until the 2 December 2017. The Great Wheel was a famous Blackpool attraction and Lancashire landmark…