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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…