museum Archives - Blackpool Social Club

12 Apr

New Langdale Photographers visit Showtown Museum

Blackpool Social Club0 CommentsHeritagemuseum, showtown

A group of diverse photographers from Blackpool headed to the new Showtown Museum. Here they tell us what they made of it. [vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The New Langdale Photographers are a group of diverse photographers who have been established for nine years. Most recently we have been exploring the architecture of Blackpool borough Architect JC Robinson whose work was prolific through the 1920s to 40s. Our group is as much about exploration and a social experience as it is about photography. A couple of Thursdays ago we visited the new Blackpool Showtown Museum.[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image="47359" img_size="large"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]We arrived early doors at the museum accompanied by…

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,…

Blackpool Museum On Track with Extra Funding

David Simper0 CommentsHeritage, Local NewsBlackpool, funding, heritage, library, local history, museum

A long held ambition, Blackpool's museum attraction project has now gained the funding that will make it happen. Congratulations to the team that has worked so hard for this. Now a state of the art facility will bring the resort's distinguished history to life for both valued visitors and local people. It seems almost strange that when so much has happened here and Blackpool has meant so much to so many people, there has been no museum before. This development will be a welcome boost to the resort's regeneration programme, complementing the new conference centre, tramway extension, rejuvenated public realm, new…