How has Blackpool changed over the years?
Sibyl Mueller
2025-06-05 10:25:11
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The Blackpool Tower has stood tall over the Fylde Coast for 130 years. Built in 1894, The Blackpool Tower is one of the most iconic buildings in the UK and one of Britain’s best-loved landmarks. The Blackpool Tower Circus first opened to the public on 14 May 1894 and has not missed a season since. The present interior was designed by Frank Matcham and was completed in 1900. Step into the sensationally stylish Blackpool Tower Ballroom and prepare to be lost in a world of elegant charm and refined beauty. Dating back to 1894, The Blackpool Tower Ballroom is world-famous for its unique sprung dance floor and spectacular architecture and remains to this day a destination for dance fans from across the globe. On 14th May 1894 The Blackpool Tower opened to the world, with Sir John Bickerstaffe, a former mayor of Blackpool at the helm. With a building full of attractions at its base, The Blackpool Tower was soon coined as ‘Wonderland of the World’! It houses five amazing attractions, perfect for a fun-packed day for all to enjoy.
Shea Dickinson
2025-05-29 10:42:13
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All through the town we have got development taking place, and things being renewed and revived, which is good for Blackpool.
Many of the schemes are not particularly glamorous, such as filling in pot-holes, yet they are essential to the smooth operation of the town.
Some work has been necessary to replace engineering systems that are over 80 years old.
It has also meant rarely a year has gone by without some kind of disruption, with key roads closed, tram services suspended, and parts of the seafront off-limits for some periods of time.
But a list of 10 key infrastructure projects completed since 2010 indicates just how much change Blackpool has seen in recent years.
The £100m central sea defences and Promenade with six headlands was finished in 2010 although further work to resurface areas of the new seafront was carried out later.
The £100m upgrade of the tramway was completed in 2012 with the new service launching at Easter that year with 16 modern Flexity trams.
The £11m bridge repair programme began in 2015 and was completed in August 2018.
Some bridges were more than 80 years old and in urgent need of attention.
Princess Street, Squires Gate, Harrowside, Crossley’s Bridge and Devonshire Road Bridge are among the structures which have been repaired.
More work is scheduled for Yeadon Way while Talbot Road has been dug up to extend the tramway to Blackpool North station.
And there is still plenty to be done.
Name Christiansen
2025-05-23 09:50:28
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Blackpool is an iconic tourist resort whose coastal location is the main reason for its initial development as a tourist resort. In the 2011 censes its population was registered at 142,064, a decrease of around 200 people on year 2001. Like many other British Holiday resorts Blackpool suffered a decline in tourist numbers. This was because foreign travel to the Mediterranean grew in popularity in the 1960s and 70s with its more reliable hot sunny and dry weather, and sandy beaches. The expansion of package holidays and cheaper flights, plus more competing destinations, also contributed to the decline. The growth of budget airlines and cheaper accommodation from the 1990s onwards, and people changing to self-catering and buying time shares or holiday homes abroad, further affected Blackpool's tourist industry. Overcrowding in Blackpool and a shift in the market to late night drinking, stag and hen parties also played a role. To combat this decline Blackpool launched a £300 million regeneration project in 2000 and launched a failed bid for a super casino. More recent projects to improve the town for visitors include Brilliance, a town centre lighting scheme, and the redevelopment of St John’s Square and Houndshill Shopping Centre. The sea defences had been damaged in Blackpool and have been replaced with 'Spanish steps' leading down to the sea that will protect the coastline and increase public access to the seafront.
Jayden Rutherford
2025-05-11 11:52:59
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Many people of a certain age will agree, holidaying in Blackpool was once the highlight of any childhood summer. One of the resort's biggest attractions is, of course, the stretch of promenade between the north and south piers we all know as the Golden Mile. During the late 19th century, the Golden Mile emerged as small-scale amusement ride proprietors, fortune-tellers, and oyster bars all vied for the opportunity to attract passing customers by setting up in front of boarding houses. It later received its Golden Mile moniker partly due to the amount of slot machines that began to dominate the stretch. Of course, even in a traditional seaside resort like Blackpool, the attractions that draw people to the place change with the times. From tram rides and piers crowded with deckchairs to the amusements and fish and chip shops, photos taken between 1950 and 2000 capture the changes to Blackpool's glorious Golden Mile.
Tyree Gaylord
2025-05-04 13:31:33
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Before the advent of mass tourism, Blackpool was little more than a seaside village with a population numbering little more than a couple of hundred. This all changed however in the wake of the start of the industrial revolution, workers from the big industrial centres of Lancashire such as Manchester, Burnley, Blackburn, Bolton and Preston using the new railways to travel to the seaside. This allowed Blackpool to prosper and within a couple of decades the small village had been completely transformed into something resembling the busy town that it is today. Hotels sprang up to cater for the increased number of holidaymakers visiting the town and the railway station was expanded so that it could cope with the greater demands placed upon it. The increased availability and affordability of foreign holidays hit Blackpool hard in the 1970s and 1980s, however the resort has hit back and has enjoyed a big growth in visitor numbers over the past few years. Today, Blackpool offers something for everyone with some excellent attractions, hotels and restaurants as well as some hugely popular events throughout the year.
Antonio Lemke
2025-04-25 12:04:08
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These vintage pictures reflect Blackpool back to the last century and beyond. They are mainly street scenes and buildings, some still standing whilst others are long gone. But they give us an idea of how Blackpool looked in past times through the streets which are still so familiar. The new road layout at Oxford Square had just been completed when this photograph was taken in December 1967. Topping Street, Blackpool, pictured from Church Street in 1934. Looking north along Whitegate Drive in 1890. Bispham Village in 1962 looking west along Red Bank Road from All Hallows Road with the Old England pub on the extreme left. Parks department workers in Beechfield Avenue are cutting back the trees to encourage new growth.
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