How did Blackpool become popular?
Chanel Morar
2025-05-03 15:20:17
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Initially, private roads brought wealthy visitors in from 1781, before a road from Manchester was also built in 1782. In 1846, the railway opened which made it easier for people in the North of England to get to Blackpool. In 1800, bathing in the North Sea became popular as a ‘tonic’. In 1870, Blackpool became more popular for poorer people because government brought in annual holidays for workers, and it was cheaper to stay in the UK. In 1881, donkey rides on the beach, trams, pubs, theatres and fish & chip shops all started. Paid holidays were introduced, making holidays to Blackpool even more affordable. The Central Pier opened in 1868. Blackpool Tower opened in 1894 and the Fairground opened 1905.
Tabitha Roberts
2025-05-03 13:11:43
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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. Indeed, in the 1950s, Blackpool central railway station was the busiest in the world although the advent and increased use of motor vehicles and improved road connections resulted in the closure of this transport hub in the late 1960s.
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