Blackpool History, Mystery, Heritage and Hauntings

Poolfoot farm has now long gone , but Poolfoot Cottage ( 1675 ) is still on the corner of Crabtree road. http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101281132-poolfoot-cottage-wyre   for the link to the British Listed Buildings Website ! Grade 2 listed -  Pair of cottages, probably C18 or earlier, now bungalow. Cobble walls, rendered and whitewashed, formerly thatched and now covered with slate. On the front however is a more modern porch. Map provided by Brian Hughes Below kindly provided by Andy Ball from the excellent sister site on facebook - https://www.facebook.com/groups/ThorntonCleveleysPast/ Would love to know who lives there now - Just so I could say - would a lovely place that you live in !  ( in case your wondering why the watermark ( now 2020 update ) I am rather upset that people steal and use my photos without the credit - sorry )

UFO -  first thing I think of or rather hear is the music from the 1970 British television science fiction series about an alien invasion of Earth. It was created by Gerry & Sylvia Anderson, loved the music - very funky and the outfits and purple wigs!  In my youth I attended with fellow friends sky watches with a brilliant group - Lapis  https://www.facebook.com/groups/74153407108/ Below the location - Warbreck Water Tower, Blackpool  - we would all visit on a Saturday night,  (now in 2017 a housing estate)  clear skies, laughter and ale were the order of the evening, theories were discussed, debated , bonfires were made, education was shared. Potted history taken from the group - LAPIS - Lancashire Anomalous Phenomena Investigation Society – is based in Blackpool, and was founded in the mid 1980s by Joseph & June Dormer who were among the leading UK investigators at the time and has been involved with many exciting cases over the years, some of which ha