Blackpool History, Mystery, Heritage and Hauntings

From the fab *Phil Barker* Collection a selection of Fleetwood related postcards and photographs  How super does this look ! I would think by the design round about the 1920's/30's.  Ohh ! Pay heed !  The 'Fleetwood to Knott End' Ferry - the following link is for more information about the history if you wish to read !  http://www.simplonpc.co.uk/FleetwoodFerries.html From April 2017 onwards the following was posted on facebook - Dear customers we regret to inform you that from the 1st April 2017 all adults will be £2 each way this includes over 65 with passes, £2 children, £1 babies, 50p bikes, 50p dogs . IMPORTANT NOTICE Summer time running times every 30 minutes on the quarter too and quarter past the hour The tender will not be sorted till after the election in May both Conservative and Labour are saving the Ferry . What made me very happy to read was the following -

Talbot Gateway had the following *blurb* advertised before it was built .... 159,972 sq m of mixed-use development 10 hectares of brownfield land developed £218m of private sector funding levered 2471 jobs created or safeguarded new urban district with a strong civic core; vibrant gateway for residents, workers and visitors arriving by car, bus, tram, and train; improved integration with the existing urban fabric; busy and secure external environment with active street frontages; mix of complementary uses that will grow employment in the town centre and increase daytime and evening footfall; pedestrian friendly environment incorporating sharedsurfaces;