Blackpool History, Mystery, Heritage and Hauntings

 You may remember my blog from last year ... https://juliettegregsonheritagephotographer.blogspot.com/2019/03/devonshire-road-hospital-soon-to-be.html New site found for Blackpool Magistrates Court unlocking land for vital investment Proposals have been revealed to relocate Blackpool Magistrates Court to the site of the former Devonshire Road Hospital paving the way for development of a £300m new tourist attraction in the heart of the resort. Town hall chiefs have revealed they are in talks to buy the site which has been chosen out of eight potential new locations for the courthouse. Costs are being kept under wraps while negotiations are underway, but the deal would solve the need to move the court building to enable delivery of the Blackpool Central development. The first two phases of investment in Blackpool Central include the UK’s first flying theatre, multi-media exhibition space and a 150-bedroom hotel as well as enabling work to build a 1,

Image drawn by Brian Hughes Devonshire Road was a community hospital that offered both inpatient and outpatient facilities to residents of Blackpool and its surrounding areas. The hospital housed the Fylde Coast's Dermatology Services and had a Renal Dialysis Unit, a Rehabilitation Ward, Dermatology Ward and a Clinical Skills Laboratory on site. 1891 Blackpool Isolation Hospital was opened on Devonshire Road on the 7 th of July. This original sanatorium, behind the cemetery, was demolished in 1906 after being kept briefly for smallpox isolation. The new hospital was formally opened on the 26 th of March on the opposite corner of Devonshire Road and Talbot Road. Still called Blackpool Sanatorium, it soon became known as Devonshire Road Infectious Diseases Hospital until 1954; locals knew it as “The Fever Hospital”. The hospital was finally demolished in 2007. As some of you know I run the popular group  https://www.facebook.com/groups/blackpoolspast/ wh