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Little Bispham Boat Store

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The boat store was originally built as a car park for 90 cars in 1935, with access at either end - if you look carefully you can see where the other entrance once near an old concrete bench. Nov 2014 an open day was held , of course I had to pop down to capture what lay beneath before it was lost to progress. Glass skylights were here to let in the light ( and rain ! ) So much space , due to the constant flooding in later years was turned into an underground boat store. Blackpool based Fylde Boat Angling Club took over in the early 1970's The boat store is now filled in as part of the sea defence works at Anchorsholme, to remove any future chance of potential failure of the sea wall following the current £22m project to build a new one.