Blackpool History, Mystery, Heritage and Hauntings

Following on from my last post on the works going on in town - have a gander to bring yourself up to speed... https://juliettegregsonheritagephotographer.blogspot.com/2018/05/tram-tracks-toilets.html and of course   https://juliettegregsonheritagephotographer.blogspot.com/2018/12/tram-tracks-toilets-updated-part-two.html Was meeting a friend in town so thought what a good change to get some more updated shots of our changing town...

It looks like work on the North Station extension will indeed resume next April. Council documents have confirmed that Wilko's lease expires then, so demolition will happen regardless of whether a new site for them is ready (presumably they will move to a temporary location). The full schedule looks like this: April 2020: demolition and start of works. March 2021: trams start run to a temporary terminus located where entrance to Wilko is now. First quarter of 2022: trams start to run to the final terminus next to the new underpass. Time to finally get this done so other projects are progressed in due course. and more ... I was in Town yesterday and on the roof taking shots of course - when I asked the chap who was running the car park he said March of next year -  also he would have to look for a new job. 

Regeneration specialist Muse is inviting bids to build a 142-bed hotel in Blackpool’s central business district. The Holiday Inn hotel, which will be located on the site of the current Wilkinson’s building adjacent to Blackpool North railway station, forms part of the second phase of Muse Developments’ and Blackpool Council’s £100m Talbot Gateway regeneration scheme.   The five-storey building will feature a restaurant, bar, conferencing facilities and ground floor shops. A temporary 127-space surface level car park and access improvements connecting the proposed new tram station and the railway station, also form part of the plans. The works require the demolition of the existing Wilko’s retail store currently occupying the site. Shortlisted firms will be invited to submit tenders in September with a view to work starting in Spring 2020. s a local authority Blackpool Council can’t just dig up the roads and build a tramway. An application f...

On one of my facebook groups I posted the below image - many hours later and clues a member did indeed guess where this was.  Old bridge road is in Marton ( google map it ) Just in case your thinking ok what is the road above , its Yeadon way , which in former times was the train track towards Central train station.  Having lived in Marton as a child , spent time around this area, just sat watching the world go by, I remember before Booths was built and the housing estate, horses were kept in the nearby field.  Through the tunnel if you continue to walk , you will come out at 'rough heys lane' From the gazette some rather interesting information about the houses in the area ! - http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/news/local/the-station-that-moved-1-402420 Marton green landscape - lets hope it stays that way .... New houses being built near the tunnel - who knows in years to come someone may ask me do you have a photograph of... !