Blackpool History, Mystery, Heritage and Hauntings

I was asked tonight would I like to come and take some pictures of an old church ..by my  friend Will Ritchie and owner of  https://thebplbible.co.uk/ Little did I know this would be a surprise with a fantastic old church, ITV television and Bobby Ball !! Mark was inspired to set up Amazing Graze in 2012 after turning his life around from a background of drink, drugs and petty crime. Within three months, the Christian goodwill group was serving food and preaching gospel to more than 300 rough sleepers per week. They used to meet every Friday and Saturday night at their headquarters on Boothley Road, where they serve up more than 20,000 hearty plates of food to Blackpool’s poorest and most disenfranchised residents.  All of the group’s volunteers are trained in health and social care and first aid, and are dedicated to supporting homeless people with drug and alcohol problems through every step of their recovery. According to Mark, there are a number of fact...

Making Blackpool Better – town centre improvement works ! January update Promenade closure The re-opening of Blackpool Promenade around North Pier has been put back to allow for snagging works to be carried out on roadworks associated with the new tramway extension. The stretch of road between West Street and Queens Square was due to reopen on Monday 21 January but will now remain closed until the end of February. The delay does not affect the completion date of all other roadworks associated with the tramway extension. Talbot Road works The works on Talbot Road between the Promenade and Dickson Road are on schedule for completion by the end of the February 2019. The junction of Abingdon Street and Talbot Road remains open. Signed diversion routes remain in place and there is pedestrian access to all businesses which are open as usual. Traffic can leave the Promenade at Church Street to access West Street car park. Blackpool Council , We apologise for any inconvenien...

Taken in 2018 ( in better weather !! )  Guess the locations !! 

A visit to Blackpool Tower this time in 2013 

Fylde Farm School (Approved) at Normoss farm opened, run by the Manchester and Salford Society for the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders. Th e school had been started in 1854 as an industrial school. Plans to build a new housing development and holiday village on the site of the former Fylde farm school, Normoss Road, have been passed by Wyre planners. The development plan, which includes 162 new homes, holiday accommodation, offices, education and conference facilities, a fishing lodge, swimming pool, gym and a large country park, was given the go ahead at the meeting yesterday. The proposal was submitted by Lytham-based Kensington Developments. The holiday village, including a country park, lakes and accommodation will be used by the Kensington Foundation, a Blackpool-based charity which promotes the relief of homelessness and poverty and provides holidays for families of children with terminal illness. It will mean staff and children at Emmanuel Christian School, wh...

Views from one of my visits to the Blackpool Tower in 2011