Blackpool History, Mystery, Heritage and Hauntings

Well at least the title got your attention !  Ahh road works, was in town today  and of course the camera came along   The following from the Blackpool Council website - As part of our work to improve Blackpool town centre to create a better and more attractive place and to extend the tramway to Blackpool North Station there will be a number of road works over the coming months.  Tramway construction The next phase of our work will see us start work on the construction of the tramway in April with small areas closed along Talbot Road.  and of course from Jane Littlewood and Live In Blackpool  https://liveblackpool.info/about/getting-here/roadworks-in-blackpool/ The tramway is being extended to the railway station, the town centre will be getting a new conference centre, a new IMAX cinema is also being built. There will be more places to shop and eat, new four and five star hotels and the look and feel of streets will be improved. mprovemen

Warton Hall Is situated in Lytham as is a Georgian Manor House (not open to the public but the gardens are ! ) set in 4 acre garden with Bluebell woodland walk, Bog Garden and Sculpture Trail. Japanese Water Garden and Dry Garden, and Gallery Courtyard. Creativity Classes in the Garden and Studio and Yoga under the 400 year old Weeping Hornbeam tree (book online) Art, plants and garden gifts for sale in the Conservatory. The Tearoom serves light refreshment including homemade cakes.  Well , why have I not visited before ! This place is stunning as are the cakes as well.. Kate Yates  ( BBFF and then some !! who was of course in her element with tree's and nature ! )   was also in attendance with me and wow - we had a brilliant time !  Now owned by Nicola & David Thompson - Warton Hall was once owned by Augustus Wykeham Clifton of the Clifton Family of Lytham Hall and in recent years the house and gardens have been renovated by the Thompson Family. In th

Goodbye to another building ! Council chiefs agreed in December that the Star Inn, on South Promenade, should be bulldozed to make way for a new £12m hotel on the site. Blackpool Pleasure Beach managing director Amanda Thompson revealed ambitious proposals to redevelop the land by building a 120-bedroom hotel to sit alongside the existing four-star Big Blue. A heritage report accompanying the application to pull down the Star describes the pub’s design as being “at odds” with the scale of surrounding buildings. It says the Star has “limited heritage merit” and the loss of the building will be outweighed by the value of the proposed replacement. Although the pub is a locally listed building, there was no objection to the demolition by Blackpool Council’s conservation officer, but a request has been made for a historical record to be made of the site prior to any work commencing. Read more at: https://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/news/business/demolition-of-well-known-bl