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Blackpool (UK Parliament constituency) Blackpool and Fleetwood Tramroad; Blackpool & Fylde Aero Club v Blackpool BC; Blackpool Electric Tramway Company; 1962 Blackpool North by-election; Blackpool shipwrecks; British NorthWest Airlines
Largest victory: 10–0 (v. Lanerossi Vicenza, Anglo-Italian Cup on 10 June 1972); Largest defeat: 1–10 (v. Small Heath, Division Two, on 2 March 1901 and v. Huddersfield Town, Division One, on 13 December 1930)
From 1904 to 1974, Blackpool was a county borough, independent from Lancashire County Council, whilst remaining part of the geographical county of Lancashire. [8] In 1974 Blackpool was reconstituted as a non-metropolitan district under the Local Government Act 1972. It kept the same boundaries, but became a lower tier district authority with ...
Bar 2012 and 2020, “Blackpool week” has been a Strictly staple since, creating some of the show’s most memorable moments, from Danny Mac and Oti Mabuse’s slick Charleston to “Puttin ...
This is a list of people from Blackpool. Blackpool is a seaside town and unitary authority in Lancashire , in the North West England . Academia and research
North Pier is the most northerly of the three coastal piers in Blackpool, England.Built in the 1860s, it is also the oldest and longest of the three. Although originally intended only as a promenade, competition forced the pier to widen its attractions to include theatres and bars.
Alderman Robert Butcher Mather, JP (1851 – 27 July 1933), was a prominent figure in Blackpool, Lancashire, England in the late 19th and early 20th century.He was a member of the town council for many years, serving as mayor in 1897–98, and is recognised as one of the driving forces behind Blackpool's development into a major tourist resort town.
The Battle of Blackpool Sands was the result of an attempted French raid on the port of Dartmouth, South Devon, England, in April [1] or May [2] 1404. Local forces defeated the raiders, taking a number of prisoners and killing the French commander, William du Chastel .