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South Shore has two railway stations – Squires Gate and Blackpool South. South Shore railway station on Lytham Road, was the area's first station in 1863. [80] Burlington Road Halt also served the area from 1913 to 1939, [81] replaced by Blackpool Pleasure Beach railway station [82] on the same site in 1987.
The Borough of Blackpool is a unitary authority area with borough status in the ceremonial county of Lancashire, North West England.It is named after the seaside town of Blackpool but covers a wider area which includes Anchorsholme, Bispham, Layton, Marton and Squires Gate, as well as the suburbs of Grange Park, North Shore, South Shore and Starr Gate.
Leonard Thompson (9 September 1902 – 1 February 1976) was a British businessman who was the managing director and owner of Blackpool Pleasure Beach. He rose to his position in 1929 after the death of his wife's father, William Bean.
The Farmers Arms, in Muker, had been on the market for two years before it was bought by the Muker Community Benefit Society. More than 500 shareholders - including Mr Sunak - helped raise over £ ...
Farmer's Table, an upscale farm-to-table restaurant at North Palm Beach Country Club, has struggled to attract customers since the COVID-19 pandemic.
Pleasure Beach Resort, formerly known as Blackpool Pleasure Beach, is an amusement park situated on Blackpool's South Shore, in the county of Lancashire, North West England. The park was founded in 1896 by A. W. G. Bean and his partner John Outhwaite. The current managing director is Amanda Thompson. [1]
Blackpool Pleasure Beach railway station serves the Pleasure Beach Resort theme park in Blackpool, England. It is the penultimate station before Blackpool South on the Blackpool South to Colne line. Pleasure Beach Station is located about 300 metres (980 ft) from Burlington Road West tram stop on the Blackpool Tramway.
One of the Golden Mile's key features until the 1960s would become sideshows. [3] In 1889 The Gazette wrote: “If the front land is covered with howling cheap-jacks, swindling catchpenny trickeries etc., while the shops behind are let for two-headed giantesses, fat women, penny-in-the-slot indecencies etc., then what a disreputable pandemonium will Central Beach eventually become!” [1]