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The Miners' Convalescent Home was a convalescent home for miners in the seaside resort of Blackpool, Lancashire, England. It was built 1925–27 for Lancashire and Cheshire miners and was opened by Edward, Prince of Wales. [1] [2] In 1995, English Heritage designated the home a Grade II listed building. [3]
The HPI concentrates on the deprivation in the three essential elements of human life already reflected in the HDI: longevity, knowledge and a decent standard of living. The HPI is derived separately for developing countries (HPI-1) and a group of select high-income OECD countries (HPI-2) to better reflect socio-economic differences and also ...
Grange Park is a council-built estate in Blackpool, Lancashire, England. It consists of about 1,800 dwellings mostly 1940s and 1970s housing, [ 1 ] with a population of over 6,000. [ 2 ] It is one of the largest council estates in Lancashire, and for many years suffered from serious social disorder with a reputation within the town for crime ...
[1] [2] In the 14th century, present-day Spain was composed of the crowns of Aragon and Castile, the Kingdom of Navarre, and the Emirate of Granada. In the countries on the Iberian Peninsula , the Black Death is well-documented and researched in Navarre and particularly in Aragon (recorded in the chronicle of Peter IV ), but less documented in ...
Pages in category "History of Blackpool" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9.
As the BBC’s dance competition returns to the Tower Ballroom, Isobel Lewis explores the town’s dance history, and how ‘Blackpool Week’ became a ‘Strictly’ institution
Blackpool is a seaside town in Lancashire, England.It is located on the Irish Sea coast of the Fylde peninsula, approximately 27 miles (43 km) north of Liverpool and 14 miles (23 km) west of Preston.
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]