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Pendragon went on to acquire Evans Halshaw of Birmingham in February 1999. [4] After this, a further 32 franchised dealerships were bought from Lex Service PLC in March 2000. [7] In July 2000, Pendragon expanded into America, with their acquisition of Bauer Jaguar, the third largest Jaguar dealership in America. Throughout the remainder of 2000 ...
The council meets at Blackpool Town Hall on Talbot Square. [22] The building was completed in 1900. [23] The council's offices are split between the Municipal Buildings on Corporation Street, immediately adjoining the rear of the Town Hall, and One Bickerstaffe Square, a modern building near Blackpool North railway station, completed in 2014 ...
The Council Chamber. The building was commissioned to replace an 18th-century town hall located just to the south of the current structure close to the old St John's Market. [2] The new building, which was designed by Potts, Son and Hennings in the Jacobean style, was built on Talbot Square and completed in 1900. [1]
The town hall in Talbot Square was built 1895–1900 to a design by Potts, Son and Hennings. It is constructed from brick with stone dressings and slate roofs in the Jacobean style. Its façade is symmetrical, with five bays and terminating Dutch gables. The building has a U-shaped plan with a central square clock tower of two stages.
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.
It is located within the Winter Gardens, a large entertainment complex in the town centre. [1] As part of the Winter Gardens, the ballroom is a Grade II* Listed Building. [2] It is operated by Crown Leisure Ltd, on behalf of Blackpool Council, who purchased the property from Leisure Parcs Ltd as part of a £40 million deal in 2010. [3]
The 13-mile (21 km) Clifton to Blackpool section of the A583 was formerly a privately owned toll road owned by the Clifton and De Hoghton estates. The tolls were abolished in 1902, when it became a main road as a result of an agreement made by Lancashire County Council and Fylde Rural District three years earlier which also saw the construction of new sections of road at Clifton and Blackpool.
Blackpool Borough Council (which styles itself "Blackpool Council") is the local authority for the unitary authority of Blackpool in Lancashire, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2023, 42 councillors have been elected from 21 wards .