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As there was no direct heir to the estate, Bertram left the earldom and Alton Towers to a younger son of The 14th Duke of Norfolk but this was contested by Henry, 18th Earl of Shrewsbury, of Ingestre Hall, a distant cousin of the late 17th earl, who filed a legal writ to determine lawful ownership of Alton Towers. As the contents of the house ...
In 1979, John Broome, one of the then directors of Alton Towers, wanted to make the Towers and Gardens into a new style of leisure attraction. [2] On 4 April 1980; 44 years ago (), Corkscrew opened [1] to a crowd of 30,000. It became the main attraction of the park, and led to attendance numbers doubling from 500,000 in 1979, to over 1,000,000 ...
The park also confirmed that the Alton Towers Dungeon would not return in 2025. Commenting on the decision to close the rides, Alton Towers said: “Evaluating our line-up of attractions is an ...
Alton Towers Resort (UK: / ˈ ɒ l t ən / ⓘ OL-tən) (often shortened to Alton Towers) is a theme park and resort complex in Staffordshire, England, near the village of Alton. [4] The park is operated by Merlin Entertainments Group and incorporates a theme park , water park , mini golf and hotel complex .
The tower was built in 1995 to commemorate the city's bicentennial year, 1996, [6] and is located at the end of State Street on Dobbins Landing.. This historic structure is 187 feet (57 m) tall and has two observation decks.
Erie, [a] officially the City of Erie, is a city on the south shore of Lake Erie and the county seat of Erie County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is the fifth-most populous city in Pennsylvania and the most populous in Northwestern Pennsylvania with a population of 94,831 at the 2020 census .
In 1989, it emerged that he was the joint owner of the Alton Towers theme park and a leisure venture at Battersea Power Station after he formed a joint venture, Alton International, with John Broome of Alton Group. Broome was struggling to complete the Battersea project. [1] He became bankrupt during the 1990s property crash.