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The Visitor is a weekly paid-for newspaper published in Morecambe, Lancashire, England. It covers Morecambe and the surrounding district including Overton , Middleton, Heysham , Slyne , Hest Bank , Bolton-le-Sands and Carnforth .
The stadium's opening game was instead against Coventry City for Morecambe's League Cup first-round tie on 10 August, [12] in which Morecambe marked the occasion by beating their Championship opponents 2–0, with Andy Fleming scoring the first two goals at the stadium. [13] The first league game at the Globe Arena was a 0–0 draw with ...
Frontierland originally operated as West End Amusement Park, Fun City and Morecambe Pleasure Park from 1906 to 1986 before being transformed into Frontierland for the 1987 season, in an attempt to defeat dwindling visitor numbers. In 2000, Frontierland was officially closed down by Geoffrey Thompson, managing director of Blackpool Pleasure Beach.
Morecambe and the neighbouring village of Heysham are the setting of the Cthulhu Mythos novel The Weird Shadow over Morecambe, published by the writer Edmund Glasby in 2014. [48] The title of the book is a reference to H.P. Lovecraft 's story " The Shadow over Innsmouth ", which is also set in a seaside town.
Christie Park was the home of Morecambe FC, located on the corner of Christie Avenue and Lancaster Road in Morecambe, Lancashire, England. Christie Park had a capacity of approximately 6,400. [1] It comprised three covered stands and one uncovered stand. The only seated stand (the Main Stand) ran along the length of the pitch on one side.
Morecambe and Heysham was a municipal borough in Lancashire, England. It was formed in 1928 by the merging of Morecambe Municipal Borough and Heysham Urban District, and abolished in 1974 when it was absorbed into the City of Lancaster local government district. [1] [2] [3] In 1961 it had a population of 40,228. [4]
The sculpture seen in 2023, showing the repairs made with gold leaf The sculpture, seen in 2007. Love, The Most Beautiful Of Absolute Disasters, popularly known as Venus and Cupid is a sculpture by Shane A. Johnstone which stands on a slight promontory beside Morecambe Bay on the eastern approach to Morecambe, Lancashire, England.
Morecambe Visitor and Heysham Chronicle: Obituaries 1914-198 War Morecambe and Heysham War Memorial - photo and map 54°04′21″N 2°52′21″W / 54.07261°N 2.87244°W / 54.07261; -2