Description
Book SynopsisBlackpool is Britain’s favourite seaside resort. Each year millions of visitors come to walk on its three piers, ride donkeys, enjoy shows at the Winter Gardens, scream on the thrilling rides at the Pleasure Beach and ride the lift to the top of the Tower. Generations of holidaymakers have stayed in its hotels, lodging houses and bed and breakfasts and all have succumbed to its delectable fish and chips.
Two centuries of tourism has left behind a rich heritage, but Blackpool has also inherited a legacy of social and economic problems, as well as the need for comprehensive new sea defences to protect the heart of the town. In recent years this has led to the transformation of its seafront and to regeneration programmes to try to improve the town, for its visitors and residents.
This book celebrates Blackpool’s rich heritage and examines how its colourful past is playing a key part in guaranteeing that it has a bright future.
Trade ReviewBlackpool's Seaside Heritage is eye-catchingly presented with high quality photographs (historic and contemporary), maps, illustrations, and a gazetteer of sites which make the book accessible and engaging. -- Anna Woodham * The Historic Environment, Vol 5, No 3, November 2014 *
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements
Foreword by the Chair of English Heritage
Introduction
Early Blackpool 1750-1840
The arrival of the railway 1840-1870
Blackpool after 1918
Blackpool in the early 21st century
Notes
References and selected further reading
Other titles in the Informed Conservation series
Gazetteer
