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Blackpool is a seaside resort 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.
Whitehead and Son. The Empress Ballroom is an entertainment venue in Blackpool, Lancashire, England. 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 ...
Blackpool was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Blackpool in Lancashire. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The constituency was created for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1945 general election, when it was replaced by the new Blackpool ...
Blackpool F.C., the town's professional football club, had its home at the athletic grounds on the same site between 1897 and 1899, prior to moving to its current Bloomfield Road address. [50] Blackpool, Wyre and Fylde Athletic Club has a club house at the track. They offer training and competitions in track and field, cross country, and road ...
Bert Hardy. Hardy on assignment, February 1941 with Contax II 35 mm rangefinder camera. Albert William Thomas Hardy[1] (19 May 1913 – 3 July 1995) [2] was an English documentary and press photographer known for his work published in the Picture Post magazine between 1941 and 1957.
Reginald Herbert Dixon, MBE, ARCM (16 October 1904 – 9 May 1985) was an English theatre organist who was primarily known for his position as organist at the Tower Ballroom, Blackpool, a position he held from March 1930 until March 1970. He made and sold more recordings than any other organist before him, or since.
Party conference season. In the United Kingdom the party conference season is a period of three weeks during September and October of each year, whilst the House of Commons is in recess, in which the annual political party conferences are held. The Conservative Party conference, Labour Party conference and the twice-per-year Liberal Democrat ...
For two-and-a-half years beginning in October 2010 Wallace made 30 trips to Blackpool to complete his first book Stags, Hens & Bunnies: A Blackpool Story (2014), [4] [2] photographs of the stag and hen parties that visit the town, [7] "lads and lasses on their worst behaviour, partying away in a bawdy sea of L-plates, handcuffs, blow-up dolls ...