The takeover of the Blackpool Winter Gardens Company by the Tower Company in 1928 led to the removal of the wheel and the construction of the Olympia indoor amusement park and exhibition hall, which opened in 1930.
A report on these was completed by Dave Fellows and is available in the National Monuments Record in Swindon. During the current project, ... David Andrews has kindly provided the drawing of the Garrison Gate from rectified photographs.
Weston-super-Mare: J Whereat Anon 1901 Weston-super-Mare Illustrative and Descriptive: A Summer and Winter Resort. ... Weston-super-Mare: J Whereat Wills, Anthony and Phillips, Tim 2014 British Seaside Piers.
G. Hart, A History of Cheltenham (Gloucester: Alan Su on, 1981), p. 115 dates its discovery to 1718. 3 See this volume, p. 363. 4 T. Short, The Natural, Experimental, and Medicinal History of the Mineral Waters of Derbyshire, ...
This collection of aerial photographs, produced by Aerofilms Ltd mostly between 1920 and 1953, tells the story of England's seaside resorts as holiday destinations, but also as working towns, blessed with the sea as their backdrop.
Margate has an important place in the story of seaside holidays. It vies with Scarborough, Whitby and Brighton for the title of England's first seaside resort, and it was the first to offer sea-water baths to visitors.
Glitteringly illustrated throughout, the book celebrates the many and diverse aspects of the seafront's history, geography, character, function, and meaning.
25. A. Brodie and M. Whitfield, Blackpool's Seaside Heritage (Swindon: English Heritage, 2014), pp. 53ff. 26. Brodie and Winter, England's Seaside Resorts, pp. 15–7. 27. See Volume 4, p. 135. 28. See p. 121.
Brodie, A. and G. Winter, The English Seaside Resort (Swindon: English Heritage, 2007). Brodie, A. et al., Weymouth's Seaside Heritage (Swindon: English Heritage, 2008). Brodie, A. and M. Whitfield, Blackpool's Seaside Heritage ...
11 See this volume, p. 9. D. Defoe, A Tour Thro' The Whole Island Of Great Britain, 2 vols (London: Frank Cass & Co Ltd, 1968), vol. 1, p. 655. 12 Wi ie, Scarborough Spaw, pp. 46–50; R. Wi ie, Scarbrough-Spaw: or A Description of the ...
For most of us, the prison is an unfamiliar institution and life 'inside' is beyond our experience. However, more than 60,000 people now live in England's jails, some serving their...