Blackpool in 50 Buildings

by Chris Bottomley and Allan Wood

Although Blackpool is not an old town, it has a wealth of fascinating buildings that represent its growth from a small village on the Lancashire coast to a centre for tourism. Visitors from nearby Liverpool and Manchester came by stagecoach in the eighteenth century but when the railways were built in the 1840s large numbers of holidaymakers were transported to the town and the population grew rapidly to cater for them. The famous promenade was developed,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1445699389
• ISBN13: 9781445699387
• Release Date: November 2022
• Publisher: Amberley Publishing
• Length: 96 Pages