Last week there was a rumble about the supposed “priceless” ceiling of the Tower Ballroom which apparently is under threat from water damage from the “hydrodemolition” work being done on the Tower by Cumbrian civil engineers MP Marine.
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On Thursday last week the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government confirmed that the Government’s financial input into the council’s acquisition of Blackpool Tower and Winter Gardens was not going to be withdrawn. Robert Neill put it bluntly;
Read more on Roof could collapse on Tower deal says Marsden…
On Wednesday this week it was decided by Blackpool Council to put forward an expression of interest in becoming a World Heritage Site alongside wonders such as the Great Wall of China and the Great Barrier Reef.
Not the most thrilling topic I grant you, but I noticed something on Devonshire Road that probably isn’t new but that I was quite pleased to see and wondered why I haven’t seen it in more locations.
Blackpool Council has appointed Right Solution as development consultants for the Winter Gardens in order to help develop facilities to challenge big cities for conference business.
They are tasked with finding out what potential conference clients want and “making it so”.
I was asked by regular reader and keen rollerblader Jamesh to look into the specifics of the forthcoming developments on the St. Chad’s and Waterloo headlands, in particular the skate park on the Waterloo side.
Read more on St. Chad’s/Waterloo headland skate park update…
Steven Bate’s latest broadcast provides an excellent, fact-packed summary of the mire of Blackpool, its recent trials and tribulations under Leisure Parcs and the impact of Merlin Entertainments Group.
It’s rather excellent if I do say so myself. Click here to listen in another window.
Read more on Fylde Community Radio: Why Government had to save Blackpool…
There’s a group on Facebook started by the former resident DJ of the Syndicate, Jason “Fubar” Barr, who says he will reveal by August – or if 10,000 people join his Facebook group – the location of an all-new 8500 capacity Multi Purpose Venue in Blackpool.
Read more on New 8500 person Multi Purpose Venue – April Fools?…
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