The Coming of the Railways put Blackpool on the map. In the early years travel to Blackpool involved much discomfort, taking two days for the journey from Yorkshire and a day from Manchester.The situation was transformed in 1840 when the Preston and Wyre Railway was built to serve Sir Peter Hesketh Fleetwood’s proposed elegant port and watering place at the mouth of the Wyre. However, the development of Fleetwood soon ground to a halt through lack of capital, and the railway, on the verge of collapse was only saved by cheap excursion trains from industrial Lancashire — many trippers travelled to Blackpool from Poulton station by horse-bus or wagonette. The railway reached Blackpool with the opening of Talbot Road station on the 29th April 1846. Pictures show the Blackpool South line still in use today connecting Preston to Blackpool south via St..Annes Moss Side and Kirkham also a shot from the top of the Tower showing the old Blackpool Central Station now the site of coral Island and central car park. Pictures used with kind permission from facebook/BlackpoolMemories
Posted on: Mon, 08 Sep 2014 10:44:17 +0000
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