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Hodgson School Opens Its Doors to a New GenerationUpdated
The Sycamores Home of Sir William HodgsonUpdated
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Samuel Lomas Keeps Time for PoultonUpdated
The Cod Wars Change Fleetwood Forever
The History of Blackpool Postcards
Disney Store Closes at Houndshill
Frankie & Benny’s Closes on Rigby Road
St John’s Churchyard Graves Moved to Layton Cemetery
Cocker Street Baths Open in Blackpool
Heaven & Hell Opens on Blackpool Promenade
The Palace Nightclub Transformed Blackpool’s Nightlife
Blackpool Trains the RAF’s Women Photographers
Poulton Auction Mart Becomes the Heart of the Fylde Farming Community
Poulton Library Opens a New Chapter for the Town
Farriers Cottage Preserves Poulton’s Equestrian Heritage
Skippool From Historic Shipbuilding to a Modern Boating Community
Ball Street’s Historic Houses Make Way for a New Poulton
Poulton Savings Bank Encourages a New Culture of Saving
Crave Pie Shop operates where Longs Booksellers and The Plough stood
James Baines Leaves an Educational Legacy Across the Fylde
Wesleyan Chapel Establishes Methodism in Poulton – Plaque at Poulton Dry Cleaning Centre
Sir Alexander Rigby Builds His Poulton Town House – Plaque at Stocks and Shillings
United Reformed Church Serves a Growing Poulton
Birthplace of William Thornber – Amanda’s Posy Bowl and Cinco’s Mexican Restaurant
Potts Alley, Chapel Street Walk and Victorian Poulton
America’s First World War Troops Arrive in Blackpool
Glenda Miziura – Creating Art on the Fylde Coast
Norman Barrett MBE Becomes the Voice of Blackpool Tower Circus
Illawalla Becomes Europe’s Largest Bungalow
Blackpool Football Supporters Movement Honoured with Blue Plaque
Layton Cemetery Recognised with a Blackpool Blue Plaque
The Great Fire of Poulton
The Charabanc Brings the Fylde Coast to the Masses
The Mystery of Blackpool’s Number 1 and Number 2 Public Houses
Dorothy Levitt Becomes the Fastest Woman in the World at Blackpool
The End of Poulton’s Medieval Tithe Barn
St Chad’s Church Hall to Poulton Community Hall
Workhouse Square Becomes Queen’s Square
Poulton Welcomes the Teanlowe Centre
St Chad’s Church and the Heart of Old Poulton
Poulton War Memorial is Unveiled
Jean Stansfield’s Legacy Lives On in Poulton
The Beginning of Poulton-le-Fylde and Poulton Market Place
The Arcade Club Revives Blackpool’s Gaming Heritage
Blackpool Tower’s Eight-Year Restoration Project
Blackpool Celebrates Its Municipal Centenary
From Bay Horse to The Old Town Hall
The Cube Starts as the Ship Inn of Poulton-le-Fylde
The Golden Ball
Blackpool Tower’s New Lifts Rise Into Place
Blackpool Tower Receives a New Illuminated Heart
Kinnie Gibson Flies a Jet Pack to Blackpool Tower
Roy Castle Descends From Blackpool Tower for Record Breakers
The Railway Arrives in Poulton
From the Black Bull Inn to the Bull Hotel
The Poulton Elk Brings Prehistoric History to the Town Centre
The Shard House, Riverside Inn
The Shard Bridge
The Thatched House Becomes a Poulton Landmark
Freckleton War Memorial Reveal
The Freckleton Air Disaster
Freckleton Sports and Social Club Opens
Wyre Civic Centre Becomes the Home of Wyre Council
Primitive Methodist Chapel Becomes the Freckleton Library
Freckleton Boatyard Established
History of The Clifton Arms in Warton
Warton Aerodrome and the Birth of BAE Systems
The Horseshoe Theatre at the Casino Building
Fylde Recorded in the Domesday Book
The First Village Police House in Freckleton Receives Blue Plaque
Freckleton’s Hall Cross House
The Plough Inn
Four New Unitary Councils to Replace Lancashire’s Current Local Government
Robert Haley publishes Lytham St Anne’s – A Pictorial History
Vulcan Bomber Removed From Blackpool Airport
AIG Women’s Open Returned to Royal Lytham for its 50th Anniversary
Nigel Farage and Ann Widdecombe Bring the Brexit Party to AFC Fylde
Bob Dylan Returns to Blackpool Opera House
Blackpool Bound Express Ends in Tragedy
The Sands Express
The World’s Oldest Surviving Noah’s Ark Was Built in Blackpool
Blackpool is Recreated in LEGO
Blackpool’s Original Aquarium: Dr Cocker’s Victorian Underwater Wonder
Read’s Baths and Bazaar: The Attraction That Helped Shape Victorian Blackpool
Trevor Hemmings and His Investment in Blackpool
Bispham Lodge: Blackpool’s Forgotten Holiday Camp
Woolworths in Blackpool
History of Blackpool’s The Star Inn
The Rendezvous Cinema
Louis Tussaud’s Waxworks: Bringing the Famous to Blackpool
Lytham St Annes Civic Society: Preserving the Heritage of the Fylde Coast
The Lytham Mussel Tank Project: Preserving a Forgotten Piece of the Fylde’s Fishing Heritage
The Glass Tower Hotel Brings New Life to the Royal Carlton on Blackpool Promenade
Fragrance Group Plans Major New Hotel Beside The Lyndene Hotel
Paddle Steamers of Blackpool
Blackpool FC Win the 1971 Anglo-Italian Cup
House of Wingz and The Blackpool Way
Whitegate Park: Blackpool’s Forgotten Race Track and Sporting Ground
First Word Fest in Winter Gardens

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