4278, BDB 86/1/6438 Sankey Family Photographic Archive © Cumbria Archives
no.4278
Beach and Promenade Blackpool
08 Jul 1913
Crowded beach and promenade looking towards Tower and Big Wheel. Flags flying for event – union jacks and stars and stripes. Children paddling. Beach sales pitches for Peeny’s ice cream and Oyster Bill. Bathing huts. 3 donkeys chest deep in sea with handler, others ready for rides on the sand. Adults on beach in best clothes. Trams and carriages on street with hotels and business behind. Adverts. One shop is advertising Palmistry and Phrenology.
4278, BDB 86/1/6438 Sankey Family Photographic Archive © Cumbria Archives
no.4278
Beach and Promenade Blackpool
08 Jul 1913
Crowded beach and promenade looking towards Tower and Big Wheel. Flags flying for event – union jacks and stars and stripes. Children paddling. Beach sales pitches for Peeny’s ice cream and Oyster Bill. Bathing huts. 3 donkeys chest deep in sea with handler, others ready for rides on the sand. Adults on beach in best clothes. Trams and carriages on street with hotels and business behind. Adverts. One shop is advertising Palmistry and Phrenology.
| Location: | Blackpool | Cumbria Archives Reference: | BDB 86/1/6438 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sankey Number: | 4278 |
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Album 16 4200-4500 Blackpool Sankey Family Photographic Archive © Cumbria Archives
Album Number: Album 16 4200-4500 Blackpool
Page Number: 2
All Images on This Page
| Sankey Number | Image Title | Location Image Taken | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4269 | Simpsons Tea Rooms, Pilling | A thatched tea room and official building with plaque over door on left side | |
| 4270 | Knott End, Bourne Arms Hotel | Near Rail station and Ferry, built 1850. Sign on hotel reads 'Wine and Spirits, John W Smith, Bourne Arms, Burton Ale' | |
| 4271 | The Bungalows, Silecroft | Two houses with woman pedestrian and horse and trap, Black Combe | |
| 4272 | The Villas & Black Combe (Silecroft) | Two men walking to the beach from Silecroft down Main St. | |
| 4273 | North Pier, Blackpool | Opened 1863, longest pier, built by R. Laidland & son, design by Eugenius Birch | |
| 4274 | Princess Parade + Hotel Metropole (Blackpool) | Constructed 1785, was Bailey's Hotel, then Higher Royal,then Rossall's Dickson Hotel | |
| 4275 | Beach & Promenade (Blackpool) | H&E Smith Bathing machines and boating, Aviary on top of Tower building.People bathing in the sea. | |
| 4276 | Beach & Promenade (Blackpool) | Bathing machines and vendors, busy beach scene with Tower | |
| 4277 | Beach & Promenade (Blackpool) | View from Central Pier along beach to North Pier | |
| 4278 | Beach & Promenade (Blackpool) | Donkey Rides & Oyster seller, various flags and tram | |
| 4279 | Central Promenade & Hotels Metropole | 1856 First promenade built from here Houndshill area. No 33 Tram and decorated overhead wire post | |
| 4280 | Clifton Hotel | King George V and Queen Mary,Royal Visit 1913 Street scene with crowds |
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