4279X, BDB 86/1/6440 Sankey Family Photographic Archive © Cumbria Archives
no.4279X
Central Promenade & Hotels Metropole
08 Jul 1913
Cropped for 4279 Postcard. King George V and Queen Mary, Royal Visit 1913 (4280). Street decorated with flags and bunting. Flower display on Tram stop with No 33 tram to South Shore. Hotel has sign "Long Live our King and Queen” (readable on 4287). Royal Liver Friendly Society on corner. Foreground details on insulation on tram wires. Boy resting in handcart, carriages, adverts on buildings.
4279X, BDB 86/1/6440 Sankey Family Photographic Archive © Cumbria Archives
no.4279X
Central Promenade & Hotels Metropole
08 Jul 1913
Cropped for 4279 Postcard. King George V and Queen Mary, Royal Visit 1913 (4280). Street decorated with flags and bunting. Flower display on Tram stop with No 33 tram to South Shore. Hotel has sign "Long Live our King and Queen” (readable on 4287). Royal Liver Friendly Society on corner. Foreground details on insulation on tram wires. Boy resting in handcart, carriages, adverts on buildings.
| Location: | Blackpool | Cumbria Archives Reference: | BDB 86/1/6440 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sankey Number: | 4279X |
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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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