4469, BDB 86/1/6528 Sankey Family Photographic Archive © Cumbria Archives
no.4469
Wheel & Winter Gardens from Alhambra/Palace Theatre building, Blackpool
Early 20th Century
Looking east from the Alhambra/Palace Theatre roof to the Big Wheel in the centre and Winter Gardens left with smoking chimney behind. Congregational Church and rooftops in foreground.Taken from the same position as 4464 with a wider lens. Window cleaner on ladder at third floor on the right.
4469, BDB 86/1/6528 Sankey Family Photographic Archive © Cumbria Archives
no.4469
Wheel & Winter Gardens from Alhambra/Palace Theatre building, Blackpool
Early 20th Century
Looking east from the Alhambra/Palace Theatre roof to the Big Wheel in the centre and Winter Gardens left with smoking chimney behind. Congregational Church and rooftops in foreground.Taken from the same position as 4464 with a wider lens. Window cleaner on ladder at third floor on the right.
| Location: | Blackpool | Cumbria Archives Reference: | BDB 86/1/6528 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sankey Number: | 4469 |
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Album 16 4200-4500 Blackpool Sankey Family Photographic Archive © Cumbria Archives
Album Number: Album 16 4200-4500 Blackpool
Page Number: 21
All Images on This Page
| Sankey Number | Image Title | Location Image Taken | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4461 | Blackpool on the Sands | Crowded beach South to Central Pier, bathing huts and boat loading. | |
| 4462 | Reads Road, (Blackpool) | Now Reads Avenue, retail/residential mix leading to Christchurch. | |
| 4463 | Abingdon Street with Church Street, Blackpool | Looking to Talbot Road, Standard Deluxe and Toast rack trams. | |
| 4464 | Blackpool Big Wheel | View over rooftops to the Big Wheel and Winter Gardens from the Alhambra/Palace Theatre | |
| 4465 | Blackpool Interior of Winter Gardens | The Floral Hall before conversion to the Pavilion Theatre | |
| 4466 | Blackpool Tower | Foundation laid 1891, 158m high, Tower cost £65,000 originally | |
| 4467 | Blackpool Big Wheel | Built 1896, 220 feet high, with 30 carriages, until 1928 | |
| 4468 | Blackpool Promenade looking North | View to North Pier, Toast Rack tram 69 and Dreadnought 21, and carriages. | |
| 4469 | Wheel & Winter Gardens from Alhambra/Palace Theatre building, Blackpool | A fuller, slightly different version of 4464/4467, almost copy of 4491 | |
| 4470 | Railway Hotel,Talbot Road & Maybell Avenue junction, Blackpool | Now Molloy's pub, Maybell Ave now part of Abingdon St, Baptist Tabernacle in the right distance. | |
| 4471 | Raikes Parade, Blackpool | North on residential street to the Wesleyan Methodist Church with car | |
| 4473 | County & Lane Ends Hotel, Blackpool | Beside the Alhambra / Palace Theatre on the Promenade (right hand side), closed 1961 |
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