Sunday, April 11, 2010

Blackpool 1903

5 comments:

Hels said...

This is a fantastic image. In the middle of a busy summer beach resort, the women are wearing formal black outfits.

I had to create a link straight away :)
Hels
http://melbourneblogger.blogspot.com/2009/12/beach-huts-in-australia-and-britain.html

Hermes said...

Thanks. I noticed that and thought of those intrepid Victorian explorers in Africa (or Australia) overdressed and so formal.

Shows in Blackpool said...

That's a great image. You can see the original Big Wheel at the Winter Gardens in the background. The Prom in that area looks very different these days and sadly the big wheel is gone. The wheel was similar to the London Eye with large gondolas around the wheel. They were hung on frames to keep them level as opposed to the circular ones on the Eye.
The donkeys are still here though :)

Hermes said...

I lived near Kendal for a while and liked Blackpool. They should have kept the Whhel though.

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