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Blackpool Civic Trust Heritage Open Days, Blackpool 2018
Heritage Open Days Tours of the Town Hall - Sat 15th Sept 2018 9.30am to 3.30pm
As part of Heritage Open Days on the Fylde, Blackpool Civic Trust will conduct tours of Blackpool Town Hall for the public on Saturday 9.30am to 3.30pm.
Discover the history of this Grade II listed building with a unique look around the building including the Council Chambers. Learn about its development and use as the centre of local and political discussion and debate.
Heritage Open Days 2018 - Town Hall Tour
It was a very busy, successful day, despite all the barriers and road diversions surrounding the Town Hall, and the inclement weather.
We had visitors from different parts of the country and got very positive feedback from all those who took the tour of the building.
The deputy Mayor, Cllr Kath Rowson and Deputy Mayoress Joan Goldin was in attendance in the morning and the Mayor, Cllr Gary Coleman, and Mayoress, Debbie Coleman, greeted visitors in the afternoon. Visitors greatly appreciated their relaxed, friendly manner and being shown the Mayor's Parlour, photo below of a group led by our member John Garnham:
Joan Humble offers information:
Read the complete brochure for Blackpool,Wyre and Fylde Heritage Open Days 2018 on line on the link below. Open it in full screen.
https://issuu.com/heritageblackpool/docs/heritage_open_days_final_brochure
Heritage Open Days, Blackpool 2017
Thursday 7th September to Sunday 10th September 2017
Heritage Open Days Tours of the Town Hall - 9th Sept 2017
As part of Heritage Open Days on the Fylde, Blackpool Civic Trust conducted tours for local schools on the Friday and ran tours for the public on Saturday.
Over one hundred members of the public, including visitors from London and Aberdeen, were shown around our splendid Town Hall. They clearly found the experience both enjoyable and instructive, judging by the very positive feedback we received.
Many thanks to our enthusiastic volunteers who made the two days so successful, with particular thanks to the Mayor and Deputy Mayor for their valuable support.
Here's looking forward to next year!
Heritage Open Days, Blackpool 2016
Thursday 8th September to Sunday 11th September 2016
Blackpool Town Hall Guided Tour
On Saturday 10th September, Blackpool Civic Trust showed visitors around the Town Hall as part of Heritage Open Days.?
Chair of Blackpool Civic Trust, Joan Humble,?said "it was a pleasure to be joined by the Mayor of Blackpool, Coun. Kath Rowson". Civic Trust volunteers showed many interested visitors around the building and explained its history. One visitor had come from Australia and spoke to the Mayor about her visit.
Photo
From L to R: Barbara Geary, West Australia: Pat Blackeley, Staining; Joan Humble, Blackpool Civic Trust, Mayor Coun. Kath Rowson, Christine Lambe, Civic Trust.
The Full Blackpool & The Fylde Coast Heritage Open Days list
The following list is part of the Blackpool & Fylde Coast list which is on the link below:
http://www.blackpoolheritagenews.co.uk/blackpool-heritage-open-days
| Building | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
| All Hallows' Church, Bispham | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Blackpool Pleasure Beach (new for 2016) | Yes | |||
| Blackpool Tower (back for 2016) | Yes | |||
| Blackpool Town Centre History and Haunts Tour | Yes | |||
| Blackpool Town Hall | Yes | |||
| Central Library | Yes | |||
| Central Mosque | Yes | Yes | ||
| Funny Girls | Yes | Yes | ||
| Friends of Little Marton Windmill | Yes | |||
| Grand Theatre | Yes | |||
| Grundy Art Gallery | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Holy Trinity Church | Yes | Yes | ||
| Illuminations Lightworks, near Airport | Yes | |||
| Layton Cemetery | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Lifeboat Station | Yes | Yes | ||
| Lytham St Anne's Spitfire Visitor Centre (new for 2016) | Yes | |||
| Masonic Hall (back for 2016) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| New Central Methodist Church | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| North Pier | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| North Shore Methodist Church | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| St John the Evangelist (new for 2016) | Yes | |||
| St Paul's Worship Centre | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| St Stephen on the Cliffs Church | Yes | Yes | ||
| Stanley Park & Cocker Clock Tower | Yes | |||
| The Imperial Hotel | Yes | Yes | ||
| World Healing Crusade | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Notes from previous years
The Town Hall was just one of the many venues that proved popular with visitors. One hundred and seventy-six school pupils visited on Friday and were given a conducted tour by the Deputy Mayor and members of the Civic Trust. In an email of thanks to the Trust, St Kentigern's School (see photo below) thought that the visit had been especially valuable in promoting citizenship and strengthening links with our 'culturally rich town'. On the Saturday morning Civic Trust members were joined by the Mayor to guide 37 visitors around the Town Hall, including one visitor from the Czech Republic. Clearly word is getting out!
For information about Heritage Open Days all over England please visit the Heritage Open Days website:
Archive of Heritage Open Days
BLACKPOOL properties open days 2015
| Building | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
| All Hallows' Church, Bispham | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Blackpool Reform Jewish Congregation | Yes | |||
| Blackpool Town Centre History and Haunts Tour | Yes | |||
| Blackpool Town Hall | Yes | |||
| Central Library | Yes | |||
| Central Mosque | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Funny Girls | Yes | Yes | ||
| Grand Theatre | Yes | |||
| Grundy Art Gallery | Yes | |||
| Holy Trinity Church | Yes | Yes | ||
| Illuminations Works, near Airport | Yes | |||
| Layton Cemetery | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Lifeboat Station | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Little Marton Windmill | Yes | |||
| New Central Methodist Church (Back for 2015) | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| North Pier | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| North Shore Methodist Church | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Pleasure Beach Resort | Yes | |||
| St Paul's Worship Centre (New for 2015) | Yes | Yes | ||
| St Stephen on the Cliffs Church | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes | Yes | |||
| Stanley Park & Cocker Clock Tower | Yes | |||
| The Imperial Hotel | Yes | Yes | ||
| Winter Gardens | Yes | |||
| World Healing Crusade (New for 2015) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
BLACKPOOL properties open days 2014
| Building | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
| All Hallows? Church, Bispham | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Blackpool Reform Jewish? |
? | Yes | Yes | ? |
| ?History and Haunts? Tour | ? | Yes | ? | ? |
| Central Library | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
| Central Mosque | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes |
| Comrades Club | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Funny Girls | Yes | Yes | ? | ? |
| Grand Theatre | ? | ? | Yes | ? |
| Grundy Art Gallery | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
| Holy Trinity Church | ? | Yes | Yes | ? |
| Illuminations Works, near Airport | ? | Yes | ? | ? |
| Imperial Hotel (NEW for 2014) | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
| Bus Tour, Town Hall | ? | ? | ? | Yes |
| Layton Cemetery | ? | ? | Yes | Yes |
| Lifeboat Station | Yes | ? | Yes | ? |
| Little Marton Windmill | ? | ? | ? | Yes |
| Masonic Hall, Blackpool | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| North Pier | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| North Shore Methodist Church | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
| Pleasure Beach Resort | ? | Yes | ? | ? |
| St Stephen on the Cliffs Church | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes | ? | ? | Yes | Yes |
| Stanley Park & Cocker Clock Tower |
Yes | ? | ? | ? |
| The Tower | ? | Yes | ? | ? |
| Town Hall | ? | ? | Yes | ? |
| Winter Gardens | ? | ? | ? | Yes |
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2013
Report from the Chairman of Blackpool Civic Trust, Joan Humble.
The Heritage Open Days event goes from strength to strength, with three new sites of historical interest being added in Blackpool this year, including the Grundy Art gallery (see photo below).
The Town Hall was just one of the many venues that proved popular with visitors. One hundred and seventy-six school pupils visited on Friday and were given a conducted tour by the Deputy Mayor and members of the Civic Trust. In an email of thanks to the Trust, St Kentigern's School? (see photo below) thought that the visit had been especially valuable in promoting citizenship and strengthening links with our 'culturally rich town'. On the Saturday morning Civic Trust members were joined by the Mayor to guide 37 visitors around the Town Hall, including one visitor from the Czech Republic. Clearly word is getting out!
Another welcome addition to the Heritage Open Days was a special Heritage service led by Canon Andrew Sage, our Faith Buildings officer, at St Stephen on the Cliffs. Lessons were read by the Deputy Mayor and myself.? I very much hope that the service will become an established part of the Open Days.
My thanks for this most successful event go to Kelly Walker and her colleagues at the Volunteer Centre, who collated the brochure and publicised the Open Days, together with the many people involved in greeting visitors in the varied venues across the town. My special thanks go to the Mayor and Deputy Mayor of Blackpool and members of the Civic Trust who helped in many different ways.
Joan Humble, Chairman.
Above: Interior of Funny Girls, formerly Odeon Cinema.
Above: The Masonic Hall. Joan is seen here with Peter, who gave us a very interesting tour of the building.
Above: One of the newly re-installed lions (replica) in Stanley Park. The afternoon tour was very popular and well subscribed.
Above: Some Trust members and visitors to the Town Hall.
Central Methodist Church. William Holman Hunt's The Light of the World stained glass.
Programme for 2013
Welcome to the Blackpool and the Fylde Coast Heritage Open Days Programme for 2013. We have even more fabulous places to visit this year showing the increased popularity of these events.
The list below contains an overview of the buildings open for 2013 Heritage Open Days. There are a number of buildings open for the first time. Be sure to check the list and see as many as you can.
Paper copies of the brochure will be available soon. To download a pdf version of the full brochure containing full details click on the image below or click here.
Below is the list of properties open during the Heritage Open Days. Note they are not all open every day.
The times of opening are shown in the full brochure.
Days are shown Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday: TFSatSun.
BLACKPOOL properties
All Hallows? Church *NEW FOR 2013*, TFSat
Blackpool Town Centre ?History and Haunts? Tour, F
Central Library, T
Comrades Club, FSatSun
Funny Girls, TF
Grundy Art Gallery *NEW FOR 2013* TFSat
Holy Trinity Church, FSat
Illuminations *NEW FOR 2013* T
Lancastrian Transport Trust, Sun
Layton Cemetery, FSatSun
Lifeboat Station, TSat
Little Marton Windmill, Sun
Masonic Hall, Blackpool, TFSatSun
New Central Methodist Church, TFSatSun
North Pier, TFSatSun
North Shore Methodist Church, TFSat.
Pleasure Beach Resort, TFSat
St Stephen on the Cliffs Church, SatSun.
Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes, Sun
Stanley Park & Cocker Clock Tower, T
The Tower, TFSatSun
Town Hall, Sat
Winter Gardens, Sun
FLEETWOOD & WYRE properties
Beach Chalets/Fleetwood Children?s Paddling Pool *NEW*, FSatSun
Broadwater Wood, T
Cemetery History Walks, T
Cleveleys 1906 Cottage Exhibition Tour, TF
Cleveleys Masonic Hall & Park Club *NEW FOR 2013*, SatSun
Fleetwood Marine Hall *NEW FOR 2013*, TFSatSun
Fleetwood Museum, TFSatSun
Fleetwood United Reformed Church, Sat
Fylde Country Life Museum at Farmer Parrs, FSat
Jacinta, SatSun
Lifeboat Station, Sun
Lower Lighthouse, SatSun
Marsh Mill, TFSatSun
Masonic Hall, Fleetwood, F
Memorial Park Heritage Walk, F
Mount Methodist Church, SatSun
Mount Pavilion, SatSun
Rossall Point, TFSatSun
Rossall School, SatSun.
Site of Historic Fleetwood Rifle Range (Golf Links) *NEW*, TF
St Mary?s Church, TFSat
St Peter?s Church, FSat
St Wulstan?s Church, SatSun
LYTHAM ST ANNES properties
Lytham Hall, Sun
Lytham Heritage Centre, SatSun
Lytham Windmill, SatSun
The Town Hall, St Annes, Sat
The White Church, TSatSun.
To download a pdf version of the full brochure containing full details of 2013 heritage open days on the Fylde Coast click here.
For information about Heritage Open Days all over England please visit the Heritage Open Days website:
2012:
Central Library (new for 2012, guided tour on the Thursday only)
Cocker Clock Tower - Sunday
Comrades Club - Thurs, Fri, Sat, Sunday.
Donna's Dream House - Sat, Sunday.
Funny Girls - Thurs, Fri.
Grand Theatre - Sunday
Holy Trinity Church - Fri, Sat.
Jewish Reform Congregation - Fri, Sat.
Lancastrian Transport Trust - Sunday
Layton Cemetery - Saturday.
Blackpool Lifeboat Station - Thurs, Saturday.
Little Marton Mill - Saturday, Sunday.
Masonic Hall - Thurs, Fri, Sat, Sun.
Mosque - Thurs, Sat, Sunday
New Central Methodist Church - Thurs, Fri, Saturday.
Pleasure Beach Resort - Friday
Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes - Thurs, Fri, Sat, Sunday.
Stanley Park - Thursday.
The Tower - Thurs, Fri, Sat, Sunday.
Town Hall - Saturday
Winter Gardens - Sunday.
Plus 21 properties in Fleetwood & Wyre, and 3 in Lytham St Annes.
Heritage Open Days Archive
2011
The Blackpool Heritage Open Days 2011 were a great success. Below are photos taken on during the visits by Juliette Gregson.
Ceiling inside the Grand Theatre, featuring famous composers:
The bar downstairs in the Blackpool Grand Theatre:
The auditorium in Funny Girls:
The bar in Funny Girls:
Little Marton Windmill supported by the Friends of Little Marton Windmill:
Shirley Matthews the Vice-Chairman of the Friends of Little Marton Windmill:
The View north from Blackpool Tower (the ride up the tower wasn't free):
St John's Church, St John's Square:
Layton Cemetery:
Meanwhile Peter, the website writer, also went to Fleetwood and Ansdell and includes these three photos.
Fleetwood Heritage Open Days 2011
Fleetwood Museum has smartened up its cafe, and in pride of place is the stained glass window from Fleetwood Grammar School.
St Peter's Church in the heart of Fleetwood has spent over a ?1million on a facelift including several new and stylish stained glass windows.
Ansdell Heritage Open Days 2011
The White Church at Ansdell is a United Reformed Church and welcomed visitors. The interior of the church is square inside and has a comfortable feel even though it reflects the simplicity of the United Reformed Church's tradition.
8th to 11th September 2011
The document is available but the link has been removed to prevent confusion.
Heritage Open Days 2010
Blackpool and the Fylde Coast
September 9th to 12th, Thursday to Sunday.
The document is available but the link has been removed to prevent confusion.
Amendment - The Grand Theatre ?Victorian theme? Heritage Open Day
Sunday 12th September
Open at 10am and close at 2.15pm (was 4pm).
We have three FREE theatre tours at 10.30, 11.45am and 1pm.
Bookings can be made in advance at the box office (call 01253 290190) or on the day, but they do get booked very quickly ? advance bookings recommended.
A selection of Grand Theatre archives, memorabilia etc will also be available to view.
Matchams Bar will be open for teas, coffees and other refreshments throughout.
FREE ENTRY.
Venues in Blackpool
Blackpool Town Hall,
Blackpool Tower,
Grand Theatre,
Heritage Bus Trips,
Town Centre Heritage Walking Tour,
Town Centre Ghost Tour,
St Stephens on the Cliffs,
North Shore Methodist Church,
Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes,
St John the Evangelist,
New Central Methodist Church,
Holy Trinity Church,
Bethesda Congregational Chuch,
United Hebrew Congregation,
Reform Jewish Congregation,
Layton Cemetery,
Royal National Lifeboat Institution,
Magician's Club,
The Guards Club,
Masonic Hall,
Donna's Dream House,
Funny Girls,
Cocker Clock Tower, Stanley Park
Little Marton Mill,
Zoo's Aviation History,
Pleasure Beach,
British Limbless Ex-Service Men's Association