The Blackpool Civic Trust Awards Ceremony for 2008
Thursday 22nd January 2009
This Annual Ceremony gives out a variety of prestigious and much sought after awards.
The Shields given to schools for their work in the Environment were this year won by;
Senior ShieldPark School, Whitegate Drive.  |
Junior ShieldAnchorsholme School.  |
Open Spaces AwardThis year was given to the Friends of Highfield Park.  |
Design Awards went to four apartment blocks.The Church Apartments,  |
Berkeley & Grosvenor House Flats  |
| Park Apartments, Haweside Lane Builder:Belmont Developments  |
| 29 Grosvenor Street Builder Willow Tree Croft Ltd  |
| Purely by coincidence the same architect worked on all the above properties David Hadwin Keystone Design Associates 261 Church St Blackpool FY1 3PB |
Two Awards were given to Council led projects covered by the Townscape Heritage Initiative |
These were: THE CHOIR LOFT
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32 TALBOT ROAD
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Private enterprise was represented by three firmsA heritage renovation of the Derby Racer by the
Awards for this were also given to: |
The heritage renovation of the Roof at Jungle Jim’s in Blackpool Tower by Leisure Parcs |
And the third private enterprise is a new build
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From the Community Sector we choseThe Rothwell Hall, Unitarian Church, Lytham Road  |
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Two special awards were given this yearThe first was for the innovative tableau 'Venus Reborn' by Laurence Llewellyn-Bowen. The tableau is 21 feet tall by 50 feet wide and included Greek gods such as Mercury, Cupid, Venus and Bacchus. With water jets, a tank of water and LED lights.
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Our final award went to Carl CarringtonBlackpool’s Built Heritage Manager, for the work he does as Manager of the Townscape Heritage Initiative and for the great help and encouragement he gives to the Blackpool Civic Trust
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