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GOOD NEWS!   GOOD NEWS!   
GOOD NEWS!

 

After 2½years of negotiating we have been awarded a Heritage Lottery Grant of £31,600.  This is 91.18% of the total needed to renovate the George Wragge window on the staircase of the Visitors Gallery in the Council Chamber.

 

The window is thought to be the oldest in the Town Hall, having been put in place at the turn of the 20th century, and at some time has been covered in white paint.  The reason for this is obscure.  Perhaps it was during the war or perhaps some previous generation has attempted to stop the glare from the white tiled courtyard in the centre of the building.  Whatever the reason - it must be restored (at as little cost to Blackpool Council and its townspeople as possible)!

 

The Blackpool Civic Trust would like to thank Jim Bradley from the Council Technical Services for all the help he has given in attaining this funding and for the forthcoming help that has been promised.

 

More thanks must be given to the organisations who kindly sent letters in support of the project and to all the numerous members of the public who signed petitions also in support.

 

Highfield Humanities College helped with the research of the window and with research on the late George Wragge and his company.  We thank them most sincerely for this help.

  Workshops on stain glass work will be taking place at some future date at the Blackpool Sixth Form College. 

Please click here for a slideshow on the details.

We give our thanks to the Heritage Lottery Fund for this money.

 

 

 STANLEY PARK

         On the 2nd October 1926 the park was opened by Edward George Villers Stanley, the 17th Earl of Derby, from whom it takes the name Stanley Park.

          The park was designed by landscape architect Edward Prentice Mawson, of the firm Thomas H Mawson.

          One of the most famous focal points in the park is the Cocker Clock Tower, so named because of its dedication to Dr William Cocker the first Mayor of Blackpool in 1876.

          In January 1984 Blackpool Borough Council designated the park and its encircling boulevards as a conservation area and in 1995 it was placed on the national register of historic parks and gardens as a Grade II* park.

        The Visitor Centre was opened on Wednesday 24th August 2005 by Edward Richard William Stanley the 19th Earl of Derby DL in the presence of c.100 guests including all Blackpool's Civic dignitries, Tom Mawson, son of the architect  and Graeme Cocker direct descendant of Dr William Cocker.

         DO YOU LOVE YOUR PARK?

       ARE YOU INTERESTED IN HELPING WITH ITS REGENERATION?

       CALL INTO OUR OFFICE IN THE VISITOR CENTRE FOR FURTHER DETAILS.

ALL WELCOME

 

Friends of Stanley Park Website

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For General Enquiries Please E-mail: elaine@blackpoolcivictrust.org.uk

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