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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. Please click here for a slideshow on the details. We
give our thanks to the Heritage Lottery Fund for this money.
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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. 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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