Buildings that Blackpool was stupid to get rid of

JJpool said:
They shouldn't have got rid of the original.

Things like the syndicate, which was much more relevant to my youth, could have gone anywhere.

However once they built the syndicate, to tear that down for a carpark.....

Crazy. Just an example to me of a bad call.
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New office block to go there, starts soon. AnnouncEd today MOD staff moving in there. Which will benefit the town centre with extra footfall all year round. Which in turn should attract more shops.
 
The Grand pub and Tiberius Casino went up in smoke, not the best looking of building but better than modern stuff. Not been down that way for a while is it still ovdrgrown with trees.
 
Mr Tangerine Man said:
THE LITTLE VIC

The Little Vic’s facade was a blend of Spanish Colonial and Art Deco styles. It was designed by the architect J. C. Derham, who, 3 years earlier had created the Winter Gardens’ Olympia building, followed by the Spanish Hall suite of rooms.

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Where was this building and what was it? It’s lovely.

I was the Opera House a couple of weeks ago, that and the Winter Gardens in general are glorious.
 
I’m too young to remember Central station and the old North station but from the pictures I’ve seen they look spectacular.
 
Pauls_Boutique said:
Where was this building and what was it? It’s lovely.

I was the Opera House a couple of weeks ago, that and the Winter Gardens in general are glorious.
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It was a pub on Victoria street on the other side to Boots, lovely little place, one of our locals when we went up town in the 70’s. Destroyed in the late 80’s sadly!
 
Josuah98 said:
New office block to go there, starts soon. AnnouncEd today MOD staff moving in there. Which will benefit the town centre with extra footfall all year round. Which in turn should attract more shops.
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Not sure parking is ideal though. The new building is about 7 floors and will accommodate a lot of staff
 
Pauls_Boutique said:
Where was this building and what was it? It’s lovely.
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The Little Vic was on Victoria street I think as some one has mentioned, it actually had a tree inside as I remember. The bell tower was removed in the 1970s, An application to have the building listed failed shortly before it was demolished for bland shop premises in 1989. The majority of nice buildings in the town have gone to make way for "modernisation" Have they improved the Town Centre? probably not.
 
Mr Tangerine Man said:
The Little Vic was on Victoria street I think as some one has mentioned, it actually had a tree inside as I remember. The bell tower was removed in the 1970s, An application to have the building listed failed shortly before it was demolished for bland shop premises in 1989. The majority of nice buildings in the town have gone to make way for "modernisation" Have they improved the Town Centre? probably not.
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Thanks. It really is a lovely looking building that I’m old enough to remember going on the year you mention they were replaced but have recollection of. Assume the building that replaced these are the red brick ones opposite Hounds Hill and Boots and that?
 
St_Ives_Seasider said:
Wow that brings back happy memories Sooty, the old Mecca building. Amazing how quickly you forget these places once they’re gone. Used to go there in the 70’s as a young child when the Police used it for Christmas parties for all the children of Police officers and then later spent many a night in the Commonwealth playing Snooker. Wish there was a snooker hall like that in town now.
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Did they hire boxes to stand on so you could see over the table?
 
The Talbot Hotel, Waterloo green, Welcome green, Halfway House green. To name but a few of the bowling lost in the town that everyone once regarded as the game's top spot.
 
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Lewis_Winthorpe said:
Got a burn on my arm from the record player. Loved that place but my god it wouldn't last 5 minutes in this day and age
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They had to shut Noah’s ark for insurance reasons, so the fun house of the seventies wouldn’t have stood any chance in the modern era. Thing is kids would love it just as much now as they did then.
 
clappers said:
They had to shut Noah’s ark for insurance reasons, so the fun house of the seventies wouldn’t have stood any chance in the modern era. Thing is kids would love it just as much now as they did then.
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Agreed. My little one is a maniac and taking her to soft play places etc is nothing on what I grew up with.

Jungle Jim's, Peabodies, Tarzans, fun House and more all absolutely tower above any of these bland places. Even kids parks are crap compared to what I had as a child.
 
Lewis_Winthorpe said:
Agreed. My little one is a maniac and taking her to soft play places etc is nothing on what I grew up with.

Jungle Jim's, Peabodies, Tarzans, fun House and more all absolutely tower above any of these bland places. Even kids parks are crap compared to what I had as a child.
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That is true. My gran used to live in the Queens Park tower blocks and the playground there was a deathtrap. In fact most were. Climbing frames and monkey bars built onto concrete. I've absolutely no idea how I managed to survived my childhood. I guess it was survival of the fittest. Local council's way of strengthening the gene pool for future generations.
 
Clowncils have an unenviable record of fucjups and wasting tax payers money. The latest being the concert at the Blackpool Cricket Club. That was poorly attended due to bad publicity and advertising. Nobody in Blackpool knew it was on and they have spunked thousands on it. Derby baths and the Manchester Pub are the biggest bug bears in my opinion.
 
BFC1980 said:
That is true. My gran used to live in the Queens Park tower blocks and the playground there was a deathtrap. In fact most were. Climbing frames and monkey bars built onto concrete. I've absolutely no idea how I managed to survived my childhood. I guess it was survival of the fittest. Local council's way of strengthening the gene pool for future generations.
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I grew up on Kingscote Park. A death trap too but its part of what makes you.

The huge slide at Stanley Park was ace. Nothing like it now
 
Eternaloptimist said:
Lots of fond memories in the Fun House but when you think back, how dangerous was it?
Saw many a person covered in blood after colliding with someone else but no such thing in those days as “where there’s blame, there’s a claim” culture
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Yep. Spent many a Sunday in there all day. By todays standards it was lethal. Think we all went home covered in bruises every weekend.
 
As_time_goes_bye said:
Clowncils have an unenviable record of fucjups and wasting tax payers money. The latest being the concert at the Blackpool Cricket Club. That was poorly attended due to bad publicity and advertising. Nobody in Blackpool knew it was on and they have spunked thousands on it. Derby baths and the Manchester Pub are the biggest bug bears in my opinion.
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Nothing to do with council, but you crack on with your bashing
 
Mr Tangerine Man said:
THE LITTLE VIC

The Little Vic’s facade was a blend of Spanish Colonial and Art Deco styles. It was designed by the architect J. C. Derham, who, 3 years earlier had created the Winter Gardens’ Olympia building, followed by the Spanish Hall suite of rooms.

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Remember Ken the fastest barman in the NW. That said I also remember the glass washing, being a quick dip into something that resembled a muddy puddle with a rubber tentacled thing & that was it. I survived though.
 
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