tarboat's photos with the keyword: blackpool

There is some nice glazed tiling on the front of this pub on Talbot Road in Blackpool.

This class 331 electric unit was waiting to depart from Blackpool North with a service to Hazel Grove. After taking this photo I was harassed by the staff who really don't like photography at this station and they insisted I returned to the concourse. The barrier remained closed at departure time and those who hadn't nipped round by another entrance to the platforms were left behind! You couldn't make it up.

Feldman’s Arcade in Blackpool, with its cream terracotta faience, was built in 1923 as the headquarters and lynchpin of the resort’s operations for London music publisher and impresario Bert Feldman who operated song booths and retail outlets on the 'golden mile' and the piers. The building was a live music emporium with vibrant music parlours and song booths where musicians and singers would demonstrate songs and musical compositions to a captive audience who thronged the promenade in those heady days when song sheet hits of the day could be purchased for at least sixpence. Feldman’s Arcade Café on the upper floors offered a more sedate musical rendezvous with light classical music recitals, bar mitzvahs and private society functions. Fred Ash's photographic studio was also located within the Arcade. After the demise of its former owner in 1945 Feldman’s Arcade was under the ownership of the Lyons family from the late 1940’s and throughout the 1950’s with an exclusive ladies outfitters and gown shop replacing the song booths in the arcade. In the 1960’s the building was purchased by Israelite Marks who opened up in the arcade with the ‘Diana Warren’ menswear outlet consisting of ‘The Powder Bowl’ and ‘The Young Generation Boutique’. No obvious structural alterations were made within the arcade with the exception of the mosaic floor with the Feldman’s name at the entrance which was removed. With the death of Mr Marks in 1980 Diana Warren ceased to trade in The Arcade and in more recent years the building has been used as the ‘Cahoots’ Night Club and is now currently in use as 'Yates’s' main Blackpool venue.

156 469 departs Squires Gate for Blackpool South with a train from Preston on a wet and windy day. Next stop the Pleasure Beach! This once busy main line has fallen on hard times but survives as a basic railway.

I had a day out to Blackpool and Fleetwood, returning in the afternoon from Blackpool North. Class 331 electric unit is waiting to depart with a service to Hazel Grove. There was the usual unnecessary harassment by staff who really don't like photography at this station. The barrier remained closed at departure time and those who hadn't nipped round by another entrance to the platforms were left behind!