Blackpool No. 2

Carnival, Tower Ballroom, Blackpool

Posted on 28th September 1926 with a large 'Say It By Telephone' postmark to: Miss Ivy Casson, 28 Hutchinson St, Stockton on Tees.

The message reads:

'Dear Ivy,

We are having a good time and it is nice weather.  We were in this place and saw some kiddies you would have liked it remember me to you [sic] Mother with Best Love Doris xxx from Anne'

Pre-1914 postcard.  A closer view of Maxim's Flying Machine is in this previous post.

Posted 19th July 1936 to: Master D. Wheway, Stanley House School, Bristol Rd, Birmingham.

The message reads:

'Arrived 11 o/c.  Leaving 12. tonight so shall have a good day.  Very blowy.  Much love M + D.'

I don't remember a lake like this in the 1980s, when we went to Blackpool for days out, but I do remember going on a ride called 'The Rafts' or something similar, which could have been constructed within the former lake.  

A photograph originally taken during daylight which has been doctored to present a night scene.  I'm not sure that all of the 'illuminations' added in were actually real, e.g. the spaces between the balustrade in the foreground.  Also, if you look at the 'illuminated trams' shaped like boats, it's obvious from the scale of the people standing right next to them that they are actually cars underneath the added paint!

Blackpool No. 1

Hiram Maxim's Captive Flying Machine

 

On the reverse of this postcard is written 'This is where I am playing tonight.'

 

The postcard of the Big Wheel at the Winter Gardens was posted in July 1905 to Mrs Willmer, 69 Thorpe St, Gr Horton Rd, Bradford, Yorkshire.

It reads:
Dear Mother
We arrived safe at half past five.  We have arranged for you to come so send us word what train you will come by then we can meet you it is raining this morning.  I hope you have got all your work done and that you are quite well this is all till you come.  From your Edith.

From various old Blackpool postcards which I own it is apparent that it was not uncommon for working class family members to travel ahead of others, especially if they were working different shifts.  The first holidaymakers would get off the train at Blackpool and then walk about looking for suitable digs - sometimes they had a recommendation from a friend.  Once accommodation was found and they had moved in, they then communicated the details to their relatives who were to follow, or arranged to meet them off the train.