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Blackpool Tower A History
Author | : Peter Walton |
Publisher | : Amberley Publishing Limited |
Total Pages | : 163 |
Release | : 2016-06-15 |
Genre | : Photography |
ISBN | : 1445645181 |
The true story of Victorian entrepreneurship that led to the construction of one of Britain's most recognisable landscapes.
Ballroom
Author | : Hilary French |
Publisher | : Reaktion Books |
Total Pages | : 321 |
Release | : 2022-08-04 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 1789145163 |
A tune-filled, light-footed people’s history of ballroom dancing, from Vernon and Irene Castle and Arthur Murray to Dancing with the Stars. In the early twentieth century, American ragtime and the Parisian Tango fueled a dancing craze in Britain. Public ballrooms—which had never been seen before—were built throughout the country, providing a glamorous setting for all classes to dance. The new styles of dance being defined and taught in the 1920s, as well as the films of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in the 1930s, ensured that ballroom dancing continued to be the most popular pastime until the 1960s, rivaled only by the cinema. This book explores the vibrant history of Ballroom and Latin: the dances, the lavish venues, competitions, and influential instructors. It also traces the decline of competitive dancing and its resurgence in recent years with the hugely popular TV shows Strictly Come Dancing and Dancing with the Stars.
Blackpool's Seaside Heritage
Author | : Allan Brodie |
Publisher | : Historic England |
Total Pages | : 159 |
Release | : 2015-04-01 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 1848023278 |
Blackpool is Britain's favourite seaside resort. Each year millions of visitors come to walk on its three piers, ride donkeys, enjoy shows at the Winter Gardens, scream on the thrilling rides at the Pleasure Beach and ride the lift to the top of the Tower. Generations of holidaymakers have stayed in its hotels, lodging houses and bed and breakfasts and all have succumbed to its delectable fish and chips. Two centuries of tourism has left behind a rich heritage, but Blackpool has also inherited a legacy of social and economic problems, as well as the need for comprehensive new sea defences to protect the heart of the town. In recent years this has led to the transformation of its seafront and to regeneration programmes to try to improve the town, for its visitors and residents. This book celebrates Blackpool's rich heritage and examines how its colourful past is playing a key part in guaranteeing that it has a bright future.
Blackpool in 50 Buildings
Author | : Allan W. Wood |
Publisher | : Amberley Publishing Limited |
Total Pages | : 143 |
Release | : 2022-08-15 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 1445699397 |
Explore the rich history of Blackpool in this guided tour through its most fascinating historic and modern buildings.
Palaces of Pleasure
Author | : Lee Jackson |
Publisher | : Yale University Press |
Total Pages | : 333 |
Release | : 2019-06-25 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 030022463X |
An energetic and exhilarating account of the Victorian entertainment industry, its extraordinary success and enduring impact The Victorians invented mass entertainment. As the nineteenth century's growing industrialized class acquired the funds and the free time to pursue leisure activities, their every whim was satisfied by entrepreneurs building new venues for popular amusement. Contrary to their reputation as dour, buttoned-up prudes, the Victorians reveled in these newly created 'palaces of pleasure'. In this vivid, captivating book, Lee Jackson charts the rise of well-known institutions such as gin palaces, music halls, seaside resorts and football clubs, as well as the more peculiar attractions of the pleasure garden and international exposition, ranging from parachuting monkeys and human zoos to theme park thrill rides. He explores how vibrant mass entertainment came to dominate leisure time and how the attempts of religious groups and secular improvers to curb 'immorality' in the pub, variety theater and dance hall faltered in the face of commercial success. The Victorians' unbounded love of leisure created a nationally significant and influential economic force: the modern entertainment industry.