A late 19th Century view of stormy seas battering the seafront in Blackpool, a seaside resort on the Lancashire Irish Sea coast, between the Ribble and Wyre estuaries, in North West England. It became fashionable in the middle of the 18th century due to the practice of sea bathing to cure diseases, with the completion of a branch railway line to Blackpool. Tourist growth was intensified by the practice among the Lancashire cotton mill owners of closing the factories for a week every year to service and repair machinery.
A late 19th Century view of stormy seas battering the seafront in Blackpool, a seaside resort on the Lancashire Irish Sea coast, between the Ribble and Wyre estuaries, in North West England. It became fashionable in the middle of the 18th century due to the practice of sea bathing to cure diseases, with the completion of a branch railway line to Blackpool. Tourist growth was intensified by the practice among the Lancashire cotton mill owners of closing the factories for a week every year to service and repair machinery. These became known as wakes weeks. Each town's mills would close for a different week, allowing Blackpool to manage a steady and reliable stream of visitors over a prolonged period in the summer.
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Location: Blackpool, Lancashire, England
Photo credit: © De Luan / Alamy / Afripics
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