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Author : Vanessa Toulmin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780956445216
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (452 download)
Download or read book Blackpool Pleasure Beach written by Vanessa Toulmin and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Martin Easdown
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1782001204
Total Pages : 105 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (82 download)
Download or read book Amusement Park Rides written by Martin Easdown and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-07-10 with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A ride on a rollercoaster is the highlight of any trip to an amusement or theme park, and such attractions have been entertaining the public for well over a century. From the first mass-produced rollercoaster, the Switchback Railway, through to the giant wooden coasters of the inter-war period, seaside historian Martin Easdown uses historic postcards and photographs to chart their development and that of other amusement rides including revolving towers, aerial rides, Ferris wheels and water chutes, all of which were produced from the late Victorian era in myriad forms. Essential to the very existence of such amusement venues as Blackpool Pleasure Beach and Margate Dreamland, these much-loved rides are not so far removed from their modern-day equivalents as they might at first appear.
Author : Allan Brodie
Publisher : Historic England
ISBN 13 : 1848023278
Total Pages : 159 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (48 download)
Download or read book Blackpool's Seaside Heritage written by Allan Brodie and published by Historic England. This book was released on 2015-04-01 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Author : Tom King
Publisher : DC Comics
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 88 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (21 download)
Download or read book Batman/Catwoman Special (2022) #1 written by Tom King and published by DC Comics. This book was released on 2022-01-25 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some great romances are destined to be. The Batman/Catwoman series shows readers the romance between Bruce Wayne and Selina Kyle as it changed over their lives, but what about their connections from before they became costumed adventurers? This special one-off issue, meticulously illustrated by John Paul Leon (Batman: Creature of the Night), traces the life of Selina Kyle from her earliest days to her entry into the criminal underworld, and reveals that Bruce was actually a presence in her life all along. Whether it was fate or coincidence, this story gives even more reasons why Selina and Bruce’s connection is one of the most enduring love affairs in comics.
Author : Lewis Carroll
Publisher : Seven Books
ISBN 13 : 3988655856
Total Pages : 102 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (886 download)
Download or read book Alice in Wonderland written by Lewis Carroll and published by Seven Books. This book was released on 2024-09-25 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is an 1865 English children's novel by Lewis Carroll, a mathematics don at the University of Oxford. It details the story of a girl named Alice who falls through a rabbit hole into a fantasy world of anthropomorphic creatures. It is seen as an example of the literary nonsense genre. The artist John Tenniel provided 42 wood-engraved illustrations for the book.It received positive reviews upon release and is now one of the best-known works of Victorian literature; its narrative, structure, characters and imagery have had a widespread influence on popular culture and literature, especially in the fantasy genre. It is credited as helping end an era of didacticism in children's literature, inaugurating an era in which writing for children aimed to "delight or entertain". The tale plays with logic, giving the story lasting popularity with adults as well as with children. The titular character Alice shares her name with Alice Liddell, a girl Carroll knewscholars disagree about the extent to which the character was based upon her.
Author : Josephine Kane
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317044746
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (17 download)
Download or read book The Architecture of Pleasure written by Josephine Kane and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-03-16 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The amusement parks which first appeared in England at the turn of the twentieth century represent a startlingly novel and complex phenomenon, combining fantasy architecture, new technology, ersatz danger, spectacle and consumption in a new mass experience. Though drawing on a diverse range of existing leisure practices, the particular entertainment formula they offered marked a radical departure in terms of visual, experiential and cultural meanings. The huge, socially mixed crowds that flocked to the new parks did so purely in the pursuit of pleasure, which the amusement parks commodified in exhilarating new guises. Between 1906 and 1939, nearly 40 major amusement parks operated across Britain. By the outbreak of the Second World War, millions of people visited these sites each year. The amusement park had become a defining element in the architectural psychological pleasurescape of Britain. This book considers the relationship between popular modernity, pleasure and the amusement park landscape in Britain from 1900-1939. It argues that the amusement parks were understood as a new and distinct expression of modern times which redefined the concept of public pleasure for mass audiences. Focusing on three sites - Blackpool Pleasure Beach, Dreamland in Margate and Southend's Kursaal - the book contextualises their development with references to the wider amusement park world. The meanings of these sites are explored through a detailed examination of the spatial and architectural form taken by rides and other buildings. The rollercoaster - a defining symbol of the amusement park - is given particular focus, as is the extent to which discourses of class, gender and national identity were expressed through the design of these parks.
Author : Jon Nicholson
Publisher : Prestel Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9783791347301
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (473 download)
Download or read book Seaside Polaroids written by Jon Nicholson and published by Prestel Publishing. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anyone who grew up holidaying on England's beaches is familiar with the distinctive features of these historic resorts - not the exclusive, paradisiacal haunts of the rich and famous, but the gritty, often rocky shores of the Atlantic and the Irish and North Seas, filled with amusement arcades, bathing huts, beach umbrellas and people of all ages and classes. Jon Nicholson's Polaroid SX70 is the perfect vehicle to capture the colour and character of summers at the sea. At once immediate and ephemeral, these delicately hued, slightly muted images taken with original, out-of-date film stock depict the faded glory of Yarmouth's giant piers, Brighton's pebbly shores, the Blackpool Pleasure Beach amusement park, the dunes of Hemsby, and many other resorts across Britain. Each of the 70 photographs is beautifully reproduced on its own page with descriptive captions. A foreword by Joseph Galliano provides a wry, contemporary perspective on these beloved, centuries-old locations. AUTHOR: Jon Nicholson's photographs have been featured in the world's most celebrated magazines, including National Geographic, Conde Nast Traveller and Stern. He has travelled the globe in his work with UN agencies and the sports industry. Most recently he was named the official photographer of the 2012 Olympic Games in London. Joseph Galliano is the editor of the Dear Me: A Letter to My 16 Year-Old Self series of books, which feature letters written by celebrities, writers, musicians, athletes and actors to their younger selves. He is also a freelance journalist and editor and the former editor of GT magazine. His work has appeared in, amongst other publications, The Times, The Guardian, I:D. ILLUSTRATIONS: 70 colour
Author : Jason Wood
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317045122
Total Pages : 407 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (17 download)
Download or read book The Amusement Park written by Jason Wood and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-01-20 with total page 407 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jason Wood is Director of Heritage Consultancy Services, Lancaster, UK, and former Professor of Cultural Heritage at Leeds Metropolitan University, UK.
Author : Gary S. Cross
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231127243
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (311 download)
Download or read book The Playful Crowd written by Gary S. Cross and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From 'Sodoms by the sea' at Coney Island & Blackpool to carefully orchestrated corporate entertainment, this new history compares the pursuit of pleasure on both sides of the Atlantic.
Author : Chris Bottomley
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445685345
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (456 download)
Download or read book Lost Blackpool written by Chris Bottomley and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2019-05-15 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fully illustrated description of Blackpool's many well-known, and lesser-known, attractions and buildings that have have been lost over the years.
Author : Lewis Carroll
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)
Download or read book Through the Looking-glass written by Lewis Carroll and published by . This book was released on 1875 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Elly Griffiths
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 0547798164
Total Pages : 405 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (477 download)
Download or read book A Dying Fall written by Elly Griffiths and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2013 with total page 405 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forensic archeologist Ruth Galloway investigates her most heart-stopping caseto date after an old university friend and fellow archeologist is murdered inan arson attack.
Author : Stephen Mercer
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 075095986X
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (59 download)
Download or read book Haunted Blackpool written by Stephen Mercer and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2011-08-01 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Blackpool has long been a favourite for holidaymakers and conjures up cosy images of theme-parks, donkey rides and ice-cream. However, this popular seaside resort also harbours some disturbing secrets. Discover the shadier side of Blackpool with this terrifying collection of true-life tales from across the town. Featuring the ghosts of some of the most iconic buildings, such as Blackpool Tower, the Grand Theatre and Blackpool Opera House, this book is guaranteed to make your blood run cold. Drawing on historical and contemporary sources and containing many tales which have never before been published, Haunted Blackpool will delight everyone interested in the paranormal.
Author : Jason Wood
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1317045130
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (17 download)
Download or read book The Amusement Park written by Jason Wood and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2017-01-20 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jason Wood is Director of Heritage Consultancy Services, Lancaster, UK, and former Professor of Cultural Heritage at Leeds Metropolitan University, UK.
Author : Karen R. Jones
Publisher : Polity
ISBN 13 : 074563138X
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (456 download)
Download or read book The Invention of the Park written by Karen R. Jones and published by Polity. This book was released on 2005-07-11 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The word 'park' conjures a kaleidoscope of bucolic images. Childhood frolics in urban playgrounds. Strolls through the country estates of Stourhead and Versailles. Wilderness adventures in the Serengeti. White-knuckle thrill rides at Blackpool Pleasure Beach and Coney Island. The Invention of the Park explores our fascination with making parks. In a broad-ranging environmental and social history, authors Karen Jones and John Wills search for a common set of ideas that inform park design. From Greek philosophers wandering sacred groves in the ancient world to today's kids watching Mickey Mouse in Disney's Magic Kingdom, the park has inspired and thrilled in equal measure. In a work spanning all five continents and several thousand years, Jones and Wills chart the evolution of the park idea. They ponder the intersection of the green pleasure ground with notions of democracy and freedom, welfare and consumption, conservation and nature. They forward the principle of a universal park idea malleable enough to survive war and revolution. Contributing to a growing literature on global environmental history, the Invention of the Park explores how the park idea has come to transcend national boundaries and found appeal among a worldwide audience. Jones and Wills situate the park as a complex product of natural and cultural forces. Their work is of interest not just to students and scholars of environmental philosophy, history, and landscape design, but to amateur gardeners, rollercoaster 'adrenalin junkies' and all those who like to take a 'walk in the park.'
Author : Nick Laister
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780954457358
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (573 download)
Download or read book Pennies by the Sea written by Nick Laister and published by . This book was released on 2006-10-01 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ?Pennies by the Sea? is the first book to be released on the phenomenon of the seaside amusement arcade, based around the history of what was one of Britain?s largest ? Joyland Amusements in the East Yorkshire seaside resort of Bridlington.Written by a leading authority on the coastal amusement and tourism industry, this authoritative and comprehensively researched book is a rags to riches tale of how a glove seller from Sheffield market turned a collection of buildings on Bridlington seafront into a palace of fun with slot machines, fairground rides and amazing sideshows. It also explores life in this most extraordinary of worlds, based on interviews with people who worked at Joyland and other arcades in Bridlington from the 1930s to the present day. Enter a wonderful world of long days, colourful lights and enormous innovation, an insight into a way of life that once existed at seaside resorts up and down the country but has now largely disappeared.
Author : Allan W. Wood
Publisher : In 50 Buildings
ISBN 13 : 9781445699387
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (993 download)
Download or read book Blackpool in 50 Buildings written by Allan W. Wood and published by In 50 Buildings. This book was released on 2022-08-15 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore the rich history of Blackpool in this guided tour through its most fascinating historic and modern buildings.
