Discovering Old New Brighton

The inaugural New Brighton Heritage Walk took place on Saturday, 6 October as part of Mersey Basin Week. Our guide, Barry, took us from New Brighton Station along the promenade to Vale Park, showing us a variety of historial landmarks along the way. We learnt about the Guide Dogs for the Blind Association, formed in New Brighton in 1934, the long-gone tower - taller than Blackpool's - which dominated the skyline for over 20 years, and the notorious Ham and Egg Parade, which had such a bad reputation it was eventually demolished and replaced by the Floral Pavilion Theatre in 1907. One hundred years later, the redevelopment of the Theatre is the first phase of a large-scale regeneration scheme to revitalise the New Brighton waterfront. The weather was glorious - the sun shining and, unusually on the Estuary, hardly a breath of wind. The photo shows our guide telling us about Fort Perch Rock, built as a coastal defence following the Napoleonic Wars. We finished up at Vale Park Cafe for tea and toast, generously laid on by New Brighton Community Partnership. Illustrated leaflets, written by Barry, were produced by Mersey Waterfront. For information on future walks, contact New Brighton Community Partnership on 0151 639 5798.

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