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Showtown - Blackpool’s first museum of fun and entertainment is open 7 days a week, 10am-5pm 🎟️ Book tickets online! #Showtown #FamilyFun #LoveBlackpool

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@ShowtownBPL
Showtown
5 years
WE DID IT!!!!! The Museum is to become a reality for #blackpool & we couldn't be more excited! 6 years in the making we are finally on the home stretch! Thank you to all of our supporters! #blackpoolsfirstmuseum #blackpool @HeritageFundUK #cultureblackpool
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@ShowtownBPL
Showtown
4 years
Drumroll please….. We’re really excited to announce the name of your new #Blackpool museum of fun and entertainment, Showtown! We hope you agree that there’s no town quite like #Showtown
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@ShowtownBPL
Showtown
6 years
WE GOT IT!! So thrilled to announce we have been awarded £4 million from the @DCMS to fund #blackpoolsfirstmuseum . We don't have the words for how excited we are! #cultureblackpool #loveblackpool
@DCMS
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
6 years
NEWS: Blackpool, Bradford and Lake District to benefit from £15 million Northern Cultural Regeneration Fund #GetNorth2018 @getnorth2018
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@ShowtownBPL
Showtown
6 years
Happy #WorldHeritageDay ! Did you know that Blackpool's 3 piers have been included on the 2018 World Monuments Watch list. This image shows @BplNorthPier in 1890. @PiersSociety @HistoricEngland @heritagebpl
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@ShowtownBPL
Showtown
4 months
This week is full of star-studded surprises as we gear up to officially open our doors on Friday and who better to give us the inside Showtown scoop than Blackpool puppet royalty, Sooty and Sweep! What did you think @Sootyandco ? #sootyshow #showtown #blackpool #exploreblackpool
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Showtown
6 years
It's a double hit!! WE GOT Heritage Lottery Funding TOO! The award means £400k up front with the prospect of a further £4 Million to actually make #blackpoolsfirstmuseum a reality. What an amazing week this has been. @HLFNorthWest
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Showtown
4 years
Wishing @steveroylecomic all the best in the @BGT Semi-Finals tonight. You are such a big star to us in Blackpool and Lancashire keeping us all laughing plus a great actor too. We are rooting for you. Bring it home. #BGT2020
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@ShowtownBPL
Showtown
4 years
Who’s enjoying the best of @bbcstrictly tonight? We’re sad they won’t be coming to Blackpool this year but we can’t wait for their special Blackpool tribute week at Elstree. Here’s one of favourite ever Blackpool dances, Ooh Aah @StaceyDooley @keviclifton
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@ShowtownBPL
Showtown
6 years
Exactly 250 years ago a ring was drawn on the ground and filled with wonders - acrobats, jugglers, riders, tumblers. The world’s v first circus was born. Here is our beautiful @TheBplTower lit up marking the launch of #circus250 - year of circus activity happening across the UK.
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@ShowtownBPL
Showtown
3 years
#OTD in 1948, Harry Corbett, purchased the original “Sooty” puppet from a magic shop on North Pier, to keep his children entertained whilst on holiday in Blackpool. Since then 'Sooty' has been entertaining families for over 70 years! 🤣 Happy Birthday Sooty!🎉 @Sootyandco
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Showtown
7 years
#OnThisDay in 1879, 100k people came to Blackpool to see the town's first electric street lights, 8 arc lamps, being switched on.
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@ShowtownBPL
Showtown
2 years
Have your say... Pick the image you think sums up the very best of Blackpool. The winning image will take pride of place inside the museum. Comment below with Image A, B, C or D You have until 11 March to vote.
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@ShowtownBPL
Showtown
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After an incredible opening day, we’d like to say a massive THANK YOU to our supporters who have made #Showtown possible, with exceptional thanks to major funders @dcmsgovuk @HeritageFundUK @HeritageFundNOR @bpoolcouncil @lancslep 🎪 #blackpool
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@ShowtownBPL
Showtown
4 years
We're definitely in the mood for this! We're so excited for the first episode- that's our Tuesday nights sorted ⭐️ #TheNolansGoCruising
@The_Nolans
The Nolans
4 years
We’re so excited to share the official trailer for our brand new show, The Nolans Go Cruising, which starts on Tuesday 7th July at 10pm on @QuestRedTv ! We can’t wait for you all to see it! 🛳🕺🎤 #TheNolansGoCruising
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@ShowtownBPL
Showtown
4 months
Curtain up - Showtown is now officially OPEN! 🤩 What a fabulous ribbon cutting with the stars as @AlfieBoe , Norman Barrett, Paul Zenon and @GrahamLiver from @BBCLancashire did the all important honours! Thank you to our waiting crowd, so great to see you all! #showtown
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@ShowtownBPL
Showtown
4 months
🤩 Wow what a fantastic event! 🥂 Here’s your exclusive backstage pass to all the action as we celebrated the creation of Showtown - right here in Blackpool, with many of the wonderful people that made it all possible! #showtown #blackpool #familyfun
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@ShowtownBPL
Showtown
1 year
⭐️👀FIRST PEEK! 👀⭐️ Here are the very first photos from inside Showtown. The building work is now complete. Next the installation of the exhibitions, objects and interactives will begin. So exciting - we couldn't resist sharing these with you. Huge thanks to @_CONLON_
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@ShowtownBPL
Showtown
5 years
Thrilled! Excited! Grateful! Can't wait to make it happen now! #blackpool #cultureblackpool #blackpoolsfirstmuseum @HeritageFundUK
@HeritageFundUK
The National Lottery Heritage Fund
5 years
We're thrilled to announce that a new museum for #Blackpool has been awarded a £4million #NationalLotteryHeritageFund grant – part of a £10million package of grants giving heritage-led regeneration and tourism a massive funding boost across the North! @HeritageFundNOR
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It’s finally BLACKPOOL week, the wait is over and we couldn’t be more excited for the @bbcstrictly stars to arrive in town 💃 Congratulations to all the couples that have made it to the iconic @TheBplTower ballroom! #strictly #strictlyblackpool #exploreblackpool #showtown
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Showtown
3 months
👀“How would you describe Showtown in THREE words?” We dropped this question in with our fabulous special guests Lady Anne Dodd, @AlfieBoe , @LlewelynBowen , Pauz Zenon and Norman Barrett as they enjoyed celebrating at our opening event last week! #showtown #blackpool
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@ShowtownBPL
Showtown
4 months
Don’t miss us TONIGHT on @BBCTheOneShow from 7pm when @AlfieBoe takes a first look around Showtown in it’s all-singing, all-dancing glory! 🎵💃 Book your tickets online to visit us from 15th March! #theoneshow #showtown #blackpool #familyfun
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@ShowtownBPL
Showtown
5 years
Looking good for 125 years old! The Blackpool Tower has a special flag flying today markings it’s birthday and special year #happybirthday #Tower125
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@ShowtownBPL
Showtown
6 years
‘There is no such thing as a boring museum object, only boring museum professionals’ Subhadra Das, curator UCL #Museums2018
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@ShowtownBPL
Showtown
5 years
Thanks to @Heritagefunduk for the final £4m in funding to make this project a reality for #blackpool . We are so excited to make this Museum amazing and help people find out more about Blackpool's incredible story. #blackpoolsfirstmuseum #cultureblackpool
@HeritageFundNOR
The National Lottery Heritage Fund North
5 years
Today funding goes to @BlackpoolMuseum , Bradford Live, Stockton Town Centre Northern Gateway, The Whitaker Experience, Dippy on Tour @NHM_London , Durham Woodland Revival, Seeing the North with Sankey & Windows to the World: St Mary's Church. More info:
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@ShowtownBPL
Showtown
4 months
Thank you to our Patron @TheAntonDuBeke ! ✨Showtown and ‘Strictly’ is just the perfect partnership isn’t it? How fabulous to hear from Anton about his wonderful Blackpool highlights and what he is most looking forward to seeing when he visits us here at Showtown! 🕺💃 #showtown
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Showtown
5 years
**** £1.75m secured for @BlackpoolMuseum **** we are so thrilled to have been successful in receiving Coastal Communities Fund money. Thank you! #blackpool #cultureblackpool
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@ShowtownBPL
Showtown
9 years
Just found this remarkable negative of HMS Foudroyant which was wrecked on #Blackpool beach in 1897 http://t.co/mJjy61JEFz
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@ShowtownBPL
Showtown
3 years
And it’s… “ON WITH THE SHOW!” 👏 Today we can announce the exciting news that construction has started on Blackpool’s first Museum of fun and entertainment.
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@ShowtownBPL
Showtown
4 months
🎥 A few minutes with one of our fabulous Founding Fellows @AlfieBoe ! We asked Alfie just what it meant to him to cut the Showtown ribbon... Book your tickets on our website now and experience a celebration of Blackpool like never before! 🎪 #showtown #blackpool #familyfun
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Showtown
5 years
Welcoming our newest member of the team. Kari is the new Learning and Engagement Officer and will be working with schools, colleges and communities to get involved in #blackpoolsfirstmuseum
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@ShowtownBPL
Showtown
2 years
We are very sad to hear of the passing of Tony Jo, a legend in the Blackpool entertainment industry. Performer, actor, comedian, producer, manager and agent for so many stars and sell out shows. Tony was instrumental in helping us set up our Variety Day in 2016.
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@ShowtownBPL
Showtown
4 years
We're really happy to announce the name of our elephant, Belle! 🐘🐘 A fitting name for a Blackpool elephant as 'Blackpool Belle' is the title of the iconic song sung by The Houghton Weavers. Photo: Dave Nelson
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@ShowtownBPL
Showtown
4 years
Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen, Chair of Blackpool Museum Trust, takes us on a special tour of the Showtown site. It is all getting very exciting! @LlewelynBowen @SandsVenue @WardenConstruct #Showtown #Blackpool
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@ShowtownBPL
Showtown
8 years
We are so pleased to have been awarded £97k from @esmeefairbairn to better understand our Blackpool Tower Circus Collection! @MuseumsAssoc
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@ShowtownBPL
Showtown
3 years
We are excited to share the news that Showtown has been awarded a grant of £10k by @ThePilgrimTrust towards the conservation of Blackpool’s nationally – significant circus collections. 🎪
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Showtown
5 years
Amazing news. A testimony to all the people in the authority and the community who work together to make this magnificent park even more special.
@BpoolCouncil
Blackpool Council
5 years
🥳 Absolutely over the moon! We did it, winner of UK’S BEST PARK 2019 - our very own Stanley Park!! 🙌🏽♥️🌳
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Showtown
7 years
Looking forward to collaborating with @V_and_A curator @simonsladen to bring iconic items to #Blackpool including Morecambe&Wise's suits.
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@ShowtownBPL
Showtown
6 years
Like to know more about the Blackpool Museum and the new venue? Watch this little film we made and feel free to share far and wide! #CultureBlackpool #theBside #Blackpool
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@ShowtownBPL
Showtown
3 months
🎪 We can’t wait to welcome Norman Barrett MBE to #Showtown tonight! In this exclusive sold-out event, Norman will be sharing his wonderful memories and stories from life as a world-famous Ringmaster. Don’t forget to keep an eye on our ‘What’s on’ page for the latest events.
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@ShowtownBPL
Showtown
7 years
Today we hit send on the 2nd round application to Heritage Lottery Fund!! We hope they love the plans as much as we do! #Blackpool #excited
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@ShowtownBPL
Showtown
6 years
There's an exciting JOB OPPORTUNITY with us!! We are looking for an Assistant Curator to help develop the content and displays for the museum! Please share with your contacts! Deadline 12noon, 19 June #blackpoolsfirstmuseum #cultureblackpool
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@ShowtownBPL
Showtown
4 months
🤡 The stage is set to hold a little celebration with many of those who have been with us on the creative journey to bring Showtown to life! Did somebody say cake? What a fantastic treat from Cake Tin Bakery to get us in the party spirit! 😍 #showtown #blackpool #exploreblackpool
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Showtown
3 months
🤩 You’ve never seen a museum like it! Press, push, wind, spin, grab, dance, play - the stage is yours… we’re inviting you to experience just how it feels to be in the limelight! #showtown #blackpool #familyfun
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Showtown
6 years
We have been looking back over 100 years ago today through the lens of Blackpool photographer Albert Eden. Eden captured this snowy image of Temple Street way back in 1892! #ThrowbackThursdays #loveBlackpool #CultureBlackpool #HeritageBlackpool
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@ShowtownBPL
Showtown
6 years
Have a great night boys! #SwitchOn18
@Sootyandco
The Sooty Show
6 years
Sooty is at Blackpool for a very special night.
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Showtown
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🌹Happy Lancashire Day! 🌹 Wishing everyone who loves making magical memories in Blackpool…a fantastic day celebrating this wonderful county! #lancashireday #blackpool #showtown @VisitLancashire
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Showtown
3 months
“Showtown Blackpool - the best new museum ever” ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Trip Advisor, 2024. They say time flies when you’re having fun and we’ve certainly gone to town in our FIRST MONTH of all-singing, all-dancing entertainment📸A big thank you to everybody that has been part of it so far!🤩
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Showtown
7 years
Just took receipt of this fantastic donation to @heritagebpl @BpoolCouncil - a pendant for Blackpool’s 1923 Carnival. Amazingly it was found on Blackpool beach in November by a metal detector Michael Brady. Dropped 95 years ago?! Wow!
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Showtown
3 years
#OnThisDay in 1910 Blackpool's best loved and world famous clown Charlie Cairoli was born! #OnThisDay #Circus
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@ShowtownBPL
Showtown
7 years
We've signed a collaborative agreement with @V_and_A bringing star objects to #Blackpool e.g. George Formby's banjolele # #vamCollections
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Showtown
4 years
Our #MuseumPassion is to create the first museum that puts Blackpool centre stage Showtown. #Blackpool is the UK’s favourite seaside resort. It deserves a museum to champion its significance and showcase @heritagebpl 's collections. 📸 1927 Holiday Guide
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Showtown
5 years
Happy 125th Birthday @Grand_Theatre you still look great! #blackpool #cultureblackpool
@visitBlackpool
VisitBlackpool
5 years
Today, one of the most beautiful and iconic theatres in the world celebrates turning 125!🎂 #Blackpool @Grand_Theatre is a spectacular example of stunning architecture, great education and the full breadth of stage entertainment.🎭 📸: @ConboySean
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Showtown
5 years
It's always fun when the fabulous Laurence @LlewelynBowen (Chair of the Blackpool Museum Trust) comes to visit us and this time we took him down to see the progress on site. "This is the incredibly exciting moment when the whole thing starts to take shape!" #exciting #Blackpool
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Showtown
6 years
Here is a beautiful Grand Theatre programme from 1895 (the year after the theatre opened) with the managers name in the bottom right corner, Thomas Sergenson. #HeritageTreasures @Grand_Theatre @heritagebpl @TheatresTrust
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@ShowtownBPL
Showtown
6 years
Great atmosphere on @BplNorthPier today for Sooty’s birthday party and show. Never seen so many Sooty’s before! Amazing to think it all began here 70 years ago! Everyone had a fantastic time thank you @Sootyandco
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Showtown
5 years
Selecting some of our incredible bill posters for the ‘variety’ wall display in the new museum. It’s a really hard job as we have so many! This one however is unique and simply stunning. Here is a sneak peek - a rare 3 part poster for ‘On with the show’ @BplNorthPier #variety
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Showtown
6 years
We're in the @guardian and @dailytelegraph this morning with some very exciting news! We have acquired a rare, Stan Laurel bowler hat which was signed & given to local magician Cyril Critchlow in 1947. We are bowled over! #blackpoolsfirstmuseum #loveblackpool #cultureblackpool
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Showtown
3 years
Today is #WorldPhotographyDay2021 so we asked local photographer @cjgriffphoto to select an image of particular interest from the Albert Eden Collection. Claire has chosen Albert Eden's photograph of The Stand c1930.
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Showtown
5 years
We will be putting lots of things in place to make sure a visit to our new Museum is fun and comfortable for people with Autism, for example; staff training, quiet time visits, museum buddies and a quieter seating space to escape to. #WorldAutismAwarenessDay
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Showtown
5 years
First day of #Discovercreativescareers week. 3 schools meeting those who work in Blackpool’s creative industries& finding out about the different roles &careers they can work towards. @CreativeCareer5 @heritagebpl @visitBlackpool @GrundyBlackpool @Grand_Theatre @BpoolLibraries
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Showtown
4 years
What a line up of Blackpool themed events we have planned for you all! Check out our What's On guide for January to June 2020. Something in there for all the family! @heritagebpl #Blackpool #Showtown #Fun
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Showtown
5 years
****JOB ALERT*** We are seeking an experienced PROJECT MANAGER to coordinate our capital works to ensure that they are completed effectively, to the required standard, within budget and on programme. Easy peasy! #blackpoolsfirstmuseum #Blackpool
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Showtown
6 years
CALL OUT FOR YOUR BLACKPOOL MECCA MEMORIES! Did you dance in the famous Blackpool Mecca in the 1970s? We are looking for people with photos, flyers, posters, clothing and other items to come forward. @RichardSearling @IanLevine @CdjCurtis
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Showtown
7 months
🎪🤩 Roll up, roll up – tickets are NOW ON SALE for Showtown! Book early to be the first to visit Blackpool’s newest attraction from March 2024 and experience our our all-singing, all-dancing museum: #Blackpool #Showtown #Familyfun #ExploreBlackpool
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Showtown
5 years
Thanks @MuseumsAssoc for this article! There is a lot of work that goes into reviving a coastal community and we hope that the Museum will play a big part in the sea change Blackpool has been working on for a long time! #loveblackpool #blackpool #cultureblackpool
@MuseumsAssoc
Museums Association
5 years
"We see the museum as a catalyst for change." The Blackpool Museum Project is one of several beneficiaries of the Coastal Communities Fund, part of a government initiative to invest £36m in a coastal revival
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Showtown
5 years
We have been super busy bringing in funding, choosing our Museum name and many other exciting things. Read all about it in our latest newsletter.
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Showtown
5 years
We love looking at #postcards in the collection. Many of them paint pictures of what the author was enjoying in #Blackpool at that time but some offer more questions than they do answers. We wonder what Annie didn't manage to do in Blackpool in 1929? #museum30
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Showtown
4 months
👀 Two weeks to go until Showtown opens its stage doors… there’s not a museum like it anywhere and we can’t wait to invite you backstage! 🎟️ Discover how Blackpool became the greatest Showtown in the world for yourself: #showtown #blackpool #familyfun
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Showtown
4 years
#onthisday escape artist Harry #Houdini caused a sensation by escaping from a Blackpool police cell after only 7 minutes. Houdini was performing all week at the #Blackpool Hippodrome Theatre 🎭 as part of his UK tour. Here is the incredible advert from @The_Gazette #escapology
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Showtown
3 years
It’s #InternationalMuseumDay and the team at Showtown continue to work hard and look forward to all the exciting things the museum will bring to the resort. 😃 Blackpool’s first museum of fun and entertainment will be an all-singing, all-dancing museum for the whole family!
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Showtown
4 years
We will be celebrating #WorldCircusDay on social media this Saturday & Sunday. We will be keeping you busy over the two days with all sorts of fun activities, films, stories and collection insights. Please do get involved! #ShowtownBlackpool #Circus @heritagebpl @BpoolLibraries
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Showtown
8 years
We can't show any plans yet, but this is the @WGBpl Pavilion from the roof where our museum will be! #architectureMW
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Showtown
4 years
Great to catch up with @Gillylancs today @BBCLancashire at @WGBpl about the #Showtown launch and the news of our £75k grant from @wolfsonfdn - Gilly loved his goody bag and Showtown moustache pencil! Here he is with the @EmmaHslwd #museums #blackpool
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@ShowtownBPL
Showtown
4 years
Come on and dance 💃🏻 💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻
@LindaNolan_
Linda Nolan
4 years
It’s forty years TODAY since I’m In The Mood for Dancing peaked on the UK @officialcharts . We’ll be eternally grateful for the success it brought us... Here’s to the next 40! @The_Nolans @NolanColeen @MaureenNolan_ @AnneNolan2 Gone, but never EVER forgotten, Our Bernie ❤️
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4 years
Do you have a little bit of Blackpool in your home? We’ve been inspired by #MuseumfromHome to start sharing our own which we are calling #BlackpoolfromHome . We’d like to get people smiling by sharing photographs of something in your home that reminds you of a great BPL memory..
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4 years
Devastated by the news this morning that Bobby Ball has passed away at Victoria Hospital. Our thoughts are with Tommy, his wife Yvonne and his family.
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📷 Meet Belle the elephant! For those who never forget, you might remember a story about the arrival of our amazing baby elephant model a few years ago - it’s fantastic to see Belle in her new home with less than 3 months to go until opening 😀 #Showtown #Blackpool #FamilyFun
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Showtown
5 years
Had a preview of the new film @EatenbyLionsUK tonight @WGBpl which opens on cinemas countrywide on Friday. Wonderful film, shot in our fantastic resort with a great cast. A touching tale of two brothers. Go see it! #EatenbyLions #loveBlackpool
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Showtown
6 years
Birthday bear @Sootyandco captured hearts of youngsters
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🤩 You’ve never seen a museum like it! Press, push, wind, spin, grab, dance, play - the stage is yours… we’re inviting you to experience just how it feels to be in the limelight! #showtown #blackpool
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Showtown
6 years
Great to see so many people at @GrundyBlackpool today for the launch of the new exhibitions and the 2018 programme #contemporaryart #blackpool
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Showtown
4 years
An amazing opportunity to explore this unique entertainment complex and its many stunning venues including the beautiful Spanish Hall pictured, the magnificent Empress Ballroom and the incredible Blackpool Opera House. Don’t miss it!
@WGBpl
Winter Gardens BPL
4 years
The world-famous Winter Gardens will again throw open its doors for an exclusive access all areas event, allowing the public a rare chance to explore every nook and cranny of the grade 2* listed building, and don't worry, there is no need to book, this is a FREE event! 📆27.02.20
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Showtown
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📰READ all about it - excitement is building with just a few days to go until we officially open the Showtown doors on Friday 15th March⏰Great to see us on the front cover of @the_gazette today! #Showtown #Blackpool #BlackpoolEntertainment
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@ShowtownBPL
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2020 looks to be a very exciting year for the Museum!!! As we get closer to opening in 2021 there will be lots to do and so much for you to get involved in. In meantime, we wish to thank everyone for their support and wish you all a very merry Christmas!
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@ShowtownBPL
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3 years
We absolutely love this shot of the Tower Circus, taken for an interactive feature within Showtown! Thank you @wolstenholmepic for this unique perspective of the Tower Circus arena. #ShowtownBlackpool #BlackpoolTowerCircus #Circus
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@ShowtownBPL
Showtown
5 months
🤡Are you ready? Roll up, roll up to experience Blackpool’s newest attraction – the greatest showtown on earth!🗓️🎟️Circle a date on your calendar from 15th March and book in the fun: #Showtown #Blackpool #ExploreBlackpool #FamilyFun #DaysOut #Lancashire
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@ShowtownBPL
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6 years
Wonderful thing are happening on Blackpool Promenade as the Circus Parade presents the wonderful acts of this seasons show. #circus250
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@ShowtownBPL
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4 years
Today is #WaltDisneyDay and we thought we'd share a little known fact about Disney and Blackpool! Walt Disney and Blackpool Illuminations worked together for over 20 years with Disney sending their designs to the #Illuminations for inclusion in the displays.
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@ShowtownBPL
Showtown
4 months
It's showtime at #Showtown 🤩 In a word - WOW. What an incredible opening Friday, Saturday and Sunday we've had here at Blackpool’s museum of fun and entertainment. So what are you waiting for? 🎟️ Book your tickets here: @LlewelynBowen #blackpool
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@ShowtownBPL
Showtown
6 years
All set up ready for the Changing Horizons event @WGBpl organised by Civil Service Local - talking about Blackpool heritage, collections and heritage jobs/skills to 14-16 years from Blackpool schools and seeing if they can catalogue an old postcard in 10 minutes!
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@ShowtownBPL
Showtown
6 years
Blackpool's 3 piers have been included on the 2018 World Monuments Watch list. This aerial photograph was taken by Arthur Hallas and is in the @heritagebpl Cyril Critchlow collection. #HeritageTreasures @PiersSociety @BplNorthPier @BplCentralPier @BplSouthPier @HistoricEngland
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@ShowtownBPL
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8 months
"Blackpool is a ridiculously special place" We couldn't agree more with Laurence @LlewelynBowen on this one! Did you know - next year you can design your very own Blackpool illumination right here at #Showtown ? Can't wait for March 2024! 🤩 #BlackpoolIlluminations #Blackpool
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@ShowtownBPL
Showtown
6 years
JOB ALERT: We have two new opportunities to join the team - Freelance Curator and Collections Researcher (Photographs) @PRA_Association
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@ShowtownBPL
Showtown
5 months
As 3000 magicians attend the world famous @Blackpool_Magic Convention over the next 4 days at the Winter Gardens, it’s got us excited about the tricks we can dazzle you with here at Showtown from 15th March, prepare to be amazed 🪄 #showtown #blackpool #magic #blackpoolmagic2024
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@ShowtownBPL
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5 years
Even more news to be excited about this week... @GrundyBlackpool is bringing Roy Lichentstein's work to #blackpool #wow He was a pioneer of the pop art movement with his bold, graphic style. Can't wait!!
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@ShowtownBPL
Showtown
6 years
Fantastic new galleries @BoltonLMS reimagining #boltonsegypt collection! Well done all! Special well done to @SamElliott1
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We all had a fab night watching #Stevehewlett talking to himself! He is on in the Paradise Room @Pleasure_Beach until Sunday. Get your tickets and laugh until you cry!! @ventriloquist29 #SirKenDodd
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