Blackpool Flashcards by Rachael Atkinson | Brainscape

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Blackpool

Involvement

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During 18th century seaside travel becomes fashionable upper middle classes
1870 textile mills take a week to repair machinery
Railway opens 1846

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Blackpool

Development/ consolidation

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Pleasure beach, three piers and tower

M5 opens 1975

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Blackpool

Stagnation

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Package are introduced in 1960s so people can go a road

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Blackpool

Decline

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Mini break are now popular than long holidays

27 million people go abroad

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Blackpool

Exploration

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Victorians believed that bathing in sea water could cure diseases

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