W.G. Bean – Founder of Blackpool Pleasure Beach®
1896-1920s
Alderman William George Bean founded Pleasure Beach,
Blackpool in 1896 and bought the forty two acre site on which the Pleasure Beach now stands. Various rides, including the still popular Sir Hiram Maxim Flying Machines, were introduced to the area. The First World War curtailed further development of the site until 1921 when it became possible to import new rides from the USA.
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about 7am
1 hour ago!!!
this morning at 9am
1896. A full history of the park is on the website I’ve pasted in.
W.G. Bean – Founder of Blackpool Pleasure Beach®
1896-1920s
Alderman William George Bean founded Pleasure Beach, Blackpool in 1896 and bought the forty two acre site on which the Pleasure Beach now stands. Various rides, including the still popular Sir Hiram Maxim Flying Machines, were introduced to the area. The First World War curtailed further development of the site until 1921 when it became possible to import new rides from the USA.
1930s
In the 1930s, Leonard Thompson succeeded his father-in-law to become Managing Director of the Company. This decade saw the introduction of many new rides, including The Rollercoaster, The Pleasure Beach Express, and the world-famous twin track coaster, The Grand National.
Pleasure Beach, Blackpool remains Britain’s number one tourist attraction. With over 6.2 million visitors now travelling to Britain’s No. 1 Resort Theme Park every year, no wonder they call it The Entertainment Adventure Capital of The World.
The only thing I will add is that Blackpool Pleasure Beach has one of only about 3 wooden Wild Mouse rolercoasters in the world and one of only 2 twin racing rollercoasters on the same track (the Grand National) and it is by far the theme park with the most sense of preservation of its ride as they were originally built- if only most people who went there were in as good shape as some of these historic rides!
It is a truly world class site for historic rides.
The early 60s i think ???
Hope this answers your question!
The park was founded in 1896 by Alderman William George Bean, who said his intent was to create “…an American Style Amusement Park, the fundamental principle of which is to make adults feel like children again and to inspire gaiety of a primarily innocent character.”
The original Ghost Train was opened in 1930, before being replaced by the ride currently in use today.
I dunno.
1896 me thinks