Kenneth Townsley Starts Gold Medal Travel in Blackpool
Kenneth Townsley is a businessman, philanthropist and founder of The Kentown Wizard Foundation. He was born in Blackpool to 'working class' parents in 1945 and made his fortune in tourism. In 2015 Ken decided that having amassed his fortune through hard work and ingenuity, he would dedicate the bulk of it to the benefit of others. So he established the Kentown Wizard Foundation to support children with disabilities and life limiting / threatening conditions, especially in the Blackpool area. Ken started work at Blackpool Airport at the age of 15 as a Traffic Department Apprentice, doing everything from handling luggage to...
Smiths Equipment Hire
Smiths Equipment Hire was officially established as a separate company in 1970, emerging from the family’s longstanding coal merchant and haulage business, Birchfield Haulage Ltd. Over the decades, Smiths has flourished, becoming one of the largest independent hire companies in the Northwest of England, with a reputation for reliability and innovation in the equipment hire sector. In 1998, Smiths expanded by opening a depot in Preston, followed by a sixth depot in Blackburn in 2001. A significant turning point came in 2004, when the Preston depot relocated to a prominent 6,000-square-foot facility along the main A6 road. This new site,... Read more »
Fleetwood Museum
Fleetwood Museum is a community-run museum managed by the Fleetwood Museum Trust, a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO). It is unique in that its funding primarily comes from the local community through Fleetwood Town Council, a third-tier local authority. This distinctive funding model makes Fleetwood Museum possibly the only museum in the country supported in this way. The Trust assumed responsibility for operating the museum buildings and managing its collection on behalf of Lancashire County Council from 1st April 2018. The museum’s primary purpose is to collect, preserve, interpret, and share the rich history of Fleetwood, with a vision to educate,... Read more »