{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Blackpool Timeline","provider_url":"https:\/\/dev.wearedeeperblue.co.uk\/history-clone","author_name":"Ed","author_url":"https:\/\/dev.wearedeeperblue.co.uk\/history-clone\/author\/deeperblue\/","title":"Author of Blackpool in Old Picture Postcards - Allan Wood Joins Blackpool Council","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"qktOVMZKvR\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dev.wearedeeperblue.co.uk\/history-clone\/author-allan-wood-joins-blackpool-council\/\">Author of Blackpool in Old Picture Postcards &#8211; Allan Wood Joins Blackpool Council<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.wearedeeperblue.co.uk\/history-clone\/author-allan-wood-joins-blackpool-council\/embed\/#?secret=qktOVMZKvR\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Author of Blackpool in Old Picture Postcards &#8211; Allan Wood Joins Blackpool Council&#8221; &#8212; Blackpool Timeline\" data-secret=\"qktOVMZKvR\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/dev.wearedeeperblue.co.uk\/history-clone\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/dev.wearedeeperblue.co.uk\/history-clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Allan-W-Wood-1000.webp","thumbnail_width":1000,"thumbnail_height":1000,"description":"Allan W. Wood is a Blackpool-born author and local historian whose work has become closely associated with preserving the visual and architectural history of the Fylde Coast. Through books, archive photography and comparative \u201cthen and now\u201d studies, he has documented the changing face of Blackpool across the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. Raised in the resort, Wood later studied Civil Engineering at Sheffield Polytechnic before returning to Blackpool to work in the Borough Surveyor\u2019s Department at Blackpool Borough Council between 1978 and 1989. His interest in local history reportedly began in the 1970s after discovering historic postcards and photographs at..."}