{"id":4717,"date":"2024-09-23T20:39:24","date_gmt":"2024-09-23T20:39:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.wearedeeperblue.co.uk\/history\/?p=4717"},"modified":"2025-03-12T11:38:53","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T11:38:53","slug":"the-frightening-world-of-1950s-blackpool-pleasure-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.wearedeeperblue.co.uk\/history-clone\/the-frightening-world-of-1950s-blackpool-pleasure-beach\/","title":{"rendered":"The Frightening World of 1950s Blackpool Pleasure Beach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On 8 August 1957, ITN&#8217;s Reggie Bosanquet travelled to the British seaside resort of Blackpool. On a mission to enjoy the famed attractions of Blackpool Pleasure Beach and explore the town&#8217;s booming tourism industry, Bosanquet captured a number of colourful characters and a culture quite alien to the 21st Century. Among them, the fearless men responsible for cleaning Blackpool Tower, the no-nonsense nurse charged with reuniting lost children with their families, and a man with a special job at the fair&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>There are more Pleasure Beach related posts on the timeline: <a href=\"https:\/\/dev.wearedeeperblue.co.uk\/history-clone\/the-big-one-the-biggest-rollercoaster-in-the-world-when-built\/\"><strong>The Big One<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/dev.wearedeeperblue.co.uk\/history-clone\/the-pleasure-beach\/\"><b>The Pleasure Beach<\/b><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/dev.wearedeeperblue.co.uk\/history-clone\/pleasure-beach-fire\/\"><strong>Pleasure Beach Fire<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/dev.wearedeeperblue.co.uk\/history-clone\/thompson-family-takes-over-pleasure-beach\/\"><strong>Thompson Family Takes Over Pleasure Beach<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/dev.wearedeeperblue.co.uk\/history-clone\/nickelodeon-land-at-the-pleasure-beach\/\"><strong>Nickelodeon Land at The Pleasure Beach<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/dev.wearedeeperblue.co.uk\/history-clone\/the-original-coasters-restaurant\/\"><strong>The Original Coasters Restaurant<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Frightening World of 1950s Blackpool Pleasure Beach (1957)\" width=\"680\" height=\"383\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/B8OGxqUjsC0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 8 August 1957, ITN&#8217;s Reggie Bosanquet travelled to the British seaside resort of Blackpool. 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