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Celebrating Southport (Paperback)
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Celebrating Southport (Paperback)
Series: Celebrating
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List price R492
Loot Price R399
Discovery Miles 3 990
You Save R93 (19%)
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The north-west seaside resort of Southport can trace its origins
back to 1792 when William Sutton, a pub landlord from Churchtown,
built a bathing house in a sparsely populated area a few miles down
the coast. Although widely mocked at the time, Sutton realised the
potential for a resort close to the newly constructed Leeds &
Liverpool Canal. Within thirty years Southport, as it was renamed,
was attracting over 20,000 visitors annually. In this book,
Margaret Brecknell celebrates the town's significant events and
achievements, together with its notable local people from across
the centuries. Southport was viewed as more upmarket than its
emerging rival, Blackpool. Among those attracted here were 'The
Greatest Showman' P. T. Barnum and the future French Emperor
Napoleon III. Southport later hosted some of the twentieth
century's best-known entertainers including Charlie Chaplin and The
Beatles. In the 1970s, the legendary Grand National winner Red Rum
was trained on Southport Beach. With people increasingly choosing
to holiday abroad, Southport has reinvented itself as a destination
for day trippers. In recent years, a large-scale rejuvenation
project has taken place near the seafront with the aim of restoring
some of the resort's most popular attractions, such as the
Victorian pier, to their former glory. Southport has much to
celebrate in its past, but can also look forward to the future with
renewed confidence. Illustrated throughout, this book will appeal
to residents, visitors and all those with links to this seaside
town.
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