pavilion theatre & empress ballroom, blackpool
Join
us for a tour of Blackpool’s Historic Winter Gardens complex and visit two
of its most haunted venues:
The Empress Ballroom, designed by Mangnall & Littlewood, was
completed during the summer of 1896 and was one of the largest ballrooms in
the world. During the Great War, the entire Winter Gardens site was thrown
open to the naval and military forces stationed nearby. Early in 1918, the
Admiralty requisitioned the Empress Ballroom to assemble gas envelopes for
the R.33 airship.
With its spectacular barrel-vaulted ceiling,
sparkling chandeliers, pristine parquet flooring and ornate balconies, the
Empress Ballroom is a quite staggering venue.
The Pavilion Theatre is a stunning theatre in its
own right, however it is often overshadowed by the Opera House. In 1885 it
received a new proscenium and private boxes, but was extensively altered in
1897 when the floor was lowered and tilted towards the stage.
After entertaining audiences as a cinema with ‘Talkies’ from the early 1930s, the theatre fell into disuse for long periods and only resumed occasional use as a theatre, including old-time music hall shows in the late 1990s when Leisure Parcs took control of the Winter Gardens.
For further information on the Winter Gardens, visit www.wintergardensblackpool.co.uk.
Visit the Winter Gardens Gallery for photographs taken on previous Grand Ghost Tours. Click HERE.
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