Alton Towers, Staffordshire - The Conservatories - Dixon postcard c.1960s

Postcard
• Picture / Image:  The Conservatories, Alton Towers, Staffordshire
• Publisher:  J Arthur Dixon (SP 844)
• Postally used:  no
• Stamp:  n/a
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• Notes / condition:  very good condition

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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information (internal links may not  work) :

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Alton Towers Resort commonly referred to as Alton Towers is a theme park, waterpark, and hotel complex in the Staffordshire countryside. It is the flagship attraction of Merlin Entertainments in the United Kingdom. The site historically opened in 1860 with flower shows and garden tours until a theme park was built on the site in 1980. Since then the waterpark has opened as well as two hotels.

The Alton Towers Theme Park opened on 4 April 1980 and major attractions include Nemesis, Oblivion, Air, Rita and Th13teen, and in 2013, The Smiler opened, becoming the world's first 14 inversion roller coaster.^[1]

Its promotional music has been Edvard Grieg's classical composition In the Hall of the Mountain King for the past two decades.

Alton Towers is located near the village of Alton in Staffordshire, England. The former country estate was a former seat of the Earls of Shrewsbury. It is now a major theme park in the United Kingdom. In 2012, it attracted 2.4 million visitors, making it the most visited theme park in the United Kingdom and 9th most visited theme park in Europe. It employs in excess of 2,000 staff members during the summer months.^[1]

The area around Alton Towers has been occupied for more than a thousand years. Beginning in the Dark Ages, the site has been redeveloped several times from fortified encampment to castle and then country house.

type=printed postcards

theme=topographical: british

sub-theme=england

county/ country=staffordshire

number of items=single

period=1945 - present

postage condition=unposted