Morcambe - Heysham Church pu 1952 postcard

Postcard

 

• Picture / Image:  Heysham Church, Morcambe, Lancashire
• Publisher:  Atkinson & Pollitt, Kendal
• Postally used:  yes
• Stamp:  George VI 2d. pale red brown probably SG506
• Postmark(s):  Lancaster & Morcambe 11 July 1952 wavy line
• Sent to:  Briars Lane, Lathom, Ormskirk, Lancs.
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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information:

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Morecambe (pronounced /'m?rk?m/) is a resort town within the City of Lancaster district of Lancashire, England. As of 2003 it has a resident population of about 45,000. It faces into Morecambe Bay.

Morecambe and nearby village Heysham have a combined population of 51,400.^[1]

In 1889 the villages of Bare, Poulton-le-Sands and Torrisholme collectively became known as Morecambe, and those areas of Morecambe are still known by their original names.

Morecambe had a proud history as a thriving seaside resort in the mid-twentieth century. Whilst the nearby resort of Blackpool attracted holiday-makers predominantly from the Lancashire mill towns, Morecambe had more visitors from Yorkshire and Scotland. Between 1956 and 1989 it was the home of the Miss Great Britain beauty contest.

Morecambe suffered from decline for a number of years following a series of incidents that affected its tourism and local economy.^[2] Tourism suffered after losing two piers: Central Pier was struck by fire in 1933 but survived until 1992, and West End Pier was washed away in a storm in 1978. In 1994, The World of Crinkley Bottom attraction in Happy Mount Park closed only 13 weeks after its opening. The ensuing 'Blobbygate' scandal led to a legal battle between Lancaster City Council and TV star Noel Edmonds. The closures of Bubbles, Morecambe's indoor waterworld, and Frontierland, its Pleasure Beach, soon followed.

However, Morecambe has benefited from strong regeneration policies, lead by the investing in the West End area. This resulted in house prices rising in the area. Both The Times and the Daily Telegraph ran two-page features on Morecambe's revival around Easter 2006. After falling into abeyance in the mid-1980s, the Miss Morecambe beauty contest was revived in 2006 by Margee Ltd., a local fashion store, founded in 1933 - the same year that the Midland Hotel opened its doors.

Morecambe was selected by the RNLI as the location for their first operational hovercraft (Griffon 470SAR) H-002 "The Hurley Flyer" which was made operational on 23 December 2002. Despite this fact the 5 February 2004 saw a major loss of life in Morecambe Bay when Chinese immigrant shellfish harvesters were inundated by incoming tides, resulting in multiple fatalities.