Seeing as I was down there... oh, alright - this is why I was down there!
If you don't know what the treasure is try reading here, then here, and make sure you read the comments so you don't miss anything!
Armed with the information from Margot about the second hut on the right and the box being to the left of it I found it quite easily. A box with the front missing. Not much to see but a bit of Blackpool's heritage none-the-less.
It would be nice to have something on the side of the hut, perhaps with Margot's photo of her Dad to remind folks that some things were done much better in the past. I can't remember the last time I saw anyone looking through a coin-slot telescope from Blackpool Promenade and that's probably because apart from the Tower and lots of sea, they wouldn't know what to look for.
As can be seen from this new photo sent by Margot of her father, he used to point the telescope at points of interest. She says:
On the board my Dad would chalk which views he was showing depending on the weather. Sometimes it would even be Barrow shipyards also showing the Isle of Man steamers and he had photos of them all to identify them.A Google search has failed to provide any information about the lightship - anyone out there with any knowledge of this? Margot, I suppose I should really ask if this is indeed the box?!?
The blackboard, tripod and telescope all went in the case under the seat. On this particular picture he is showing the Lune Tower Light ship, whereby someone might be able to date the picture, as I was informed by a historian who wrote a history of the North Pier that the Lune Tower Light Ship burned out.
Yes indeed that picture looks a lot like where the telescope was stored and the stand also a little pair of little steps so small people could take a view and a blackboard.
ReplyDeleteRegards Margot