The Blackpool Tower Circus opened yesterday. We thought a trip to “Tower World” would be a nice day out for us with Grandma Dot & Cousin Katie.
Tower world is the vast building that houses all sorts of different activities, so much that you could spend all day there. It also has some gems of Victorian architecture, notably by Matchless Matcham.

It is home to two particularly stunning rooms in the complex.

The Ballroom…

…and the Circus.

A trip to the top of the tower also gives you a chance to conquer your fear on the “walk of faith” 380 feet above street level.

More to come!

…what a Delicolor is, it is a vintage stage lighting control.

It was designed by Rollo Gillespie Williams who moved from Holophane to Furse in the 1940s.

The Delicolor bits are to the left and bottom (and right on the uncropped picture if you click through). You turned the dial to the desired colour, wound the handles… and Voila!

A love of flying, playing guitars and wearing regalia distinguishes Tony, our Batley President that year.

(Of course, a Ukelele would have sufficed…)