Blackpool Council

Events

1

Episodes

1

Years

1879

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Blackpool Council, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

1. Blackpool Illuminations switched on for the first time

   1879

   Role: Staging Authority

   1. 118 September 1879 · PromenadeFirst Switching On

      The Blackpool Illuminations were first shown in 1879, featuring eight carbon arc lamps that bathed the Promenade.

Sources

1. Blackpool Illuminations Wikipedia, revision of 2026-03-23