What an impressive event this must have been. According to Wikipaedia:
"1932, a ‘Blackpool Week’ was held by the Birmingham Sporting Club on the pleasure grounds to raise money for the Children's Hospital, including a replica of Blackpool Tower. The next year, the Sporting Club acquired possession of the building, and renamed it after Blackpool's Tower Ballroom, possibly in reference to the nearby Waterworks tower. In honour of the new name, Alderman T. Fenton, the mayor of Blackpool, opened the Sporting Club's fourth annual charity ball there on 13 February 1933. Blackpool Week was repeated in 1933, but cancelled the next year after complaints of noise and drunken behaviour".
Like so many of these large events, they often fail because of disturbances. But there was an impressive choice of events. Must have been quite a sight around Edgbastion Reservoir too. No idea who "Mr E" was, but he was throwing away money at 10 bob a time (50p in today's money) !
"1932, a ‘Blackpool Week’ was held by the Birmingham Sporting Club on the pleasure grounds to raise money for the Children's Hospital, including a replica of Blackpool Tower. The next year, the Sporting Club acquired possession of the building, and renamed it after Blackpool's Tower Ballroom, possibly in reference to the nearby Waterworks tower. In honour of the new name, Alderman T. Fenton, the mayor of Blackpool, opened the Sporting Club's fourth annual charity ball there on 13 February 1933. Blackpool Week was repeated in 1933, but cancelled the next year after complaints of noise and drunken behaviour".
Like so many of these large events, they often fail because of disturbances. But there was an impressive choice of events. Must have been quite a sight around Edgbastion Reservoir too. No idea who "Mr E" was, but he was throwing away money at 10 bob a time (50p in today's money) !
