Blackpool Civic Trust Monthly Meeting Dates, Speakers and Topics 2025/6

All meetings are at the Holiday Inn, Blackpool on a Monday at 7pm unless stated otherwise.

14th April 2025 Bryan Lindop, Heritage at Blackpool Transport – Heritage Trams

19th May 2025 Pete Lindup, Local Historian – Lawrence Wright impressario

16th June 2025 – Anne Charlesworth, Local Historian – The Early Development of South Shore starting from 1819

21st July 2025 – Claire Walmsley Griffiths, Blackpool Photographer – Performance Photography and Heritage Spaces

18th Augsut 2025 – Peter Legg, Head of Economic & Cultural Services Blackpool Council – Stanley Buildings Renovation Project

15th September 2025 – Carl Carrington, Head of Planning and Conservation – Key Developments in Blackpool 2023-2024

20th October 2025 – Alistair Baines, Cassidy & Ashton Architects, Building Surveyors and Town Planners – The life and times of a sand-grown Architect

17th November 2025 – Bev Carroll, Local Historian presenting the Robert Evan Mills Lecture – Raikes Hall and the Royal Palace Gardens ‘a tribute to the late Barry Shaw’.

15th December 2025 – Salvation Army Band – Christmas Carols and Hotpot Supper

19th January 2026 – to be advised.

16th February 2026 – to be advised

16th March 2026 – to be advised.