I like my recovered hard drive - lo and behold in word I saved this - no idea who penned it ! enjoy Tunnels with all this talk of the underground ride on bpb,it reminds me of a story i read about ages ago,apperantly there are underground tunnels all over blackpool,one supposedly being from the winter gardens to the tower which was used by the circus performers and animals many years ago,but as to whether this is true i dont know,but i did find this posted on the internet. In 1980 I worked at the Merrie England Bar On North Pier From the cellar there is indeed a tunnel heading east up Talbot Rd, I was told it was blocked off about 50 yards in but no one knew what it was for or why it was there. Over the next couple of years I heard similar stories like yourself, of tunnels under Queen st, yatess and the Little Vic on Victoria St(now demolished) but nothing of any substance. It wasnt until 1985 that the stories started to take on some relevence, I started Work at the Railway Pub on talbot road(often confused with the Station and presently named ONeills) In the very large cellar, far to large for its purpose are three huge rooms and each room has a tunnel out of them. One heads west to the promenade, hence The Merry England Bar, one heads south west towards the tower and one heads north towards Queen St, this one I managed to enter as the other two are bricked up about 15 yards in. The one leading to queen street is also bricked up but after about 50/75 yards down. The Railway/ONeills is Built on the same plot of land as the Catholic church, on talbot Rd that at one time owned the land. At one time in our dark history Catholocism was banned and anyone practicing it could be executed or some other barbaric punishment was their fate. So illegal catholic masses here held.To piece it all together these masses were held in secret and one place was under the Railway/Oneills and as the story goes the tunnels were Built and used as escape routes if ever they got raided. There was at one time a plaque in the Railway stating that Illegal Catholic Masses were held in the cellar, but either lost during the many refurbishments or some souvenier hunter has it on a bedroom wall somewhere. I too have tried to find out more but there seems to be alot of secrecy surrounding this topic. One place I havent tried is the church on talbot road for the simple reason.....The Catholic church would never involve themselves in anything illegal...........would they. I hope that helps you and if you do find anything else Post it I guarantee you the tunnels do exist. so maybe its true
Posted on: Wed, 10 Sep 2014 22:18:02 +0000
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