#devonshire road

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Devonshire Road in Blackpool under the railway line.

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The former Devonshire Road Hospital building from Talbot Road during the demolition works of 2007.

It opened in 1891 as the Blackpool Isolation Hospital for infectious diseases, later becoming Blackpool Sanitorium until 1954 when it became Devonshire Road Hospital.

After its 2007 demolition, the council spent close to £200k on transforming it into a staff car park that barely anyone used.

After spending £35k per year on rent until 2017 it was decided the council would purchase the plot for £1.05m in 2020, only to sell it in 2024 for £1 and approve the site to be the location of the new magistrates' court.

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A rare view of the rear of the Queens Brewery on Talbot Road, near the junction with Devonshire Road in 1944.

Photograph was taken from Abbatoir Road which is now Coopers Way where nothing remains of the brewery or the abattoir and its showgrounds.

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Contrasting views of Devonshire Road School from 1911, 1950 & 2023.

The school was demolished in 2003 after suffering extensive damage in a major fire that was determined to be an arson attack, with a new school opening in its place in 2006 costing £7million.

[blackpoolhistory]

Abattoir Road near Devonshire Road.

Today the whole area has been redeveloped and is now known as Coopers Way with all remnants of the former Abattoir buildings and its showgrounds being removed.

At the junction with Talbot Road stood a huge brewery known as Queens Brewery which is now long-gone, along with nearly everything else in the surrounding area.

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Bispham Post Office at the junction of Red Bank Road and Devonshire Road.

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The No. 3 pub at Devonshire Square.

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Small parade of shops in 1993 on Talbot Road near the junction with Devonshire Road.