Hidden Secrets Of Blackpool's Winter Gardens | Behind The Wall!
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- Опубліковано 22 січ 2022
- Exploring the History of Winter Gardens in Blackpool, uncovering all of it's history and Hidden Secrets.
In this video, we will be exploring the main Winter Gardens building, looking at the original Victorian Atriums, Baronial Hall, Spanish Hall, Floral Hall, Pavilion Theatre and Galleon Bar. We also find a hidden hole in the wall that contains a façade for one of the original buildings called the Grand Vestibule from 1878.
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Blackpool Winter Gardens
Anthony Williams (Winter Gardens)
Jordan Miller (Winter Gardens)
Blackpool Council
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This is episode 1 of many more to come on the Winter Gardens. Hope you enjoy.
such a beautiful building the council have done it proud with the restorations , theyre not known for getting stuff right usually tbh lol , thanks for the video just subbed looks like ive a lot to catch up on
Fantastic video can wait to see more as I live in Blackpool
@@catwig4863 same i think you miss a lot when you live at a place ,you just dont notice stuff or even think about it .
Excellent Darren as always. But most surprised to see you in my home town.
I am a "Sandgrown'un", I E born in the town and have had a lifelong fascination with local history. I am still a heritage guide for the town, authorised by Blackpool Council to do tours of the town and we used to do them of this unbelievably wonderful building.
As many have already said in your comments, most people don't give it a second look, but it is utterly stunning.
The Empress ballroom, in my book, is even better than the Tower Ballroom. Heresy to some, but it genuinely is.
I also do a "Hidden Heritage" tour, that explores some of the other incredible hidden gems and lost stories of this unique and amazing town. If you'd ever like to know any more about them, please do not hesitate to get in touch.
In the meantime, again many thanks and another excellent job as always. Cheers.
If you get the chance, get the techs to take you down into the basement areas - apparently it's a total labyrinth of tunnels and rooms, many of which were sealed off decades ago - every now and then they open another one up and find all manner of historical goodies stashed away...
They could have at least made the conference centre fit somewhat with the classic architecture. Looks soulless.
I think their whole plan was to make it look VERY different from what was there, "Pfff! curves and round edges? That's so old fashioned!".
@@Sejen77 I agree whole-heartedly with your comment. Wouldn't a tiny curve and transition from brick to WhateverTHATis have been a bit more appropriate?
That new conference centre is awful compared to the rest of the building (and to think there used to be a Italian garden there!). Loving the layout to see how everything fits together as well as the old photos of how it looked.
Glad you enjoyed it. Lots more to come from here.
what are these people thinking oh yes the kevin mcleod syndrome stick a box either in concrete or glass or both on a very grand building theres no exscuse if the victorians can create grandeur so can we with todays technology if its not baroque dont fix it , terrible pun
@@wizzwamf That's a Disney pun. Beauty & the beast. I use it. Lol
Just dog-piling here, but when did the Italian Gardens get tarmacced over for the car park? I don't know if I remember it, or my old dear sainted daddy telling me about it. Or did it go as soon as they closed Queen Vic's coffin? ( If you know what I mean)
I used to work here as a chef (mainly in the empress grill) and saw a lot of the hidden spaces including the backstage area above the kitchen ceiling and the changing rooms at the bottom of the stairs for the old stage which are still used by staff to access the kitchen without disturbing the customers dining. The white lady's from the front entrance were still in one of the walkways of the celler along with lots of other hidden spaces that are now only used by the staff and for storage including stable housing which was a restaurant at some point and an old bar/tearoom.
Thanks Brett, yes they took me down there. But I couldn't film as they were using it for something. I will be back soon.
The celeb is Laila Morse who plays 'Mo Harris' in EastEnders. Great video. Thank you :-)
Yes correct. Thanks, more to come.
LMAO I thought it was a man
Gary Oldmans sister!
She doesn't look anything like her brother, i couldn't believe it when I was told who her brother was ⚡
What a beautiful building Darren, loved the pirates ship effect, such a shame the new conference centre is a horrid square block.
Yes. And many more rooms to come. It's massive.
Totally agree with that last bit. Why hide the beauty of the building behind that monstrous block of rubbish.
The conference centre is f**king disgusting. Horrible grey square concrete.
@@simontay4851 they've been butchering this building for years and years, why stop now!
Shame, as it was beautiful! But the interior is simply stunning!
@@Southern-Storm If you call butchering the building knocking down a crumbling concrete carpark built in the 1930s to make way for a new building...
I'm blown away by the three themed rooms! Very reminiscent of long lost insanely-themed grand cinemas. Fantastic to see the building so well preserved and looked after.
My grandfather worked the super trooper in the opera house back in the day. I worked there, in the office, from 1986 - 1988. More recently, my daughter competed in the Champion of Tomorrow dance competition. I don’t live in the area anymore but it’s always nice hearing about it.
By the way, our school speech days were always held in the pavilion theatre.
This brought back lots memories of going there with my parents and sister in the 60s and 70s on our annual weeks holiday. Stunning building and lovely to see its being restored and not flattened like so many other beautiful buildings have.
Thanks mate, more to come very soon.
Beautiful, just beautiful
Thanks Dave, more to come
I’ve lived in Blackpool my whole life and have been in this place more times than I can recall but was still fascinated by this video. Great work and thank you for showcasing a gem ⚡️💎
Glad you enjoyed it. Lots more to come from here.
The architect who designed, and the planners who passed the plans for, that conference box should be taken out and dropped off the end of the pier. Absolutely no empathy with the building they are attaching to.
Great video Darren, thanks for bringing us this great insight into the Winter Gardens, I now know why my grandmother raved about it when she went on her holidays there in the 1950's, unfortunately I was far too young to appreciate the design and beauty of the building then!
Yes I agree it's not the best thing to be added onto the building.
I agree, its appallling! It is just lazy design - it would have been easy enough to design a more appropriate building. Architect? Really? My 3 year old granddaughter can draw a square box!
The idea of the conference centre being a bland box was so as not to detract from the original parts of the Winter Gardens. It basically had to be like that or it would never have been constructed. It's there to be basic and functional and be seen as a separate part of the building. Inside is pretty sparse too, which allows clients to "decorate" the space as they see fit for whichever event they are holding, yet they can still make full use of both the Empress Ballroom and Opera House venues as they are linked directly to the conference centre.
I detest the look of it personally, but if it brings in more business then that can only be seen as a positive for the rest of the complex.
@@OrganMusicYT Looking on the bright side, it will have a 25 year lifespan and will be pulled down most likely within your lifetime. In my opinion most of the 1930's additions should also be torn down.
@@spacemanclips So you would advocate for the demolition of one of, if not the most complete, finest and unaltered examples of streamline moderne cinema and theatre design from the 1930s in the country? Not to mention the last new Wurlitzer pipe organ in the country, the newest example of a Wurlitzer theatre pipe organ anywhere in the World that remains in its original home?
Also, it's the 1930s additions that allow the venue to function as it does today and turn a profit.
For those complaining about the new conference centre building. The site was previously a crumbling 1930s two-level staff car park. I'm pretty certain that in the planning process, it was outlined that the new conference centre had to be a neutral part of the building so that it did not detract from the historic fabric of the rest of the building. Basically, it was never meant to be liked. It was there purely to serve the purpose of adding a new state of the art conference space that people could use.
IMHO it of anything but "neutral". It's a giant un-attractive box that is a huge distraction from the beautiful architecture of the historic buildings. It looks very out of place, like the archtect was told to design the cheapest box he could to fill the space.
@@infurious5748 As I said, it wasn't designed to be liked. All it is there for is to do it's job and bring in revenue. When the time comes that the conference centre building has reached the end of it's life then it won't be a loss architecturally to the rest of the building, and I doubt people would campaign to save it as it isn't of architecural or cultural significance.
Just sounds like the council wanted to be difficult as usual 😠
@@jacobmassey3897 The council wouldn't make it difficult for themselves... it's down to various bodies like English Heritage, Theatres Trust, Victorian Society etc.
Clearly like the current architect, you have no eye for what would marry old and new, what a wasted opportunity to do something fabulous, how about rethinking the garden for instance?
I love this they've refurbished it beautifully and I've seen so many old pictures of the Winter Gardens and now they make sense. I can't wait for the next episode Thank You for the memories 🙂
Thanks Holli. Coming soon.
Lived in Blackpool for over ten years and never knew such a wonderland existed in the Winter Gardens. Nice trip down memory lane. Thank you.
Thanks and a lot more to come from inside. Weve only scratched the surface.
I've got to applaud the restoration. Too much of our heritage has been concreted over. Well done!
So true
Wow, excellent!
Many thanks!
Everytime I visit its quite emotional for me.used to go watch the shows when I was little.its such a beautiful building x
Thanks mate. More to come.
Thanks so much for this. As a Blackpool exile living in Leeds it brings back many memories of trips to the complex to see shows or just to get out of the rain!
Thanks Philip, so you get Leeds and Blackpool on here.
Well done, a cracking video. Having been brought up in Blackpool, we had hotels in South Shore and a chippy in High Street, I spent a lot of time in and out of various venues in Blackpool and never knew the building had these rooms!
Me neither. A lot more to come from inside.
Brilliant video. Really looking forward to the next one.
Thanks Judith
Wonderful video! Been to the Winter Gardens a number of times. It's one of my favourite parts of Blackpool. I didn't know so may other parts to it existed, and it's fantastic to see them refurbished. Great detective work on the old area!
Me neither. I've been many times. More to come from inside.
@@AdventureMe that's fantastic! Many thanks for the first video. I'm really looking forward to the others!
loved this ❤ thanks for the information.
Very interesting, thank you. Cheers
Thanks for watching. More to come.
Amazing. Building thank you for sharing
Thanks mate. Much more to come on this.
The Galleon bar is by far my favourite room! What an incredible space that is. Phenomenal work as always and thank you for the tours you give us of these absolute gems.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Another fabulous video, Darren. It’s like walking back in time with you. You have a unique way of taking us on these trips back in time. Your the best, Darren. Nobody comes close. See you on the next! Cheers buddy!!!
Thanks mate. More to come.
@@AdventureMe Can’t wait.enjoy your week, Darren!
Fascinating. Many years since I visited Blackpool, the Winter Gardens building was in a very sad state...wonderful to see the restoration work!
Yes and it's still ongoing as you will see in the next videos.
Amazing video. I had no idea this existed. The detail on some of these rooms is incredible.
Sure is Bob. More to come.
Fantastic video , thank you Darren...
Very welcome
Amazing vid , and follow series to come thanks 4 sharing love blackpool
Thanks mate. More to come.
This place is AMAZING and never ceases to bring new suprizes
It sure is. More to come.
New subscriber, your editing and the overlay between past and present really brings things to life. Amazing stuff. I spent a lot of my childhood and early teens in Blackpool and I've always loved the history behind the Winter Gardens, but never knew just how rich the history was behind it. Eagerly awaiting more! I hope you'll eventually cover Blackpool Tower itself. I can only imagine what secrets lay hiding in there...
Thanks mate. Lots more to come from here. Yes the tower I am trying to get access to now.
Thoroughly enjoyed this - not been in the winter gardens for 30 yrs. Lovely to see the building had renovation and is being preserved .
Thanks Lou. More to come from here.
Thanks for the video its amazing inside all those ornate rooms.
I'm speechless at home beautiful the centre is! Thank you for posting!!
No problem. More to come this weekend
Wow fascinating! Thank you!
Thanks for watching, more to come.
Fascinating view of the building and the history Darren , looking forward to more !
Thanks mate. More to come.
Great video again mate, what a stunning place. That Galleon Bar is amazing
Yeah I was blown away.
Super interesting video. Really well. put together. Helpful maps and old photos just at the right time. Thanks. I will be looking out for more.
Thanks mate, more to come very soon.
Many thanks for uploading!
Visited the Opera house for the recent Cliff concert and marvelled at what little of the building was seen after dark. Now I understand why the Mazzei cafe got its name and the amazing Spanish room.
Looking forward to the next episode.
Glad you enjoyed it. Lots more to come from here.
Brilliant.
That was just beautiful. What a building that is. So much going on. Thanks so much for the share. Please stay safe and take care
Glad you enjoyed it. More to come.
Brilliant tour mate, thank you!
My pleasure! Glad you enjoyed it. Lots more to come from here.
Thank you so much. I am really looking forward to seeing some more uploads soon.
Thanks Jilly. More to come.
Fab video Darren. So many thanks to you. …….
Thanks Karen. More to come
Great vid, as usual 👍
Thanks for watching. More to come.
Brilliant documentary. Stunning building. What a work you have put into this film Darren. So educational. Thank you for taking us round this amazing place.
Thanks Shirley. Much more put into the next eps.
This is great stuff. Keep them coming. Superb!
Thanks mate. Much more to come on this.
Fantastic Darren. You’ve shown us parts of the Winter Gardens that most of us never knew existed. Thank you
So far so good. And much more to go.
@@AdventureMe Brilliant!
This is such a lovely video. I grew up near blackpool and spent many weekends with my parents going to mr Peabodys play place in the winter gardens. I didn't realise how many rooms there were in there. Again a great video. Well done 😀👍
Thanks mate. More to come soon.
How interesting! Look forward to the next instalment
Thanks mate
A superbly put together video. Well explained with perfect use of V.O, graphics and old photos to illustrate the changes. Well done!!
Thanks mate. Second ep coming this Sunday.
Thank you Blackpool council and the people of Blackpool for welcoming the Rebellion festival to the winter gardens every year
Thanks for watching, More to come from here soon.
As someone who grew up in Blackpool, I thought I knew this building.. but clearly I don't.. very interesting stuff and glad to see the building's being carefully restored, with an eye on heritage and future functionality. As a building design and conservation engineer I appreciate the hard work by designers and specialist trades that's gone into this, and I also applaud the folk who secured the funding, because conservation work like this is not cheap by any means.
Thanks mate. Plenty more surprises to come from inside here.
FABULOUS TOUR OF A FABULOUS BUILDING
Thanks for watching, More to come from here soon.
Love it when you do videos like this. I love the winter gardens it a beautiful building. Glad it’s been restored so generations to come can enjoy
Glad you enjoyed it. Lots more to come from here.
Absolutely brilliant.. Top video
Thanks. More to come.
Been many times to the Winter Gardens when it hosts the Rebellion festival. It's a very special place which will always hold very special memories for me. I've had some of the best times of my life in there and I can hardly wait to return hopefully later this year.
Glad you enjoyed it. Lots more to come from here.
Me too mate 😎
What an amazing place! Thank you for sharing it with us. I never made it to Blackpool, but when I finally do I hope to check out Winger Gardens
Thanks for watching, More to come from here soon.
I loved this, thanks handsome chops 👍🏼
Thanks for watching, More to come from here soon.
Fascinating, thank you for sharing this with us
Thanks for watching, More to come from here soon.
Excellent as per usual
Thanks bud
Absolutely brilliant video, thanks for taking the time to research and present such an interesting story.
Many thanks! More to come.
Excellent video bud👏👏👏👍
Thanks mate. More to come.
Fantastic building, interesting video
Thanks mate. More to come from inside.
Looking forward to it
Great episode I love this building and managed to go to one of their open days they have in January, brilliant! I've had the honour of singing with my choir in the Spanish Hall as well.
Thanks mate. More to come soon.
What a brilliant video, wonderful seeing the building looking so well and keeping with the times, so many memories having been Baptised across the road, parties at Professor Peabody’s to watching shows. Thank you
Thanks mate. Plenty more surprises to come from here soon.
Loved this more please
This Sunday mate. Next part.
Brilliant footage
Thanks. More to come.
Amazing video once again Dazza! Can’t wait for the next in the series x
Thanks mate. More to come.
Excellent work.
So informative.
Thankyou.
Thanks Mark. More to come.
Very interesting, I actually lived 100 yards away on Coronation St. Most of my childhood in the 50s and 60s and I never realised the beauty of the building I'm now 68yrs old and because of this video I'll be taking a bus ride into Blackpool to have a look around the Winter Gardens myself. Thanks for sharing the video with us.
Glad you enjoyed it. Worth checking their website, they have a full open day in January. So you can mooch around everywhere at your own leisure.
I've lived here over 12 years, and still never been inside the Winter Gardens, after seeing this, i so want to have a look inside now.. cheers for this Video, and will be looking forward to seeing more..
Thanks Richie, more to come
A wonderful tube on the wintergardens just love the overlays as I said before you also make it feel like it's just me your showing me around well done brilliant once again 👍 👍 👍
Thanks paul, much much more to come.
AWESOME!
Fab video Darren - I love all your interesting history videos. I first watched your series on Butlins Filey and became hooked! Keep them coming! 🙂
Thanks, More to come.
Interesting place!
👍👍👍👊😎
It sure is
Yes it was Mo. Really interesting to see these buildings and there now and then history. Thanks for sharing 👍 I wish you would do some more on Sheffield!
I will eventually. Thanks.
Excellent video again, I remember watching your videos in the early days to get ideas of places to have my Drone Adventures. These videos are now SO professionally done now!
Brilliant. Well done.
Welcome back! Thanks mate. More to come
Really good, love the commentary, very professional.
Thanks John. More to come
Excellent production, very well done. Fascinating I've walked past this a few times and never given it a thought. Until now
Thanks mate. More to come soon.
Another interesting look around 😃👍Especially good when you found the original window inside there and even matched it to the building as it was. Onto the next one for me 😉
Thanks Richard
The plaster work in those Andrew Mazzei rooms is surprisingly convincing, great video as ever, not seen this place before!
Thanks, More to come.
Lovely vlog love this building
Thanks
i was in there in 1980 and the place was damp, cold and dropping to bits, peeling paint, crumbling plaster, and rusty girders, glad to see the council had the sense to renovate and not tear it down,
A well made video, I like the image-overs from yesteryear, better than the most youtube postings. .
Thanks mate. More to come
This is fabulous and one of the many reasons why I love Blackpool. Very well presented and informative.. Looking forward to your next video. :-) Many thanks
Thanks, me too. Yes more to come soon.
Very interesting, thanks 🙏🏻
Glad you enjoyed it. Lots more to come from here.
Awesome. The room made to look like inside a ship is so cool. Its all stunning really but love that ship room
This has to be one of your best, So informative and such a beautiful building, Must visit it one day, Thanks for bringing the past alive, You should have you're own TV show, I for one would watch it.
So nice of you. More to come.
Great video!
Thanks. More to come
What a great video and a very interesting building
Glad you enjoyed it. More to come.
Great work very interesting 😊👍
Thanks Colin
Brilliant piece, will look forward to the second instalment. Thinking of set designers, they are incredible at improvising. The Spanish Hall and the Galleon Bar remind me of the recent set for Gentleman Jack at Shibden Hall in Halifax; walls and outbuildings appeared where there previously weren’t any; all built from wood and plaster etc. and entirely convincing. It’s quite an art in itself!
It sure is. All fake and nobody can tell.
Brilliant Video. I love watching these and looking at the pictures from History of Blackpool. I have now subscribed to your channel
Thank you look forward to more
Thanks Andrea, a lot more to come on the Winter Gardens and other subjects in Blackpool too.
@@AdventureMe that’s brilliant, I look forward to them.
Again another trip down memory lane. Watching shows at the theatre with my mum and dad as a child, the Olympia, the gorgeous architecture. As a small girl it looked enormous and very posh! Thanks Darren. Many happy memories 😊
Thanks Carol. More to come
Me too Carol, am looking forward to more vids. My era was when Cannon n Ball, Little n Large, Paul Daniel days. I didnt realise there were so many rooms!
@@mousecharger ohhh mine too, I also remember the Seekers and Ken Dodd. I was amazed at all those rooms as well. It is so beautiful, a real jewel in Blackpools crown.
Great video Darren. Used to spend many happy days on holiday in the Olympia when it was Professor Peabody's! It's brilliant to be shown around the rest of the building and it's history.
Glad you enjoyed it. Lots more to come from here.
Thoroughly enjoyed the video, great overlays bringing it all to life. No evidence of secret tunnels to the tower? Not surprised as it was such a huge space that tunnels were mistaken for one arena to another. Looking forward to the next vid and thanks for doing it😀👍
Thanks mate. A more in depth vid coming on the "tunnels".
watching this and just watched your pleasure beach 125 video! one of the best channels! never knew the winter gardens had so much to it what a beautiful building!
Thanks mate. Plenty more to come from both.
brought back happy memories of going to the Winter Gardens with my late mother when i was younger
Thanks mate. More to come.