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Satsukisan
01-05-2011, 12:23 AM
The Victoria Pavilion Theatre was built in 1897 as part of an existing complex. Dating from 1878, the original complex included seawater baths, bars and a ballroom. In the 1950s, the Winter Gardens were taken over by Moss Empires, however declining profits in the following decades led to its closure in 1977. Although the theatre building that remains today was listed the same year, the ballroom building was demolished in 1982.
In 2008, as part of an appraisal of the Morecambe Conservation Area, the Winter Gardens were listed as one of the area's most significant features, as the main example of the remnants of the resort’s nineteenth century entertainment buildings.In 2008, the Winter Gardens were featured on the tenth series of the ghost hunting show Most Haunted. They returned in October 2009, when the Winter Gardens was opened to the public as the live audience venue for the eight consecutive nights of the Most Haunted Live! broadcast.
The future is looking rosy as they have some cracking people looking after it :D

Visited with O2E, Zero, Hidden Shadow and Blueink. Thanks to O2E for organising!

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See more from this visit and my past visit from last year here (http://www.flickr.com/photos/50840887@N03/sets/72157625528468880/with/5665818257/).