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A brief history of Morecambe

When a harbour on Morecambe Bay was built, the Morecambe Harbour and Railway Company was established in 1846. The harbour was located close to Poulton-le-Sand’s fishing village and a connecting railway.

A settlement began to grow when the railway connected to Bradford Skipton, Keighley. This settlement then expanded and included Poulton and the Bare and Torrisholme villages. Later on, it was called Morecambe, and this name was officially adopted in 1889.

In the mid-20th century, Morecambe was known as a flourishing seaside resort. Many of the visitors were from Yorkshire and Scotland. Some of these people even chose Morecambe as their place of retirement. The Blackpool resort, on the other hand, attracted guests from the mill towns of Lancashire. Because a lot of people from Bradford go to Morecambe, it was nicknamed Bradford on Sea.

However tourism and the local economy of Morecambe declined due to several incidents. Some of these incidents include the loss of West End Pier and the Central Pier. The first mentioned pier was partly washed away because of the storm in 1977. Meanwhile, Central Pier was removed in 1992 when it was ravaged by fire in 1933. In addition, Happy Mount Park’s The World of Crinkley Bottom also closed shortly after its opening, affecting the number of park goers.

The Royal National Lifeboat Institution chose Morecambe as the location for its hovercraft that is life-saving, and this was the first of its kind. Most famously known as “The Hurley Flyer,” this hovercraft was stored in a garage in 2002 before being built a permanent home which opened in 2010.

On February 5, 2004, a tragic incident happened. Lives were lost in Morecambe Bay when Chinese immigrants who were illegal harvesters of shellfish drowned.

In addition, in December 2017, claims spread that children in Morecambe were malnourished and that they suffered from rickets because of malnourishment. However, The Morecambe Bay Clinical Commissioning Group stated that the result might be caused by other factors other than malnourishment.

Morecambe Budget is composed of market policies which are radical free. The speech talking about this was delivered on October 11, 1968 by Enoch Powell. Tax cuts were proposed, and these cuts would also enable the state to borrow from the public to fund projects like building of hospitals and construction of roads.