An Album of Thornton-Cleveleys by Catherine Rothwell F.L.A Page Two

An 1893 Guide refers to Cleveleys as: "a small but increasing seaside resort midway between Fleetwood and Blackpool. It has become very popular in late years with business and proffesional gentlemen who are making it a residential resort." Robert Fenton, who became a Blackpool Mayor in the Twenties, came to live at Ramalmead, Station Road Thornton.		This Cleveleys Beach scene with the lady in the long dress and shady hat dates from 1910.
The Cleveleys Coastline in the 1900's		The Cleveleys Coastline in the nineteenth century had a natural wider look. Spring tides, before sea defences were built, hastened the rate of erosion which was quite alarming to the authorities and to the estate companies who were losing land. Some dwellings, like Fanny Hall, crumbled and fell. The Coast Erosion Committe discovered the loss to be three yards every year. In 1901, in spite of a notice displayed by the Fylde Rural District Council, it was observed that 6-12 carts daily took materials from the shore in front of Cleveleys Hydro, sand, gravel and boulders the natural sea defence. On April 18th 1905 a notice by the Board of Trade was printed in the London Gazette prohibiting this removal.
Cleveleys Hydro once stood supreme on the sea coast, fully licensed, heated throughout and possesing hydropathic baths, an 18 hole golf course, tennis courts and a resident orchestra, it held banquets, dance and whist drives. the large area it covered is now packed with houses. The photo opposite from1920 shows bathers enjoying themselves on the beach in fron of the Hydro.		Bathers on the Cleveleys Beach around 1920

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