The home, which is now private accommodation, stands in nearly seven acres of land and was a convalescent home for miners who came to Blackpool for the fresh air whilst recouperating from injury and ill health after a lifetime down the coal pits. But for those of us who live in Blackpool, it was a curious place. These pictures are a rare glimpse inside the Baroque-style building and whilst the interior perhaps doesn’t quite match up to the expectations of it splendid frontage, it was a place of comfort for many former miners who ‘reckoned it was the best hotel in town’
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![A morning cuppa in the sun room, 1988](https://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmJhZTE4MmMzLTg3OTEtNDdmZC1hNzQzLTUyZjkzZDAzMmQzZTozYTg3ODE4YS00OWM0LTRmNDYtOGI2MS0zZDc5ZTY5MDg2Yjc=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
![This was in April 1990 as surrounding land was put on the market for £1.5m](https://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjQ1YjYwNzhhLTVlMTctNGMxMi1hY2ZmLTE5ODlmMTk3MjQxNToxYTMxNjgyMi01MzdiLTRiNjMtYWEwYS04OTk3NTdmZTM0ZDU=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
2. Inside the Miners' Home
This was in April 1990 as surrounding land was put on the market for £1.5m Photo: National World
![High ceilings and flooded with natural light, the rooms were enormous. This was presumably a communal sitting room](https://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjIyNzU0OTYwLThkNGYtNDEwNy1iMWM3LWY2OWY4MzE2YjA0ZTpmMmRiM2M3MS0xYmMyLTQ5MDgtYjgyNy0wZjVlM2NjYzEwNzA=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
3. Inside the Miners' Home
High ceilings and flooded with natural light, the rooms were enormous. This was presumably a communal sitting room Photo: National World
![Full size snooker tables for residents in the games room](https://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjM4MjcwZWRiLTM0YTYtNDU3Zi05YzdmLTNjZDlmMTMyYjJmYTo0ZjE1M2ZjYi1jNmE2LTQ1MTktYTBhMy03NTRkNjIxZmY2YWU=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
4. Inside the Miners' Home
Full size snooker tables for residents in the games room Photo: National World
![The games room in 1996](https://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjI5ZDEyYmJjLTdkOTktNDRjNC1hODc1LWJjMzQ3NWJjYmU4ZjowOTE3NjhkNi1mZTA5LTQxZDMtOGIyZC03YTdiMTdjMWYyMmM=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
![A weary sign at the front of the enormous grounds](https://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmM1YzEzYzU4LWJlZjItNGZjYS1iYmM1LTQ4N2U3MzNlODQ3OTpiYTY1MmNkNS1iM2VlLTRhZmQtOWQxOC03OGVkNThmMDBjYTA=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
6. Inside the Miners' Home
A weary sign at the front of the enormous grounds Photo: National World