Grange Park's 70th birthday celebrations

The people of Grange Park celebrated the landmark birthday of their estate with '˜a bit of a do'.
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More than 2,000 people gathered on the green at the @ The Grange community hub on Saturday to mark the 70th birthday of Grange Park.

Children enjoyed free games, a climbing wall, face painting, arts and crafts sessions and donkey rides.

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Workshops run by the Adult and Family learning team, including bunting making, cake decoration and a selfie frame workshop, took place.

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People also enjoyed live music and food and drink in a matinee. Blackpool Council deputy leader and park ward councillor Gillian Campbell (inset) said: “What a brilliant 70th birthday.

“It was wonderful to see so many people enjoying and joining in the party.

“The turn-out shows how @ The Grange can play such an important role in the community and really become a vibrant hub of activity.”

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The birthday celebrations continue this week with an exhibition at the @ The Grange community hub, on Bathurst Avenue, to showcase old photographs from the history of the housing estate, which was founded in 1948.

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In 1998, the estate’s first Neighbourhood Watch was created. In 2005, it was awarded a Sustainable Communities Award from then deputy PM John Prescott.

Cath Powell MBE, community development manager for @The Grange, who is helping to organise the exhibition, said: “We have had a great response from past and present residents to the exhibition, with some lovely memories and fabulous photos sent in, it promises to be a lovely exhibition.”