num_pages: 311
description: Just over a hundred years ago a cluster of small fishing villages on the shores of Morecambe Bay began to attract visitors who revelled in the fresh sea air and admired the view of the Lakeland fells across the water. With the coming of the railway the place boomed and Morecambe, as it came to be called, rivalled Blackpool as the mecca for the mill workers and miners of Lancashire and Yorkshire. It became known as Bradford-by-the-Sea.Roger Bingham charts the rise and fall of this fascinating town. It is a story full of drama and anecdotes; of council bosses and variety stars.Is Morecambe finished as a town? Not by any means says the author - and hence the question mark in the title.
language: English
title: Lost Resort? The Flow and Ebb of Morecambe
publisher: Cicerone