Blackpool Blackpool – spared too much bombing during WW2 as Hitler wanted it for a playground for the SS Elite |
Ally Pally/ Volks Palast The People’s palace was opened in 1873 as a leisure centre. It was destroyed by fire 16 days later and rebuilt (opening in May 1875). The BBC broadcast from there from 1936 until 1956. |
Blenheim Palace Home to the Dukes of Malborough; it opened in 1722 as a gift from a grateful nation. |