National Trust Podcast

The Heritage Question | Blackpool Illuminations

As thousands of places across the UK open their doors for Heritage Open Days, we head to Blackpool to explore what heritage means to us as individuals and as a nation. 
In this episode, National Trust curator James Grasby goes behind the scenes to witness the thrill of the Blackpool Illuminations, a spectacle that’s firmly rooted in the past but continues to shape our heritage today. 
 
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To find out more about Heritage Open Days happening this year at the National Trust and for links to places cared for by our friends please visit. 
<a href="https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/whats-on/heritage-open-days">https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/whats-on/heritage-open-days</a> 
 
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Delve into immersive tales of history, nature and adventure with the award-winning National Trust Podcast. From wild landscapes to heritage sites and historical legends, unearth fascinating stories about people and places in the UK.

This series, travel to the 1930s to unmask the eccentric Ferguson’s Gang, find out how the felling of the Sycamore Gap tree impacted the community, and discover what life was like for the people who toiled deep in a Roman gold mine.

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