Blackpool Pleasure Beach Bean moved to Blackpool full-time towards the end of the century. In 1903, Bean, along with local businessman John Outhwaite, purchased 30 acres of land known as the "Watson Estate" which was used to expand the amusement park in Blackpool. The original Pleasure Beach was built on the sand dunes along the promenade and consisted of a few roundabouts, a Bicycle Railway and several Gypsy stalls. Bean and Outhwaite decided to grow the business after visiting Coney Island in the United States. Using a small static fairground in London's Earls Court for inspiration, Bean added more rides and sideshows to
Bishopstone Beach Halt railway station holiday passengers. The first name of the station was Bishopstone. It was closed in 1938 when a new Bishopstone station was built to the east, then reopened in 1939 as Bishopstone Beach Halt. The down platform remains intact with no track running through it. The edge stones on the up platform have been removed, but the concrete support of the station sign is still in place. The station can no longer be visited by the public. Bishopstone Beach Halt railway station Bishopstone Beach Halt was a railway station in East Sussex, England that was opened on 1 June 1864 and