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
Ainsdale Beach railway station special train between Aintree and Altcar & Hillhouse stations on 6 June 1959. The line came under the Cheshire Lines Committee until nationalisation in 1948, wherafter it came under the London Midland Region of British Railways until closure. Later the track bed through the station site was used to support what is now the Coastal Road, which runs from Woodvale to Southport. At this point the road is also part of the Trans Pennine Trail. Ainsdale Beach railway station Ainsdale Beach was a railway station located in Ainsdale, Merseyside, England. The Southport & Cheshire Lines Extension Railway (SCLER) opened a