Old Road

[margaretrae]

I don't know if this is the right place to ask this but I can't decide which is right. In 1962 my husband and I drove from Blackpool to Morecambe on a road that at one point was along the edge of the beach. I can't find any information about such a road but we both remember driving over it. Can someone please tell us we both aren't going mad? Thank you in advance.

[atalanta]

You could ask the Local Studies department of the Public Library either in Blackpool or in Morecambe. They will have kept road maps from that period, and may be able to trace any roads which later were abandoned or altered.

[margaretrae]

Thank you very much for your advice Atalanta. I will look into that.

[owdhamer]

I bave just spent a good hour on the web, dragging up unrelated tripe, the conclusion is buy old OS maps ,or there are old AA maps on Ebay.Many roads close to the sea and dunes have been lost over the years.

[Buenchico]

You probably used the ferry:
http://www.wyre.gov.uk/info/100011/transport_and_streets/130/knott_end_to_fleetwood_ferry

By following the coast road north to Fleetwood you arrive at the River Wyre. Taking the ferry across takes you to Knott End-on-Sea, where it's possible to take a route which follows the coast for a short while before turning to head for the A588 road to Lancaster.

You would, of course, have had the beach to your left earlier as well, all of the way from Blackpool to Fleetwood.

Chris

[margaretrae]

Thank you very much Owdhamer I see I will have to delve deeper. Thank you for your input Buenchico but I know the ferry you mean and as I hate boats of all kind and get seasick on the river, I can assure you I would know if we had travelled by ferry. We drove all the way.

[Buenchico]

Perhaps you encountered a diversion on the run in from Lancaster (or you were simply heading for the southern end of Morecambe anyway)? If, instead of heading straight towards Morecambe town centre, you turn off towards Heysham, you come into Morecambe from the southern end, running alongside the broad beach all of the way.

[spudqueen]

Maybe you drove through Pilling? I don't know how much it has silted up over the last 50 years.

[margaretrae]

Thank you Buenchico and Spudqueen.