Euston Gardens, Fleetwood
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Euston Gardens, Fleetwood
Image: © Stephen McKay Taken: Unknown
A man relaxes by the obelisk in Euston Gardens. The obelisk was erected to commemorate two local fishermen, James Abram and George Greenall, who lost their lives in 1890 when trying to rescue the crew of a stricken schooner. The memorial was paid for by public subscription and in more recent years a plaque has been added giving tribute to others lost at sea, dedicated by Admiral Sir Desmond Cassidi. Behind that is the North Euston Hotel which was built between 1840 and 1841 to provide accommodation for train travellers on their way between Euston station in London and Scotland. At that time no railway existed across the northern fells of England and southern uplands of Scotland - in fact, it was widely believed that it would be impossible to build one - so the intention was that passengers would be ferried by sea north of Fleetwood. Only a short time later a railway was built and Fleetwood never achieved the role as a major transport hub once envisaged for it.
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