Fylde Farm from 2011 - Drone footage from 2022 - Outskirts of Blackpool

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In the early 1900s, the management committee of the Manchester and Salford Reformatory at Blackley began to make plans to move the establishment to a larger and more rural site. They acquired 80 acres of farmland at Poulton-le-Fylde, near Blackpool, where purpose-built accommodation was erected. The foundation stone for the new buildings was laid at a ceremony on July 16th, 1904, by James Rait Beard, J.P., Chairman of the Manchester and Salford Society for the Reformation of Juvenile Criminals (or, as worded on the stone, "Juvenile Offenders"). The architect was Mr Higginbottom.

Dales House and its relating buildings (Cheshire House, Lancashire House, Fylde House) were built to House young Males in the Care or Prison System between the ages of 12-18. Dales House was a secure unit which took young offenders and was also the home of Mr John Venables for some time. The other Houses were to house young males within the care system who could live a routine lifestyle under the care of care workers etc. Closed 2002