"To go to Blackpool and not visit the Royal Palace Gardens is to visit London and not visit the Crystal Palace or Westminster Abbey, or go to Rome and not visit the Vatican or the Coliseum " Editor - London Weekly News 1891] Long before the famous Tower and Winter Gardens Blackpool's Royal Palace Gardens at Raikes Hall was a world famous destination for variety and music hall stars and touring exhibitions and battle reenactments like 'Savage South Africa' and the 'Afghan War'. With its lavish Grand Opera House, Indian Pavilion and famous botanical gardens, conservatories and menageries, it...