Thank you all for your response to my query. Hi Olive, and yes, I did think about the old Fleetwood Barracks. Used to play as a child on the derelict site. My query was sparked by the report in the army BMD indices of the birth of Annie Sanderson b 1902, place of birth given as Blackpool. What made me think it wasn't the Fleetwood Barracks is that place of birth, I would have thought for anywhere in Fleetwood would have been given as Thornton or Fylde??? Could I ask for help with the following? I have a photo of a Sergeant Sanderson Military funeral winding through the streets of Blackpool in Jan 1808. Does any one have any idea which church cemeteries in Blackpool would have been available for this burial in 1808? It would give me some inkling as to which church records to look at. Also, When did the publishing of the Blackpool Evening Gazette commence? Any help, is as usual gratefully received. Regards to all. Barbara Whiteside.

Hello Barbara, Goodness knows where the Blackpool came from re the birth of Annie, there were 2 of them on the GRO, I think, for Fylde, which at that date covered Fleetwood. There is no Register Office in Thornton, so the name would not appear, but at one time Amounderness was quoted too. You need to ask at Blackpool Central Library re when the Blackpool Gazette began publishing. All the papers are held there on film. Is the date 1808? The only Church available was St Paul Marton, I have no details for anyone named Sanderson. The only other old burial grounds were St John, Bethesda and Holy Trinity in South Shore. These remains were all removed to Layton. Ring the Library and ask for Tony, tell him Olive sent you! Good luck Olive