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Jun 6th, 2015, 04:42 AM
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<<Blackpool is vibrant and alive.>>
<<its renaissance about 20 years ago.>>
what planet are you on???
http://www.theguardian.com/money/201...-place-england
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england...ester-23783425
it's 2015 not 1955
yes thousands go there to drink themselves to death and walk around with giant blow-up sex toys
<<its renaissance about 20 years ago.>>
what planet are you on???
http://www.theguardian.com/money/201...-place-england
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england...ester-23783425
it's 2015 not 1955
yes thousands go there to drink themselves to death and walk around with giant blow-up sex toys
Jun 6th, 2015, 05:21 AM
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I'm certainly not suggesting they spend a night there but to miss it seems to me to have a rather narrow, complacent, unadventurous view of travel.>>
tij - I am one of millions of brits who, I suspect, have never been to Blackpool and never intend to go there. But then I've not made it to Snowdonia, Skye, Spitalfileds, or Durham either.
Call me complacent, narrow, and unadventurous if you like, but guess which are higher on my "must do" list?
tij - I am one of millions of brits who, I suspect, have never been to Blackpool and never intend to go there. But then I've not made it to Snowdonia, Skye, Spitalfileds, or Durham either.
Call me complacent, narrow, and unadventurous if you like, but guess which are higher on my "must do" list?
Jun 6th, 2015, 08:17 AM
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annhig and her type - no derogatoriness meant here - disdain Blackpool or it just don't exist for her and what she values - like many upper crust Brits and that's fine but from a tourist's point of view it - Blackpool is something very unique for us - a thriving seaside resort with long seafront esplanade - miles long and all kinds of yes tacky things like more chippie shops and places selling Blackpool Rock (hard candy) - but yes those on tours seeking out more culturally acceptable places should just pass it by - no high culture here though senior citizen ballroom dancing in the fancy Blackpool Tower ballroom may approach some sophistication - with the organ playing loud and the OAPs doing their steps.
No one must see Blackpool but it should be mentioned as a major possible sight when going up the west coast of England and let the individual decide.
No one must see Blackpool but it should be mentioned as a major possible sight when going up the west coast of England and let the individual decide.
Jun 6th, 2015, 08:31 AM
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annhig and her type - no derogatoriness meant here - disdain Blackpool or it just don't exist for her and what she values - like many upper crust Brits >>
Nowt upper crust about me, Pal. I like the seaside with the best of them but Blackpool has never appealed.
Nowt upper crust about me, Pal. I like the seaside with the best of them but Blackpool has never appealed.
Jun 6th, 2015, 08:48 AM
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annhig - it just seems that nearly all FodorBrits lampoon Blackpool or just can't say anything good about it - yet so so many Brits flock there it is one of the very top tourist places in the U.K. - Why do they do there - well they have perhaps lower class tastes - to me Blackpool is the epitome of the very class-conscious Britain and the remarks of FodorBrits - who like Fodorites in general are middle or upper class - about Blackpool reflects this.
Instead of upper crust let's just say highly educated perhaps - whose view of culture is not the same as the ordinary bloke. Anyway nuff said - I will continue to encourage folks to hit Blackpool if it strikes their fancy as it did Rick Steves and tjhome1 - it is a unique sight - maybe it has changed a bit since I was last there about a decade ago with stuff that sofarsogood describes more in play - well that makes it only more of a curiosity to me.
Instead of upper crust let's just say highly educated perhaps - whose view of culture is not the same as the ordinary bloke. Anyway nuff said - I will continue to encourage folks to hit Blackpool if it strikes their fancy as it did Rick Steves and tjhome1 - it is a unique sight - maybe it has changed a bit since I was last there about a decade ago with stuff that sofarsogood describes more in play - well that makes it only more of a curiosity to me.
Jun 6th, 2015, 09:43 AM
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It's only fair to point out that Blackpool has quite a strict dress code. Any American wishing to fit in should wear his trousers rolled up. Headgear for men is a knotted handkerchief and for women, a straw boater with "Kiss me quick" on the band, it is essential to carry a stick with a horse's head handle
Jun 6th, 2015, 09:44 AM
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>>yet so so many Brits flock there it is one of the very top tourist places in the U.K. - Why do they do there - . . .<<
Most of those visiting Blackpool don't post here . . . either they haven't heard about this interweb thingy, or they are sleeping off a paint binge.
Most of those visiting Blackpool don't post here . . . either they haven't heard about this interweb thingy, or they are sleeping off a paint binge.
Jun 6th, 2015, 01:28 PM
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Miss Prism has obviously never been to Blackpool and he/she makes mocking fun of the lower classes - exactly!
Janis - have you ever been to Blackpool, if so what did you/do you think? Worthwhile or a dump to be avoided - opinions always seem to be so wide with little in the middle. Have you been dancing in the Blackpool Tower's ballroom with other OAPs? Curious a to your take!
Janis - have you ever been to Blackpool, if so what did you/do you think? Worthwhile or a dump to be avoided - opinions always seem to be so wide with little in the middle. Have you been dancing in the Blackpool Tower's ballroom with other OAPs? Curious a to your take!
Jun 6th, 2015, 02:51 PM
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Pal, I think you make far too much of an educated upper class vs. the lower class. In this day and age most people really could care less. Blackpool is a holiday preference for some and absolutely of no interest to others.
Jun 6th, 2015, 03:05 PM
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>>Janis - have you ever been to Blackpool, if so what did you/do you think?<<
PQ: I'm not playing. You are not planning on visiting Blackpool so why on Earth do you care what I think of it. You manage to hijack every (every) thread about northern England blathering on about Blackpool. Give it a rest.
PQ: I'm not playing. You are not planning on visiting Blackpool so why on Earth do you care what I think of it. You manage to hijack every (every) thread about northern England blathering on about Blackpool. Give it a rest.
Jun 7th, 2015, 02:40 AM
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I almost decided not to play, but then I had to. Don't forget that Pal's Illuminations thread will be alive and well within the next month or so, so I can ignore that one instead.
I was last in Blackpool 3 weeks ago on business on a Monday morning. I doubt if Pal has been there within the last 30 years. Zillions of Brits do not flock there, thousands with Zits might.
The place was filthy, litter strewn and down at heel, the dried remnants of the regurgitated burgers of last night still around. Most of the boarding houses still in business (B&B's-but not the US definition) take people on welfare as a means of staying open. Many have closed are boarded up. Few stay more than overnight on a stag or hen do and the whole place is a dump. Drugs are endemic and the place has become a haven for migrants looking for handouts. (My client's observations, not mine).
I was last in Blackpool 3 weeks ago on business on a Monday morning. I doubt if Pal has been there within the last 30 years. Zillions of Brits do not flock there, thousands with Zits might.
The place was filthy, litter strewn and down at heel, the dried remnants of the regurgitated burgers of last night still around. Most of the boarding houses still in business (B&B's-but not the US definition) take people on welfare as a means of staying open. Many have closed are boarded up. Few stay more than overnight on a stag or hen do and the whole place is a dump. Drugs are endemic and the place has become a haven for migrants looking for handouts. (My client's observations, not mine).
Jun 7th, 2015, 03:40 AM
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I have been to Blackool once when my daughter was taking part in a Judo tournament, quite honestly, one run down seaside resort is very like another.
I haven't been to the Pleasure Beach, but the Royal Mile seemed a bit depressing.
Perhaps it livens up at night
I haven't been to the Pleasure Beach, but the Royal Mile seemed a bit depressing.
Perhaps it livens up at night
Jun 7th, 2015, 03:52 AM
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Whoops, that should be Golden Mile. In the old days when all factories closed for a week at the same time, places like Blackpool must have been jolly places, with workers enjoying their only holiday of the year.
Mind you, I think that Billy Butlin started his holiday camps because he saw families shivering in rain shelters because their landladies didn't let them in after breakfast.
Mind you, I think that Billy Butlin started his holiday camps because he saw families shivering in rain shelters because their landladies didn't let them in after breakfast.
Jun 7th, 2015, 05:28 AM
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'You manage to hijack every (every) thread about northern England blathering on about Blackpool.'
Or railpasses. Or Coronation Street.
I feel sorry for the OPs in these cases as they often don't get the advice they were looking for as everyone else runs for the hills.
Or railpasses. Or Coronation Street.
I feel sorry for the OPs in these cases as they often don't get the advice they were looking for as everyone else runs for the hills.
Jun 7th, 2015, 05:32 AM
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Btw having just come back from the lake district I think that would be a great place for a stop - lovely scenery and compact enough that you could see a fair bit even in a day or two.
http://www.fodors.com/community/euro...e-district.cfm
http://www.fodors.com/community/euro...e-district.cfm
Jun 7th, 2015, 05:39 AM
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To be fair P hasn't gone on about the "Chunnel" for weeks now. I watch "Mission Impossible" a few days ago and just before the helicoptor is dragged into the tunnel one of the bit-players says "Chunnel" (though she mummbles it a fair bit and we all just went "where? did she say Channel or Tunnel".
I'm biting my cheek about Blackpool, in my day that was where the Young Saudis who were learning to fly at BAE went at the weekend to hire women. I see it now has a large Lesbian community. Probably not connected
I'm biting my cheek about Blackpool, in my day that was where the Young Saudis who were learning to fly at BAE went at the weekend to hire women. I see it now has a large Lesbian community. Probably not connected
Jun 7th, 2015, 06:22 AM
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I believe I did once go to Blackpool - long, long ago. I was not and am not upper crusty, but if I wanted to visit a British seaside resort today I would go to Brighton. If I were in the vicinity of Blackpool on the way to Glasgow, I would sleep in Chester and somewhere in the Lake District. The last time I was in the area I visited Lancaster (but only because I went to uni there) and the lakes.
Jun 7th, 2015, 07:15 AM
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You manage to hijack every (every) thread about northern England blathering on about Blackpool. Give it a rest.>
No mnot true - someone else mentioned it here and others criticized it - then I gave my 2 cents - if you had your way Blackpool would NEVER be mentioned - but it is an option for folks going north and I have not made a habit of injecting it in threads about that but certainly should have and will - in a nice way of letting folks know their options - so you have never been to Blackpool - go there sometime and see for yourself.
No mnot true - someone else mentioned it here and others criticized it - then I gave my 2 cents - if you had your way Blackpool would NEVER be mentioned - but it is an option for folks going north and I have not made a habit of injecting it in threads about that but certainly should have and will - in a nice way of letting folks know their options - so you have never been to Blackpool - go there sometime and see for yourself.
Jun 7th, 2015, 07:49 AM
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>>so you have never been to Blackpool<<
Wrong
>>I have not made a habit of injecting it in threads about that<<
Paint does affect one's memory - so maybe do a search to find/recall your many posts about the place.
>>in a nice way of letting folks know their options - <<
jeeze louise . . .
Wrong
>>I have not made a habit of injecting it in threads about that<<
Paint does affect one's memory - so maybe do a search to find/recall your many posts about the place.
>>in a nice way of letting folks know their options - <<
jeeze louise . . .
Jun 7th, 2015, 08:01 AM
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so maybe do a search to find/recall your many posts about the place.>
You made the bogus untrue charge that I hijack every thread on going north in England to Blackpool - just ain't true so you prove your un-provable untrue statement, not moi. Enough said - now who's hijacking the thread?
You made the bogus untrue charge that I hijack every thread on going north in England to Blackpool - just ain't true so you prove your un-provable untrue statement, not moi. Enough said - now who's hijacking the thread?
