Blackpool - I probably wouldn't recommend it

[LaurasOtherHalf]

Went yesterday, spent most of the day at the sandcastle but when for a walk on the beach as the weather was so nice.

There were some neds “MCing” next to their saxo with the rave music playing full blast, a couple of junkies but apart from that not much sign of anything else you wouldn’t see in a big city.

That’s quite good for Blackpool I think.

[dudleybloke]

I loved the sandcastle back the the late 80's.
Last time I went they had Black Lace doing a permanent kids disco singalong thing and we're doing Agadoo every 10 mins.
I felt sorry for them!

[LaurasOtherHalf]

dudleybloke said:

I loved the sandcastle back the the late 80's.
Last time I went they had Black Lace doing a permanent kids disco singalong thing and we're doing Agadoo every 10 mins.
I felt sorry for them!

You know what, it's still just as good and isn't as rough around the edges as you'd expect for it's age. Cheap, painless booking system, well staffed, the lockers and pay with wristband system is great-I really can't complain.

Only thing I'd say is a lack of shampoo in the showers lets it down and I think it's a bit cheap not letting none paying visitors sit inside the pool area. I suppose that's down to space in peak times though, just means the Mrs needs to pay full whack if she comes along and sits waiting for lunch time with the baby.

Kids bloody love it.

[LFB531]

Junior LFB had his first experience of a 'proper' Blackpool night out on Saturday.

He reports it as being hilarious so far (for a 19 year old) assisting paralytic brides to be into their taxis and avoiding the gangs of 5'5" mini-yobs dressed by Lonsdale who seem hell bent on fighting each other.

Sounds lovely

[Robertj21a]

Report carried by the BBC today says that Blackpool has 8 of the top 10 most deprived neighbourhoods in England (though Jaywick came in at No 1, as expected I guess).:-


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-49812519

[anonymous-user]

Robertj21a said:

Report carried by the BBC today says that Blackpool has 8 of the top 10 most deprived neighbourhoods in England (though Jaywick came in at No 1, as expected I guess).:-


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-49812519

For those of us who have connnections there it's a combination of factors
But the mismanagement of local funds is high on the list.
The inability of the council to grasp issues is mind blowingly numb.
The council leader who now spends 50% of his time elsewhere went on the offensive yesterday but it was the usual "tory cuts" baloney.
The latest dream is that there will be a big American type fun park experience being built actually near to the one of the pictures used in that article. many of us strongly suspect it will never see the light of day.
It is all genuinely very sad.

[MrBig]

Just had a thought. When I went in 98/99 with my then girlfriend, we walked into a bar on the promenade (I think somewhere between North and Central piers - only remember going up steps off the street to get in there) and all the staff wore tiny white croptops and hotpants. She refused to believe that I just happened to choose that place at random and wouldn't let it go for days afterwards

Don't suppose anyone would have a clue what it was called?

[anonymous-user]

MrBig said:

Just had a thought. When I went in 98/99 with my then girlfriend, we walked into a bar on the promenade (I think somewhere between North and Central piers - only remember going up steps off the street to get in there) and all the staff wore tiny white croptops and hotpants. She refused to believe that I just happened to choose that place at random and wouldn't let it go for days afterwards

Don't suppose anyone would have a clue what it was called?

Brannigans maybe ?

[Robertj21a]

MrBig said:

Just had a thought. When I went in 98/99 with my then girlfriend, we walked into a bar on the promenade (I think somewhere between North and Central piers - only remember going up steps off the street to get in there) and all the staff wore tiny white croptops and hotpants. She refused to believe that I just happened to choose that place at random and wouldn't let it go for days afterwards

Don't suppose anyone would have a clue what it was called?

Sounds like Hooters if there was one in Blackpool.

[Daveyc79]

Going upstairs to girls in white sounds like the flagship (above coral island arcade which had a little fire last week). Used to go many years ago and had mates who occasionally worked the doors there

[twing]

MrBig said:

Just had a thought. When I went in 98/99 with my then girlfriend, we walked into a bar on the promenade (I think somewhere between North and Central piers - only remember going up steps off the street to get in there) and all the staff wore tiny white croptops and hotpants. She refused to believe that I just happened to choose that place at random and wouldn't let it go for days afterwards

Don't suppose anyone would have a clue what it was called?

You sure it wasn't "Funny Girls"?

[sparkythecat]

Unfortunately Blackpool is in the news for the wrong reasons again.
It's been getting a bit stabby there of late.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-49923129

[magpie215]

MrBig said:

Just had a thought. When I went in 98/99 with my then girlfriend, we walked into a bar on the promenade (I think somewhere between North and Central piers - only remember going up steps off the street to get in there) and all the staff wore tiny white croptops and hotpants. She refused to believe that I just happened to choose that place at random and wouldn't let it go for days afterwards

Don't suppose anyone would have a clue what it was called?

Rumours.

[Whistle]

magpie215 said:

Rumours.

Spent a good few nights in that place.

[D1on]

https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/great...

[craigjm]

D1on said:

https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/great...

Not surprising seeing as it’s unusual weather and foreign holidays are an issue at the moment.

[RTB]

craigjm said:

Not surprising seeing as it’s unusual weather and foreign holidays are an issue at the moment.

I can't imagine the thought process that finishes with the decision to go to one of the most unsanitary st holes in the country to be with thousands of other people during a global pandemic.

[Robertj21a]

RTB said:

craigjm said:

Not surprising seeing as it’s unusual weather and foreign holidays are an issue at the moment.

I can't imagine the thought process that finishes with the decision to go to one of the most unsanitary st holes in the country to be with thousands of other people during a global pandemic.

Probably safe if they spend the entire time at the top of the Tower.

[otolith]

RTB said:

I can't imagine the thought process that finishes with the decision to go to one of the most unsanitary st holes in the country to be with thousands of other people during a global pandemic.

There are many problems in Blackpool, mostly to do with local deprivation and a tourist industry which operates at the bottom of the socioeconomic ladder, but I'm not sure that I'd call it "unsanitary".

[soxboy]

Robertj21a said:

Probably safe if they spend the entire time at the top of the Tower.

You must be joking, there's lions up there!!