alcazar

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Was over there yesterday driving the wife again to another of her meetings. Spent an hour or so driving the full length of the front from the Tower, north almost to Fleetwood, and then back and south almost to Morecombe.

And I couldn't get near the sea. The tramlines are up almost all the way, plus the old Starr Gate carpark is gone, being replaced with something, I know not what, it didn't say, but futuristic looking?

Will it all be finished in time for the season proper? Because it looks like a dog's dinner at the moment.

And who owned the old holiday camp south of the pleasure beach?

njkmrs

Pontins I think .

alcazar

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What's it used for now? Owt?

rb5_336

it's been a **** hole for years, without doubt the grimmest place in Britain in my opinion. A few miles down the road, Lytham, now that's a classy place.

Evolution Stu

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The whole place is being redeveloped. The parts they have revealed really are pretty impressive, its high time they invested some money back into the town itself instead of wasting it on nicer coloured lights for people to look at for free.

stilover

Isn't it being developed to be the UK's answer to Las Vagas?

Leslie

Don't those who come to look at the lights tend to spend any cash there then?

Les

Hysteria1983

I went on a hen weekend there, that was great!
However, I would never take the children there. No culture and it's a crap hole.

Simon C

1 place I will never go back to.

Fine if you spend your entire time there drunk, sadly I didn't and saw it sober.

john_s

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I've only found one good thing about Blackpool so far...







...the road out!

alcazar

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Didn't find it THAT bad, tbh, we found a really nice cafe in the streets away from the front, full English breakfast for £3.70, excellent too.

Now if you want grim.........

Come east to lovely Cleethorpes, or have a look round MY home town, which has the dubious honour of being so bad, even internet sites sensor it's name

mamoon2

Where is all the money coming from? Why is Blackpool being re-developed when we are talking about cuts in the NHS and education?

Seems strange.... although it is greatly needed there

mamoon2

Where is all the money coming from? Why is Blackpool being re-developed when we are talking about cuts in the NHS and education?

Seems strange.... although it is greatly needed there

chrispy200+

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Agree, spent nearly a year there when working at Warton, really nice place to be, blackpool was pretty horrible, only good for getting very pissed

room 512

Are you sure you were in Blackpool?

DYK

Last time i visited Blackpool was 12 yrs ago,take it no need to hurry back to visit anytime soon then...

corradoboy

I hope it's being funded by the Polish, Lithuanian, Romanian etc etc governments, as that's all that seems to live there. My auntie has lived there since the 1960's and has seen it decline into a holding pen for unemployed immigrants in recent years.

The Dogs B******s

Blame Labour

Jamie

One place i will never visit had many invites from mates for stag weekends but never went (bit like saying fancy a weekend in helmand province) with some essex and brummies tarts.

ahar

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What on earth is happening in Blackpool?...

... hopefully the place is burning to the ground - only way to improve it I reckon. I worked there for a while a couple of years ago - good place to visit for a day or two with the kids but miserable to live there!

paulwrxboro

They spent a lot of time running the place down in hope of the big vegas casinos comming to town

Paulo P

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I got engaged in Blackpool in 2001 and I didn't think it was that bad, I went back last October when I was visiting my sister and the place was dead and everything had shut down I was really saddened by that because the place looked a mess and I have fond memories of it because of that weekend in 2001 so I hope it does get redeveloped.

Lee247

Snap Not the same year though
I have very, very fond memories of Blackpool and I also hope the change is for the better

Leslie

Its not that bad, we managed to have a bit of fun there when I was stationed at Kirton in Lindsey!

Les

97TURBO

We were in the lakes at the end of last summer and popped down there for a day, what a big mistake, it was awful! The dirtiest black hole i've ever come across. We left by lunchtime as we couldn't find anywhere to eat (unless you wanted a fry up). They should give up now and shut the whole place down.