Blackpool: shithole or worth a visit?

[Throbbing Angel]

the zoo is excellent, actually. best i've been to in the uk.

yeah, tis very good zoo

if you want to 'do things' and 'see blackpool' go midweek and avoid wankers spewing on you whilst dodging hen/stag nightmarery

went with a mate once for a piss up, ended up staying in a gay b&b as no-one else would let us in

didn't know it was painted bright pink until leaving the day after

and oddly, a woman barged into our room the next morning....at least I think it was

 

[IMR]

I'm not listening to you Refused As Fuck, I'm going to go.

 

[Griff]

Get yerself a ride on one of the trams with all the illumination lights on it, like the rocket one.

 

[IMR]

Is this the one Griff?

 

[Griff]

Yeah!

 

[Refused as fuck]

Lights, on a mode of transport. How space age. Ooooh.

 

[IMR]

Destination: Fun

 

[belboid]

Is this the one Griff?

how old is that photo??!! the BBS hasn't existed for nigh on 25 years

 

[killer b]

at a guess, 26 or so years..

 

[belboid]

smartarse

 

[IMR]

I did think the curly 'B' logo looked a bit 1970s but didn't want to say anything in case it actually was a recent photo.

 

[Griff]

Or you could take a ride on the illuminated 'train' tram.

 

[belboid]

well, compared with Burnley, Blackpool does look like positivaly space age...

 

[IMR]

They've just got eveything haven't they. Light-up trams, cabaret clubs, the lot.

What's on tonight where I live? 'Metreaux' play 80s hits at Skehan's Bar and the kebab shop gets its window kicked in again.

 

[Refused as fuck]

Destination: Fun

You'll still be on a tram, in Blackpool, so most likely not.

 

[Griff]

They've just got eveything haven't they. Light-up trams, cabaret clubs, the lot.

It certainly has.

Plus more likely than not, you'll get to shag a busty blonde from Leeds.

 

[Refused as fuck]

It certainly has.

Plus more likely than not, you'll get to shag 70 year old from Leeds.

Fixed for accuracy.

 

[janeb]

My favorite illuminated tram was always the boat one

There's nothing wrong with illuminated trams

 

[Meltingpot]

My home town, lived there until I was 23 and then moved away, but go back a lot to see family etc.

It's wonderful and awful in equal measures - but it doesn't pretend to be anything it isn't so go with an open mind and you'll have a great time - spend time on the piers, go up the tower, have a dance in the ballroom and watch the Wurlitzer come up out of the stage, go on the Pleasure Beach, go to Stanley Park / Model Village / Zoo, go to the cabaret at Funny Girls, go on an illuminated tram through the lights (either the train or boat) - enjoy

My aunt from Cornwall went there and loved it, but I think it's probably a place worth seeing once and no more. I like organ music so I'd want to see and hear that Wurlitzer.

 

[Meltingpot]

It certainly has.

Plus more likely than not, you'll get to shag a busty blonde from Leeds.

I like the place already

 

[janeb]

My aunt from Cornwall went there and loved it, but I think it's probably a place worth seeing once and no more. I like organ music so I'd want to see and hear that Wurlitzer.

Once seen and heard, never forgotten - a great way to spend a wet afternoon (of which there are plenty)

 

[Meltingpot]

I've heard that one on the radio, but I bet it's different when you're right in the room with it. All those keys must take some learning too.

Here's the guy who plays it now;

http://www.philkelsall.co.uk/

 

[Callum91]

Unfortunately I live in Blackpool . It's alright for a drunken weekend or a bank holiday spent on the beach/zoo/tower/piers , but that's about as nice as I'm ever going to get about the place. Moving far , far away as soon as possible

 

[Shirl]

It really is a shit hole but it's still worth a visit.

The Tower, Winter Gardens and Promenade bring back memories of childhood holidays.

If you visit and just forget all your standards, especially regarding other people's behavior, appropriate clothing, food and bed linen in some B&Bs you'll be fine.

 

[starfish2000]

I played a gig there in 2007, its a one horse shithole of a town with hormones of stag and hen doo's running through its veins.....its a place to drink, fight and fuck....not neccesarily in that order.

 

[The Black Hand]

Worthless shithole. Stay away.

U R A miserable barstard

 

[1927]

Depends if Cardiff City are playing at Bloomfield Road or not

 

[Refused as fuck]

U R A miserable barstard

I am not miserable. Everything is shit.

 

[IMR]

Plus more likely than not, you'll get to shag a busty blonde from Leeds.

Get your coat on Refused as fuck, you've pulled

 

[Refused as fuck]

Thank you for illustrating my point.