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Nice things about Blackpool
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The nail clippers I found in a guesthouse there 18 years ago are still sharp.
There is a tattooists called 'Painless Keiths'
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Blackpool well known for fine dining .... Seniors fish and chips, 5th best chip shop in UK according to the Times
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Fast Ted's Italian barbers in South Shore. Did exactly what it said on the tin. Boy was Fast Ted fast. Specialised in rockabilly flat tops. You sat down, told him what you wanted, you could point to George Micheal in Careless Whispers phase barnets in magazines even if you wanted. Don't waste your breath fool. Fast Ted did a rockabilly flat top regardless, which was probably a good thing.
The process. Fast Ted revs up the buzzers, does the back and sides in about 25 seconds. Small afro comb whipped out and used to make sure the sides at the top are straight. Finally the jumanji of the experience. Fast Ted makes sure your head is dead straight. He then gets out a big afro comb with a SPIRITLEVEL incorporated. lines it up on the top of the bonce, zap. Perfect flat top in under 2 mins max. Next.
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It's not Morecambe? (Although I haven't been to Blackpool and intend to keep it that way).
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One good thing about Blackpool, and I mean only one!!
The Grand theatre...'tis truely lovely!!
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didn't that paedo off coronation street get killed there? That's one good thing about blackpool.
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black pool
it hardly stood a chance did it, why didn't they just call it Tar Pit or Dirty Hole?
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Had the best Rave clubs in the late 80s early 90's.
Shaboo, Oz, Sequins ahh happy times.
Met my wife there, a Blackpool girl.
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Stanley Park, one of the finest municipal parks in the country. The council are currently in the process of creating an adrenaline sports park for the kids (and adults who don't know better) including skateboarding, inline skating and BMX.
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Ah yes also met my wife there, also a Blackpool girl.
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Went on a staggy there maybe 15yrs ago
None of us got in a fight
The giant-glove boxing was ace, hungover on the Sunday morning
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My uncle provides most of Blackpool's chip shops with potatoes, so out of a sense of family loyalty I hope loads of people still go.
A trip to see the illuminations is OK - some are pretty amazing, especially those on the tram cars.
Also AdamG / snigletrack formerly of these parts is a resident - enough said
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I had my first pizza hut twisted crust pizza there, It was awesome, god I wish they would bring that back!
Edit, this one
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Also AdamG / snigletrack formerly of these parts is a resident - enough said
I know Adam quite well, having ridden with him many times. He used to own office and warehouse premises to the south of Blackpool next to the motorway (Marton I think), but he lives somewhere north of Preston in the Ribble Valley.
I believe he's relocated his business to bigger premises closer to his home and closer to the hills for those cheeky afternoon rides. Lucky bugger...
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In a world of cookie-cutter high streets and homogenised town centres, Blackpool stands out by so different to anywhere else in world.
For me that difference is worth celebrating!
A busy afternoon at the Pleasure Beach has an atmosphere that (IMHO) is fabulous.
It has one of the world's finest collections of wooden roller coasters, many of which are hugely underestimated.
I've had some utterly wonderful days (and evenings) enjoying the buzz of the place.Illuminations, the Tower, the lively nightlife.
Isn't it all about perspective?
TM
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Only one good thing about Blackpool and that is the Northern soul weekend at the Tower Ballroom every Year.
Everything else is fookin crap although some of the sights you see on the way back to your hotel at nights can be fun to see. I didn't have my camera last time but below are the types of things that you might come across!
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