British coastal towns

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I would love to have a good look at that Comedy Carpet or whatever it is called in Blackpool - I believe that it has a lot of quotations and catchphrases from various comedians from the past. Has anyone had a good look at it for themselves?

Yes, saw it last year...Its best viewed from the top of the tower....sorry the pictures are upside down

[George 1978]

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I would love to have a good look at that Comedy Carpet or whatever it is called in Blackpool - I believe that it has a lot of quotations and catchphrases from various comedians from the past. Has anyone had a good look at it for themselves?

[Zincubus]

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Blackpool is down the road from me here in Manchester, you are correct Nuggy it has been going downhill for decades in spite of millions being spent on the promenade, they need to shut all the grotty boarding houses, sweep the beggars off the pavements and ban hen parties. I also resent having to pay to enter the funfair Saw the illuminations last year....boring

This maybe false memory syndrome or something but about 15 years ago , my brother in law kindly took us just see the sea front and illuminations .. we parked up and started walking along the front and I’m sure that the first thing we saw was a lap dance / strip club !!




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[tex]

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Has anyone been to see Blackpool Illuminations yet? I usually go every year with my family, we drive the length of the prom taking in all the lights, then have fish and chips before we leave. We used to stay over but in recent years Blackpool has gone downhill, it's not the kind of place to have a family break there now, too many stag and hen parties for my liking, but I'll always visit each autumn just to see the lights. ☺

Blackpool is down the road from me here in Manchester, you are correct Nuggy it has been going downhill for decades in spite of millions being spent on the promenade, they need to shut all the grotty boarding houses, sweep the beggars off the pavements and ban hen parties. I also resent having to pay to enter the funfair Saw the illuminations last year....boring

[tex]

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This is a rather nice video

https://youtu.be/-qlP8kWZ0Mo


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Enjoyed that...this fella gets around!

[Zincubus]

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This is a rather nice video

https://youtu.be/-qlP8kWZ0Mo


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[Zincubus]

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Has anyone been to see Blackpool Illuminations yet? I usually go every year with my family, we drive the length of the prom taking in all the lights, then have fish and chips before we leave. We used to stay over but in recent years Blackpool has gone downhill, it's not the kind of place to have a family break there now, too many stag and hen parties for my liking, but I'll always visit each autumn just to see the lights. [emoji5]

We’d only EVER go to Blackpool to see the illuminations and haven’t been for donkeys years .. oddly we are thinking of going this year .. but spending the afternoon at one of the nearby resorts , having tea there then hopping on a tram and do the the trip to Blackpool - through the Illuminations and back .

See the illuminations without even setting foot on Blackpool

The only quandary is that it’s got to be dark to appreciate the lights and I’m not sure I can spend the afternoon and early evening in Cleveleys or whatever as they appear to close the 5 o’clock and I never feel comfortable in pubs


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[George 1978]

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Apart from the Blackpool Pontins that I mentioned at the beginning, my family went on a daytrip to Blackpool in 1992 - the day (or should I say night) that the illuminations were switched on that year by Lisa Stansfield (I don't remember her being the celebrity doing that in 1992, but online sources say that she did do the honours that year). We were there until after around 10.30 pm when the coach left Blackpool, and we got back to Nottingham at 1.30 am. My late mother actually left her handbag on the coach, so she spent the remainder of the early hours of the morning going to the depot to get it back again - by that time it was gone 3.00 am.

Something always happens when I go there - only a couple of years ago I went on another daytrip there, only the weather and the coach almost packing up meant that we only got as far as Manchester and that we had to turn round and go back again. We got vouchers for a free trip though which I used.

[zabadak]

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My maternal grandfather lived in Blackburn so, when we went to visit, we would often go to Blackpool. We are talking 30+ years ago!

The last time I went there was in the late 90s for a stag do.

Not (yet) ever been to the illuminations but would love to!

[Danniella]

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Has anyone been to see Blackpool Illuminations yet? I usually go every year with my family, we drive the length of the prom taking in all the lights, then have fish and chips before we leave. We used to stay over but in recent years Blackpool has gone downhill, it's not the kind of place to have a family break there now, too many stag and hen parties for my liking, but I'll always visit each autumn just to see the lights. ☺

[Danniella]

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Well .... sadly the script didn’t live up to the Scarborough backdrop . The opening credits showing Scarborough was the highlight


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That's a shame but i didn't miss much by the sound of it.
I would love to see a documentary on Scarborough, I've looked a few times online but never had any luck.

[tex]

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Well .... sadly the script didn’t live up to the Scarborough backdrop . The opening credits showing Scarborough was the highlight


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i agree, found it rather dull

[Zincubus]

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I didn't get to watch it as i was working night shifts. Was it any good?
I've never been to St. Ives, it's a place I've wanted to visit for a while though. [emoji5]

Well .... sadly the script didn’t live up to the Scarborough backdrop . The opening credits showing Scarborough was the highlight


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[Danniella]

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I absolutely love Scarborough , it’s one of my three favourite places in the whole world along with St Ives and Lindos , Rhodes .

Incidentally there’s a brand new drama series starting tonight at 9pm .. based and filmed in Scarborough and interestingly called Scarborough


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I didn't get to watch it as i was working night shifts. Was it any good?
I've never been to St. Ives, it's a place I've wanted to visit for a while though. ☺

[Danniella]

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That’s so very sad...

About ten years ago we were in Bridlington one evening watching the youngsters diving / jumping in the sea off the harbour wall .. there must have been a hundred people watching them and then suddenly there were screams of horror .. some local teenager thought it was funny to push one of the watchers off the wall into the sea BUT he actually pushed the poor lad down onto the STONE steps !!

Everyone stayed for ages as the ambulance guys worked on the lad on the steps .. I still don’t know why they just didn’t move him to the ambulance straight away .. I presume the lad must have survived as I saw that the culprit was charged with assault ..

We haven’t been back to Bridlington since


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Patients who have fallen from a height can't be moved straight away Incase of neck/spinal injuries, they have to be assessed, then the rescue has to be risk assessed.
I've been out a few times with paramedics as I'm a junior doctor.☺