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steeljack

27-05-2007 19:36

Blackpool Piers

Just been playing about with Google earth , zoomed in onto Blackpool and noticed that the Piers seem to be a lot shorter than what I remember them as a kid have they been shortened? or is it a case of age and memory playing tricks

:confused: :confused: :confused:

grego

27-05-2007 19:38

Re: Blackpool Piers

I'm not aware of any recent changes to them.

WillowTheWhisp

27-05-2007 19:43

Re: Blackpool Piers

Were they damaged during those nasty storms of the 80s when a lot of piers were totally destroyed?

steeljack

27-05-2007 19:43

Re: Blackpool Piers

Quote:

Originally Posted by grego (Post 429678)

I'm not aware of any recent changes to them.

I'm going back 40 odd/50 yrs from when I was a little lad and it seemed they stretched way out into the sea :D :D

grego

27-05-2007 20:12

Re: Blackpool Piers

Everything seems bigger when your little, look at Wagon Wheels and Cadbury's Creme Eggs:)

grannyclaret

27-05-2007 23:00

Re: Blackpool Piers

There was an helecopter landing thingy at the end of the north pier behind the theatre ,but it was wrecked and fell into the sea a few years ago ,in dreadful weather... no one ever bothered to rebuild it....

steeljack

27-05-2007 23:13

Re: Blackpool Piers

Quote:

Originally Posted by grego (Post 429688)

Everything seems bigger when your little, look at Wagon Wheels and Cadbury's Creme Eggs:)

Creme eggs have definatly got smaller , and no one will convince me any different :D :D :D ;)

Alan Gilmartin

28-05-2007 01:09

Re: Blackpool Piers

Beechnut chewing gum, & the chocolate bars with the photo of school boys on the front,

pipinfort

28-05-2007 07:02

Re: Blackpool Piers

the north and central piers do have most of them missing on google earth although the south pier looks fully intact!!! very strange!!! believe me they are all still there in real life, well they were yesterday at least.:D:D

moonbyter

28-05-2007 08:11

Re: Blackpool Piers

goggle can not show a true representation of the piers, it is software he he, everyone expects so much of technology these days!

Ianto.W.

28-05-2007 08:42

Re: Blackpool Piers

Quote:

Originally Posted by grego (Post 429688)

Everything seems bigger when your little, look at Wagon Wheels and Cadbury's Creme Eggs:)

You are spot on there grego, even certain parts of my anatomy seem to have shrunk with the onsett of old age.:D

SPUGGIE J

28-05-2007 10:59

Re: Blackpool Piers

The reason you get wrinkles is the skin stays the same size but everything else shrinks.
Whats wrong with losing a couple of inches? ;)

jambutty

28-05-2007 12:24

Re: Blackpool Piers

Quote:

Originally Posted by grego (Post 429688)

Everything seems bigger when your little, look at Wagon Wheels and Cadbury's Creme Eggs:)

Wagon wheels WERE larger in years gone by, so were Blue Riband. Crisp packets contained more.

grego

28-05-2007 13:59

Re: Blackpool Piers

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ianto.W. (Post 429767)

You are spot on there grego, even certain parts of my anatomy seem to have shrunk with the onsett of old age.:D

No need to lower the tone Ian:D

Had a look on google earth and the North and Central pier do look small, but at least they're there, I've lived in this house for 6 years now and on Google earth its still a building site.

pipinfort

28-05-2007 15:03

Re: Blackpool Piers

my house just about makes it on but the surrounding houses are still a building site......:D

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