Originally Posted by Doug (Post 493491)

What a heap of ****e, These’s idiots on Blackpool Borough Council are a complete bunch of ******* who’s consistency in making the people of the borough sick to the back teeth is beyond common understanding. More wasted money, more humiliation. Idiots……

I can’t understand why there should be an issue with the horse muck; during an average week you can find along the sea front from Talbot Road to Foxhall; sand, dog ****e, Human Blood, human excrement, Urine, vomit, used condoms, beer can’s, broken bottles, chip papers and common litter, more vomit, idiots lying in the gutter, poor public planning and hideous buildings. Get a Grip Blackpool. It’s a ****hole and it’s now’t to do with Horse crap……..

Originally Posted by emamum23 (Post 493500)

that is sooo funny, horse nappies. who has to change the nappies? i know how bad babies nappies can be this must be much worse...

I do think that there should be sanitary towels for dogs... but nappies? lmao....:banlama:

Originally Posted by [email protected] (Post 493512)

I visited Blackpool very often as a child because my great aunt had a boarding house at Bispham. I remember it in its heyday when the millworkers (my mum and dad both worked in cotton mills) descended on Blackpool en masse at 'wakes weeks'.

It never was what could be described as 'classy' but it wasn't 'tatty', which is how I would describe it now. There always were hats with 'kiss me quick', but no phallic shaped souveniers or blow up dolls on display outside shops.

Every few weeks I travel on the local coast bus which goes through Blackpool, Bispham, Cleveleys, and Fleetwood. I never get off in Blackpool - driving through it and viewing the garish tatty buildings on the 'golden mile', and the seedyness of the shops and properties on the roads away from the front, is enough for me to stay on the bus to towns such as yours, Granny, which do give a better impression- Cleveleys. The works in progress on the promenade there look impressive and should attract more regular visitors (including me) next summer.
Blackpool has not taken the trouble to attract the elderly population, which could be their main source of visitors. Instead it has linked its survival to shabby night clubs attracting stag and hen parties, and to gambling arcades with garish frontages.

The reason I say that 'attract the oldies' is the way to go, is that they are the ones who are able to visit all year round, and are less inclined to pine for the sun of the Med. We oldies just require clean hotels with good basic meals and some nightly entertainment in a place where a leisurely walk on the promenade before breakfast or to watch the sunset on the sea after dinner, will not be spoilt by the night club dross of society.

I appreciate that young families are attracted by the Pleasure Beach. That is well south of the town and any entertainment venues for them could be centred there, leaving the centre and north of the resort to develop a better image to attract the older generation.

I have visited Eastbourne and LLandudno which survive without the 'tat', and are ideal venues for the oldies because of the lack of hills - Blackpool could be the same.

(I would appreciate the feedback of Doug and Granny who live there)