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?Not what we wanted here? - Local - Blackpool Gazette
It's that time of year again. Blackpool Illuminations start in a couple of weeks. After last year's switch on by Robbie Williams, this years ceremony will be performed by.......Keith Lemon. Who? I've never heard of him. Has anyone else? :confused::confused::confused: |
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never heard of him.:confused: they asked me but i declined.:Dhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-14526773 this must be the guy,looks like a cheap option. lol
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'He will be joined by singers including Pixie Lott, Joe McElderry, Olly Murs, Scouting For Girls and Beverley Knight.'
I've heard of all of them. They are bigger stars than him, so can't one of them switch the lights on? :confused: |
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I have heard of none of them:confused:
I must get out more:rolleyes: |
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yer not alone margaret,i aint either.
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I had the same thought too when I heard it ... thought it was just me who was out of touch. :rolleyes:
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Keith Lemon isn't real.
He's a character created by Leigh Francis. Probably the most successful comedians of the last ten years, with the Avid Merrion character, and the series Bo' Selecta! Critically acclaimed, and hugely popular with audiences. Quite a coup for Blackpool. I should imagine he'll be a big draw. |
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He does Celeb Juice on ITV2, I find him funny. :D
He will pull in the crowds, he has got better with age I think. |
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On Celeb Juice he works with Ferne Cotton and Holly Willbooby. :D
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Can belt out a tune, has a liking for tattoos, and is a little bit mental. ;):D |
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(Stoke is Derbyshires equiv. to Lancashires Bacup , think 'Dueling Banjos') hope that explains things Eric ;) :D :D |
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Name : Robbie Williams Squad Number : 15 Date Signed : July 1999 Position : Defender Date of Birth : 12/04/1979 Previous clubs : St. Dominics |
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Nowt to do with age, having a sense of humour. :D |
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:Banane42::Banane21::Banane08::Banane02::Banane57: |
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I like tattoos, and I'm a little bit mental:D .... but I can't carry a tune in a bucket:( Ok, two out of three aint bad;) |
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Love the lights though -it was often my birthday treat to drive through them and stop at Kentucky fried chicken on the way home!:D |
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well, I have heard of him......but I have to admit that I loathe him.
OK, call me sad! I do have a sense of humour, but it isn't tickled by crude,lewd behaviour and foul language. (shudders) It can't be a generational thing because Ma loves him and laughs her socks off at him. |
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Potato!!!!!!:D
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i love him, :)
does any one know if you have to buy tickets this year for the switch on, as i heard last year you did. |
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So you don't like Chaucer, eh;):D |
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I don't find crude, lewd behaviour, with or without bad language, the least bit comedic. It isn't big and it isn't clever. I choose not to watch it. |
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He is crude.
But part of the joke is the character's a pastiche, and reflects today's obsession with celebrity. Similar to Alan Partridge. Who showed that you don't need to be intelligent to work in television. Just luckily in the right place, at the right time. :D |
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I'll bet my last dollar he'll get more laughs than either Jayne Mansfield, or Red Rum.
Two past Blackpool switch hitters. ;) |
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Past celebrities, who've switched on the illuminations.
My own favourite was Gilbert Harding, in '54. He was a hoot. :D
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Some interesting names there - saw Clarkson + chums doing it on their programme recently on Discovery Channel. Glad to see Dr. Who managed 2 appearences and, always the true Time-Lord, looked younger in his later materialisation. Never heard of Dale Winton, Blue and Steps - why on earth did they invite the PM of North Rhine-Westphalia?
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That is a very sad reflection on what we have become. He may get a lot of laughs, he isn't my cup of tea. |
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You learn something new every day!
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Looking at the list, it is clear that the choice of Mr Lemon is entirely in keeping with the standards set in previous years!
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I find it amazing how many people don't know what a light bulb looks like.I've had them for years now.:hehetable
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Red Rum was interesting .. wonder which hoof he used.. :) |
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It isn't the Hay-on-Wye Literary Festival. It's kiss-me-quick, bold, brassy, bright and breezy, Blackpool. |
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This thread is pathetic, even by the standards of some of the other rubbish which is regularly posted on here. What does it matter which celeb non-entity pulls the switch - the Blackpool Lights are on display for over two months, so the opening night visitors will make up a small proportion of those visiting that seedy town. Anyway - what's it got to do with Accy, other than we have a similar annual thread on which idiot switches on the Christmas Lights?
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No Trade Union movement, no annual paid holidays, no Blackpool. |
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Seeing as we didn't get that many Royal Navy ships dropping anchor at the canal down Church. http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/f...-sea-7959.html :rolleyes: |
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If you don't like the thread start a better one.....one that you think might interest people. |
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Would you like some cheese to go with that w(h)ine Tealeaf?
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However, you're right insofar as the town's clientele were primarily from the Lancashire mill towns (Morecambe's visitors were West Yorkshire - hence the similarity in alot of architectural style between terraced streets in Morecambe & places like Bradford and the direct rail link which still exists) I wonder, however, what some of those old Victorian Trade Union leaders - with their ideas of self improvement and moral standards would now make of this drug-ridden, child-grooming, tatty collection of streets that not only calls itself a town but the UK's seaside capital? |
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He's still not feeling himself, ever since he lost his little summer job on the coast, when he fell victim to new technology. laughing sailor - YouTube |
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I seem to remember it was the famous Laughing Policeman which was outside the Funhouse in Blackpool - just a shame you couldn't answer a) with an argument, or failing that, b) with a You Tube link to the said constable.
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Thread wander sorry, but some interesting old film clips, associated with this area's cotton industries on here...
BBC - Nation on Film - Textiles - Conditions in the mill |
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Knowing how interested you are in old salty sea-dogs, I thought you'd prefer a nice sailor. ;) |
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Your statement that this thread has no local relevance, has been rendered irrelevant, by providing evidence of one of your threads which has absolutely nothing to do with this area. |
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Retlaw. |
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Unless someone can afford my fees, and hires me to speak for them. Personally I can't remember the last time I started a thread about sailors on here. As they aren't really of much concern around here. Nor do I care where they shoot their cannon balls, or in whom. That we leave to you. :rolleyes: |
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I can guess the reasons for people returning from Canada, but the flit to Blackpool does have me puzzled. |
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Maybe if he's stopped smoking his 40 Capstan full strength every day, he might have felt better without having to go to the coast! |
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Very Good, Rindy - but do you really think the hard working people of Accy & Church (forget about the Ossy scoundrels) would care, having paid their hard-earned 3/9d, would care about which fool turned on the lights?The same applies today.
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It might give Tealeaf's thread some local relevance. |
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Can't see that notorious bisexual, and squeeze of Noel Coward, being much of a draw. Even to the cap dothing royalists down Church. They should have had Rin Tin Tin Jr. They'd have filled a fleet of buses, to see that celebrity mutt. |
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But don't knock 1937. In 1938 they had to make do with Councillor Mrs Quayle! |
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The Keith Lemon character will be a big draw in Blackpool. Oddly, there are similarities. Like you Teabag, he makes people laugh out loud, and is also a bit of a cult. ;) |
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Old man away at the front, not much coming in, as working wages. Lots of recently built accommodation at the coast, but no one taking holidays, because of the war. A similar thing happened in the eighties. Lots of people on the dole moved to Morecambe, and took up residence in cheap accommodation once used by long-gone holiday makers. |
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In any case, you've still missed the point of my original post - there are eight weeks of the lights and people can go on any night. Is that advert you posted just for the switch-on night? I think not...it's for trips over several weeks. You, no doubt, would turn up on opening night, salivating at the thought of seeing your latest celeb hero but most people are there for them and their kids and the light spectacle. |
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I've only been to Blackpool once, and that was to see Timothy West and Prunella Scales in The Merchant of Venice, when I was at school. At the peak of Blackpool's popularity, between the wars, my family went to Bournemouth. Perhaps I should go and see Keith Lemon do the honours. I'll see if I can find a more up to date bus timetable. Sounds like a fun sort of a town. ;) |
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We have our own version of the illuminations in Canada ... and they switch on automatically every year Fall Foliage in Canada - Find the Best Places in Canada to See Autumn Colors in Canada
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By the way, did anyone know that Blackpool Airport was the first one in the UK to run flights for fare-paying passengers?
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We also know that the pilot used to announce to the passengers, 'Scream if you want to go faster.' As he dipped the plane towards the muddy brine of the Irish Sea. |
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By the way - what's happened to Garinda? He reminds me of Colonel Gaddafi - when the heats on, he does a runner. |
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errr sorry......bad turn of phrase! :o:o:o |
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interesting mention of the Russian ambassador turning on the lights during the 50s , seems Russia was still thought of as a workers 'utopia' in those days , remember my Grandma telling me of a big 'workers/Labour' rally at Manchester Free Trades Hall the featuring Bulganin or Molotov ... one of Stalins boys
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PS - for those of you who know nowt about history - which is most of you - the Suez campaign involved the UK retrieving one of it's oversea's assets. It was a bit like chasing a burglar and grabbing his swag bag, only to be told by the new cop on the block that what's in the bag was lawfully the burglars. The new cop, was of course, the Yanks and because of what happened we made a tactical withdrawal from Suez. Had we stuck around, there would have been no '67 war, no '73 war, no Hamas, no Gaddafi, no Ayatollah, no Locherbie, no Gulf War 1 and 2....oil would be at 50p a barrel and we wouldn't have the burka brigade taking up three out of every four beds in the maternity unit at Blackburn hospital. |
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re. the the Burka filled beds , if I'm not mistaken this , the 50's was the time the UK's doors were first opened to Commonwealth labour to fill the labour shortage partially created by having conscript filled armed forces . Not sure what the UK national birthrate was during the late 30's or early 40s times of economic depression and wartime but wouldn't have thought there were not that many young men available after the Armed Forces had taken them .... just my thoughts sorry for thread wander |
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To harp back to comments earlier in the thread by TeaLeaf about the relevance to Accrington and area of Blackpool - it was "the" Mecca for the Lancs working class for decades. In fact, if it hadn't been for a Wakes Week holiday my Grandparents would probably never have met -she was from Padiham and my Grandad from Accy, they met on one of the piers and I would imagine that many others followed suit -it was a great melting pot...
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Interesting information on this link, about the history of Accrington railway station, where generations of people caught the chuff-chuff to Blackpool.
Disused Stations: Accrington Station |
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We used to go to the costa del roughit every year for our holls, just one week mind you, we stayed at number 10 Moor Street South Shore, my parents used to book for the years after when we were leaving
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