Blackpool

[graveyard johnny]

think blackpool has improved a hell of a lot in the past 5-6 years, a lot of money has been pumped in to the place to attract visitors back, as I have said before its main problem is the place is huge and has no chance of sustaining the place it was in the 60s and 70s , theres still plenty to see, do and never a dull moment to be had, if you want something to eat there are 2 pubs up near the north pier, the Washington on topping st and duke of York on Dickson rd both are a decent alternative to spoons and used by the locals that know where to grab a decent bite to eat, pump and truncheon is ok for a real ale or whiskey but wouldn't eat there

[Bedford Roughyed]

30 minutes ago, graveyard johnny said:

think blackpool has improved a hell of a lot in the past 5-6 years, a lot of money has been pumped in to the place to attract visitors back, as I have said before its main problem is the place is huge and has no chance of sustaining the place it was in the 60s and 70s , theres still plenty to see, do and never a dull moment to be had, if you want something to eat there are 2 pubs up near the north pier, the Washington on topping st and duke of York on Dickson rd both are a decent alternative to spoons and used by the locals that know where to grab a decent bite to eat, pump and truncheon is ok for a real ale or whiskey but wouldn't eat there

The council do appear to have done a lot to improve the prom and sea front, it looks great.  Pity they can't do anything about the dilapidated hotels and B&B's on or just off the front.  Seaside towns do have an issue with being magnets for people with various issues, the great number of cheap rented accommodation feeds this.  

But Bob8 will be happy with a stick of rock and a 'Kiss me quick' hat I'm sure.

[Bleep1673]

Hmm. We have the same problem here in Hastings/SLOS, there are a lot of South Londoners coming here thinking this will be the solution to all their problems, then they find it's an unemployment black hole, unemployment higher than any where else in the south-east %-wise. Hastings looks great on a map, but the road system to the M25 can be a nightmare 90min + journey, trains are nearly 2 hours to Central London, nearly an hour to Brighton, buses are slow to start in the morning, and finish by 9pm, if you think of your work search area as 10 miles, You would be able to search 180 degrees around you, we have half that, because we are cut off to the South by the English Channel, and after 8 Miles+ it is all agricultural, until you get to Eastbourne, Ashford, or Tunbridge Wells. 

If someone up north was to offer me a job, and temporary accommodation, even though I love my 9-year-old daughter, I would do it. Also, don't forget North is relative. North from here is anywhere.

[Phil]

My daughter got offered a place on a degree course at Blackpool college, there are no halls of residence but the students are put up in “digs” the college is very well regarded in this particular field but...

We drove most of the way home in silence until I said to her “You’re not going there”

” Bloody right I’m not what a ######” she replied 

[Padge]

Blackpool does have 3 things going for it, there is a road out to the North, a road out to the South and a Road out to the West.

[Just Browny]

8 hours ago, Padge said:

Blackpool does have 3 things going for it, there is a road out to the North, a road out to the South and a Road out to the West.

Erm, North is Fleetwood (not an improvement) and West is the Irish Sea.

Fortunately there is a road to the East.

[Bleep1673]

7 hours ago, Just Browny said:

Erm, North is Fleetwood (not an improvement) and West is the Irish Sea.

Fortunately there is a road to the East.

M55, It's the fastest way out.

[Bleep1673]

When I was doing my ODA training in 1984-6 we had to do day release at Blackpool Victoria Hospital, fortunately it is on the edge of town, and we didn't really enter the ***thole for very long.

[shrek]

On 1/30/2018 at 8:14 AM, Bob8 said:

Presumably, I was Hitler in a previous life and in this life am being punished by there being a family gathering in Blackpool.

Is there anywhere to eat and drink on the north end of the promenade that is not terrible?  Or, maybe, even good?

Its rare I'd recommend an Italian and I've never recommended anywhere in Blackpool before, so here goes............

Piazza Italia, Ceder Square, FY1 1BP

You'll probably need to book as its fairly small, but check out the Trip Advisor reviews, we ended up there for my daughters birthday, I was more than presently surprised, had a great atmosphere, the guy that owns it is a real star and the food was good!

[Route66]

Can confirm that Piazza Italia is excellent went last year before a concert at winter gardens,like shrek says though you might need to book

[Maximus Decimus]

On 30/01/2018 at 8:14 AM, Bob8 said:

Presumably, I was Hitler in a previous life and in this life am being punished by there being a family gathering in Blackpool.

Is there anywhere to eat and drink on the north end of the promenade that is not terrible?  Or, maybe, even good?

My in-laws being Northern Irish used to go to Blackpool every summer for their summer holidays and have very fond memories of the place. I don't share their sentiments. 

A couple of years ago I somehow got dragged into spending 4 nights there during the summer while they had a trip down memory lane. As I had no other summer holiday that year you could say I went to Blackpool on holiday... 

[villager]

blackpools not good enough for middle class socialist  snobs,,and me and the mrs in our seventies enjoy the all inclusives  with proper working class people  at the Claremont and the Viking with proper funny comedians not like the filth that passes as adult humour on the bbc,,,,,oh and McDonnell is the biggest bully in the uk.    tara

 

[Bob8]

43 minutes ago, villager said:

blackpools not good enough for middle class socialist  snobs,,and me and the mrs in our seventies enjoy the all inclusives  with proper working class people  at the Claremont and the Viking with proper funny comedians not like the filth that passes as adult humour on the bbc,,,,,oh and McDonnell is the biggest bully in the uk.    tara

So, everyone who disagrees with you is an ######.

Got it.

Glad you like Blackpool.  But, I have no problem with people wanting different things or getting above their station.

[Maximus Decimus]

33 minutes ago, villager said:

blackpools not good enough for middle class socialist  snobs,,and me and the mrs in our seventies enjoy the all inclusives  with proper working class people  at the Claremont and the Viking with proper funny comedians not like the filth that passes as adult humour on the bbc,,,,,oh and McDonnell is the biggest bully in the uk.    tara

 

I'm not a socialist and I'm not even sure how you'd define middle class now. 

Blackpool being a hole has little to do with working class people being there. Unless you're suggesting that run down and tacky are working class features? 

[villager]

blackpool is not  good enough for the millionaire socialists  labour gangsters and their big fat union bully boys,as for your comments if anyone disagrees with you then you haven been on here long,your told which papers to read and the rest of the pro labourmessage,,,first time I came on here it was ike  watching question time,

as for people getting above their station I thought we were all  the same.

anyhow off to book my next all inclusive with real people ,,,tara

[Bob8]

2 minutes ago, villager said:

blackpool is not  good enough for the millionaire socialists  labour gangsters and their big fat union bully boys,as for your comments if anyone disagrees with you then you haven been on here long,your told which papers to read and the rest of the pro labourmessage,,,first time I came on here it was ike  watching question time,

as for people getting above their station I thought we were all  the same.

anyhow off to book my next all inclusive with real people ,,,tara

I am not a real person.  Not at all.  

I am a millionaire, socialst bully boy, who closed down the mines and believes in low wages.  

So, you will sympathise with my problem?  Blackpool is full of real people having a good time, industrial workers enjoying good, clean family fun, a treat of fish and chips at the seaside while rosy cheeked youngsters frolic on the beach and old ladies have an ice-cream on the pier.  

I much prefer sneering, while growing a hipster beard and sniggering at hard working families.  

Would you have any suggestions for place in Blackpool where I might fit in?  See as the Tory party conference in not in town?

[villager]

yes either the Viking or the claremontwhere you wouldnt get socialist perverts like brand and ross ring the like of Andrew sachs up telling him brand had shagged his granddaughter,,i,d have battered him to pulp if he,s said it to me,nice tories,,,nasty socialists,,,Viking Claremont good old fashioned comedtans ,give them a go.,,thats it I,ll leave the question time room,,,goodbye

[Shadow]

1 hour ago, villager said:

yes either the Viking or the claremontwhere you wouldnt get socialist perverts like brand and ross ring the like of Andrew sachs up telling him brand had shagged his granddaughter,,i,d have battered him to pulp if he,s said it to me,nice tories,,,nasty socialists,,,Viking Claremont good old fashioned comedtans ,give them a go.,,thats it I,ll leave the question time room,,,goodbye

Unlike Bob8 I am not a Millionaire Socialist Bully Boy, I am a sneering member of the middle class liberal elite and despise all these real people enjoying 10 woodbines and a mild and bitter while the mrs has a port and lemon before sitting down to enjoy an Arthur Askey tribute act. Where's me washboard?

[Phil]

2 hours ago, villager said:

yes either the Viking or the claremontwhere you wouldnt get socialist perverts like brand and ross ring the like of Andrew sachs up telling him brand had shagged his granddaughter,,i,d have battered him to pulp if he,s said it to me,nice tories,,,nasty socialists,,,Viking Claremont good old fashioned comedtans ,give them a go.,,thats it I,ll leave the question time room,,,goodbye

I’m a socialist bully boy millionaire, every year me and my mates slum it by going to Blackpool in a “chara” and pretend we’re working class by getting so ###### we collapse in the gutter and wet our kecks, oh what a hoot it is ?

[terrywebbisgod]

3 hours ago, villager said:

yes either the Viking or the claremontwhere you wouldnt get socialist perverts like brand and ross ring the like of Andrew sachs up telling him brand had shagged his granddaughter,,i,d have battered him to pulp if he,s said it to me,nice tories,,,nasty socialists,,,Viking Claremont good old fashioned comedtans ,give them a go.,,thats it I,ll leave the question time room,,,goodbye

Whilst "Blazing Saddles" is one of my favourite films,"original frontier gibberish " isn't a language I'm fully conversant in.

Any chance you could rewrite your post but this time in English.

Thank you. 

[villager]

well to quote a lot of my working class friends,,unlike blackpool ,,,socialists created  the ###### that was once called london

[Phil]

59 minutes ago, villager said:

well to quote a lot of my working class friends,,unlike blackpool ,,,socialists created  the ###### that was once called london

Well to quote a lot of my upper class socialist friends (please note only one comma required old boy), the working classes crated that dark primordial region called the north, populated by stooped Neanderthal like creatures who are only good for operating dangerous machinery in mills and mines 

[ckn]

4 posts deleted.  One original and three quoting it.  Any more from that now banned person to tidy up?

[shrek]

3 minutes ago, ckn said:

4 posts deleted.  One original and three quoting it.  Any more from that now banned person to tidy up?

Fair play, especially on a Saturday night, one doffs ones cap and applauds whatever it is that motivates you and Mr Drake to put up with it all and keep the boards open!

[Old Frightful]

On 1/31/2018 at 6:46 AM, graveyard johnny said:

you could hop on the tram to sid littles pub in Fleetwood and go through a few old routines with him over lunch

That's what I call doing it large.