Photos

This is the 5th in a short series, please see my other posts for further information and images.


My wife has for some time wanted to walk the entire 6 miles of the sea front illuminations at Blackpool - we of course chose a night when it was raining.

The 'buses' are one of the illuminations.



In its heyday, say 1900-1960, Blackpool heaved as the factory workers of northern England took their annual holidays there en masse.
Look at any photo from this era and you will be unable to find space on the beach or "The Golden Mile" as its promenade is known.
The town went into decline when cheap air travel arrived in the 1960s and the same workers decamped to the Mediterranean coast resorts due to the more reliably favourable weather.
So now Blackpool is struggling to find a role although the local council want it to become the 'Las Vegas' of Britain by attracting investment into casinos.
This plan is dependent on the liberalisation of Britain's gambling laws.

At present the town is becoming notorious for its hen and stag night-life as soon-to-be-weds of both sexes, along with packs of their friends often dressed alike in absurd or risque attire, roam the town's myriad bars and clubs getting increasingly drunk.
This is said to be putting off the "family visitors".