Why is Blackpool considered a Holiday for people who cant afford holidays abroad?

[middlewichblue]

my best man asked me what I would want to do for my stag do, I gave him a few pointers and said as long as it includes the following I'm happy.

- cheap drinks for lads
- plenty of women for the single lads
- beach
- minimum of five days away.

I met them all at a pub close to Manchester airport (passport in hand). after about an hour I was told to jump in a cab with my best man - to Blackpool., he found it slightly more amusing than me.

A full five day stag do in Blackpool. quite funny when I look back now.

 

[Scottyboi]

my best man asked me what I would want to do for my stag do, I gave him a few pointers and said as long as it includes the following I'm happy.

- cheap drinks for lads
- plenty of women for the single lads
- beach
- minimum of five days away.

I met them all at a pub close to Manchester airport (passport in hand). after about an hour I was told to jump in a cab with my best man - to Blackpool., he found it slightly more amusing than me.

A full five day stag do in Blackpool. quite funny when I look back now.

Could have been worse, could have been stuck in the Kings Arms and Vaults.

 

[dannyboy29]

We took our daughter when she was young for her first experience of a seaside town.

Granted it was chilly and a bit grey.

I asked her what she thought of her first trip to Blackpool.

“ Can we go back to Portugal next time”

She's not called Madeleine by any chance is she?

 

[AliBobbyJ]

Not been for many years but went every year as a kid. Always to the same boarding house near Central Station, three meals a day and a gong to bring you to your table on time. FOC memories include the bus on the sea front for lost children, the sands packed with people in deck chairs and Charlie Cairoli in the Tower Circus - but how cruel it was for the animals, especially the lions; glad one ate Albert! Somewhere on the Golden Mile there was a sideshow under a big sign proclaiming "It was her father's fault", never went in or discovered what it was about.

 

[remember arthur mann]

Loved the caterpillar. It shit me up when they closed the canopy though.

I remember being taken on the Scenic Railway by my brother, as we were be hauled up the track my sister said " this ain't scenic" !

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[middlewichblue]

Could have been worse, could have been stuck in the Kings Arms and Vaults.

That's very true.

 

[RadcliffeRick]

Last time I was there, about 15 years ago, we went to the Mitre near the north pier, good pub and not too many dickheads, until I got there:-)

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

Bring back Belle Vue Funfair I say, then you can close Blackpool down.

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One of my earliest memories is going on the water chute at Belle Vue with my mum when I was 4 or 5.

 

[crublue1]

Went once on a stag do in my mid twenties. Ended up in a downstairs gay bar for a late drink. Proper gay n'all, leather and moustaches everywhere.
Brilliant night, not a hint of trouble, they knew how to party them guys.

 

[mexico1970]

Went once on a stag do in my mid twenties. Ended up in a downstairs gay bar for a late drink. Proper gay n'all, leather and moustaches everywhere.
Brilliant night, not a hint of trouble, they knew how to party them guys.

 

[crublue1]

That's not a million miles away if I'm honest.

 

[mexico1970]

That's not a million miles away if I'm honest.

I have the music rattling around my head right now :)

 

[hampshireblue]

Went to Lloret last year, fucking horrible place.
£9 a pint & £15 for burger and chips if you went outside the hotel.
Fuck that, only reason to go to most Spanish resorts was the fact they used to be cheap, much nicer resorts elsewhere

It was alright back in 1974. School organised trip and suggestion to parents was £15 spending money for the week.

 

[mexico1970]

It was alright back in 1974. School organised trip and suggestion to parents was £15 spending money for the week.

Purchasing power of just south of £200 now, quite a hefty sum.

 

[hampshireblue]

Purchasing power of just south of £200 now, quite a hefty sum.

Sorry I was replying to a comment about Lloret. I should have converted into pesetas.

 

[mexico1970]

Sorry I was replying to a comment about Lloret. I should have converted into pesetas.

Posh fucker ;-)

 

[Lowtower]

I went on a stag do, whatever year the Rags played Millwall in the fa cup final was

Went to some of the usual shit holes, got bored and ended up in a snooker club for the rest of the day, then a bar called Soul Suite or something or other, loads of old geezers doing that northern soul dancing thing, was quite decent when we sacked off the main bars.

 

[remember arthur mann]

Kings Hall. The Who.

I woz there.

The Who Concert Setlist at Kings Hall at Belle Vue, Manchester on November 2, 1973 | setlist.fm https://share.google/RwkkbPwVDNENL547O

Tangential, typical bluemoon.

 

[Blue Maverick]

Holidaying in the UK is mega expensive wherever you want to go.

Holidaying is expensive everywhere now

 

[Two Gun Bob]

Holidaying is expensive everywhere now

That Venice gaff is cheap but it's full of floating turds and floods a lot.