To think Blackpool is a bit shit

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Just came back from Blackpool and it was utter shit. Why haven't the council there made improvements and made it a decent place to visit?

There is hardly anywhere halfway reasonable to eat, it looks completely broken and unloved. There is just so much potential for development and it could be the "Orlando" of England. Instead, it's just shite.

I've come away thinking I don't need to take my children to Africa to appreciate what they've got: just take them to Blackpool.

On a good note, the beach is very nice. Shame about the drunks weeing all over the stairs to the beach and leaving beer cans everywhere. I saw broken Britain in Blackpool and I shall never go back again.

Look.

Lets wait until Peter Andre has booked the winter gardens and then we will have the MN meet up par excellence.

I would totes be up for a meet-up with MNers in Cackpool.

Me and GetOrf could be faghags in Flamingoes.

His star has been moribund for the last twenty years, yet strangely it is clinging on for dear life longer than Mark Fowler did in 'Enders, when he had the AIDS.

You should come to the next Cheltenham meet up Marm. We will show you the posh bits of Cheltenham so you don't just traipse up and down the high street thinking 'what is this shithole?'

I don't think I could seriously go to Blackpool again. It is so far away for one. When I first drove there I thought you just went 10 minutes north of Liverpool. It's a long drive!

i thought that was the appeal

we stayed in a b&b than had not been decorated or had any new fittings since the mid 60's and the breakfast was swimming in lard

i quite enjoyed it but once was enought

Lol at Wednesday excitement

BeerTricks - not Wesham, I'm betwixt (I like that word) Kirkham and Preston - I used to work in Kirkham though!

MARM.

They have one pound baguette shops in Cheltenham and Gloucester now, plus they do breakfasts, egg on toast, panini (ooooOOOOOOoooo) and jacket spuds for a quid an' all.

I've always avoided the pleasure beach as i hate heights and get motion sick, I have to take piriton if going on any roller coasters. The steeplechase looks like my sort of ride though. I'm sure I can persuade the kids they want to go again

"You should come to the next Cheltenham meet up Marm. We will show you the posh bits of Cheltenham so you don't just traipse up and down the high street thinking 'what is this shithole"

I DID DO THAT. Did I tell you that?

They have £1 baguette shops? I AM THERE. Can I stop at yours though?

"I have to take piriton if going on any roller coasters"

Serious? Are you allergic to something on the rollercoasters? Like the rubber on the handles?

I've only ever seen if on the telly, & that's bad enough.

YES. Come and stay at mine. I live in Gloucester which is an eternal disappointment in life.

I will treat you to an egg bap though, bab.

Piriton helps with motions sickness. It's like stugeron the travel sickness tab you buy otc but shorter acting so wears off faster so you can drink later. I use it if travelling in the backs of cars or on ferry trips too, and for the kids if they get car sick.

Yes Marm you did tell me you went up and down the high street with your DH wondering what was so special about Cheltenham, I remember that. Why do I listen to people on mumsnet but when dd tells me things I am 'yeah yeah' with one eye on Come Dine With Me.

Ooh a Cheltenham meet up? I could get the Park and Ride. It does seem to be a town of two halves. There's a Lido isn't there?

Yes sparkling you are only up the road aren't you iirc. I have never been to the Lido. There are lots of fantastic bars though.

Have been on a couple of meetuos with dollytwat and ledkr and they are brilliant. Last one was at a festival where we drank wine all day and watched the Human League. God it was fun.

Yes, just a couple of Junctions north on the M5. But Cheltenham is horrible to drive round.