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.

I went to Blackpool for a day out a month or so ago. I didn't think it was so bad. I had a yummy fish and chips on the promenade (which was really cheap) and a nice walk on the beach where I sat and read in the sun. Hardly any toilets though which was inconvenient. For me it was mostly the nostalga since my mum took me most summers as a kid for a week. Pleasurebeach looked a bit expensive so never went in. I would LOVE a go on the steeplechase if it is still in action though - so any MN day's out in Blackpool count me in :)

I actually broke my husband's rib on the MadMouse. Somebody broke them by kicking them when he was a young lad and because he has asthma periodically they break when he has an attack.

We went on the madmouse and I sat in front. As soon as the mouse jerked upwards all I felt behind my back and heard was 'Crack, crack, crack, crack' Was horrible. Ride was good though.

Cheltenham is terrible to drive around, it has a fiendish one way system. Best bet is the park and ride just off the motorway or get a train. I hate driving round there, it is a devil at rush hour and on weekends.

" It's like stugeron the travel sickness tab you buy otc but shorter acting so wears off faster so you can drink later "

You get your priorities right, mate.

I am so fucking there, Gerrof. We can be like Rizzo and Frenchie in Grease, having a sleepover.

Haha at 'rise was good though'

But it has naice outskirts, everlong. Get yourself up there, pronto.

I would love to go to Blackpool now, but would want to be beamed there a la Star Trek and beamed back when I had had enough.

I want to go too. You are ON, Potter.

WTF? I want to go now. I am looking at bee & bees in Cackpool. Has this thread been some kind of voodoo shit by Blackpool Tourism Board to get people to WANT to go?!

I had a few brilliant nights out in Blackpool in my mid twenties (travelled from Scotland to do so!) . We went to a drag queen cabaret place it was great! Then a disco that seemed to be right under the tower? Black carpets, lots of chrome and glass and it always played wham. Happy days!

Used to be great in the early 1980's, enjoyed good short breaks there with family. Blackpool get your act together and do the town up. Last time I went was in 2007. No point in going back unless for The Pleasurebeach.

Oi, don't diss Blackpool, Blackpool is fab I grew up there and had a great time. Lytham St Annes is lovely.

"and you won't have to poke Uncle Brian with a broom handle if you want a pint of vodka"

But it's all part of the rustic charm of Blackpool!

I am doing this thing. Deffo. I will bring some class to Blackpool. As a Wolverhampton lass, there aren't many places I can say that about.

LOL at creaky stair.

California! You bastard!

For REAL shitness you need good old Clacton. For TOTAL shitness you want Great Yarmouth!

I was taken on the Grand National as soon as I was tall enough. I have never been back on a roller coaster since and I never will.

You are making me feel very sad. My brother lived in California for years, used to send pictures of Laguna Beach at sunset when it was pissing down in England.

Vienna it is bloody terrifying isn't it?