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.

It was job seekers' allowance. Not "only look for work commensurate with a first class degree which will pay your mortgage allowance"

Still as you say since you're not claiming benefits now it's no longer relevant to your lifestyle.

I remember going there in the 70s on visit from abroad with dm. It was still quite tacky then, but not in such a sleazy way as when we went ten years ago. Friend with kids from Australia, we were all [shocked] at 11am at the falling over pissed up hens and stags. Dodging piles of vom. We got full on flashed by group of men (with young girls in tow). In McDonald's.
In the 70s though, we had great fun going to The waxworks, Dr who exhibition, the arcades, pleasure beach full of not terrifying rides. I know it was 40 years ago, but it was great for families.

We have family there, every so often I think ooh it'll be lovely to go and see them and have a day at the seaside, every time I leave saying never again!

I remember going to use the loo in a bar on the front once when pregnant, it was like walking into a nightclub at 2 in the morning, yet it was lunch time. Very strange!

It was a shame about the drunks and dodge-the -vomit, as bits of the place were lovely.

The trams were every 10 minutes! That is an unbelievable amount of public transport for us. Even if many of the passengers were rude and shoved my buggy with dd in out of their way.

The decorations on the sea front were brilliant. Dd loved them.

With a bit of input from somewhere (maybe better education for bar staff/not serving already drunk people? Higher police presence? I don't know...), it could be a brilliant place. Scruffy is not a problem. Unsafe is...

FFs stop being so snobby. We are going to Blackpool next week for our holidays. We stay in a caravan site in a lovely village and avoid blackpool at night. The dcs love it.

Yes it is run down but for a day at the pleasure beach,the seaside,donkey's and ice cream then whats not to like?

So let me get this right - you voluntarily spend money to go on holiday somewhere that is run down, and where you don't feel comfortable going at night, because it has a good funfair, some donkeys and some ice cream shops?

Couldn't you go to Cornwall or North Norfolk or somewhere nice for all those things? They don't only have them in Blackpool you know.

I've just realised this thread is from 2013.

Yes, I fully understand that ilovesooty, I think you either failed to understand the point I was making about the lack of jobs in Blackpool or you are looking for an argument which I am not prepared to engage in in an otherwise pleasant chat room. As you rightly say, given that JSA was a very minor few week blip, one that my partner and I worked very hard to get out of and I don't even live in Blackpool anymore, it is irrelevant. It was simply a point which seems to have been blown out of all context and I am sorry that it obviously riled you so much.

WhyCantIuseTheNameIWant Sun 04-Oct-15 01:40:43

Then we spent 3 1/2 hours trying to drive through and see the flipping lights.
We joined the carpark queue at 8. Dd fell asleep at 10, so she missed lads of it. We got to the glitter ball just after 11:30, and it wasn't even on.