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Blackpool - what a load of pants.
It's top, it's tacky, it's the biggest pile of cheese in the North.
And there's no shortage of easily pleased fools, ready to cram themselves onto
one of the filthiest beaches known to man.
Pictured right, is what the locals call the Golden Mile - otherwise known as Deckchair Mile.
Blackpool Tower is really great, and was built in the early 1890's by bored Victorian people. At night it looks mighty impressive with its dazzling lights. Fishing boats have been known to crash into the Central Pier, thinking it's a funky lighthouse.
There are many other "attractions". There are what's known as "End of Pier Shows", where has-been comedians such as Little & Large (below) continue to make people wish they'd gone to Tenerife instead.
There's
also the Sea Life Centre which is dead small but not bad, there's loads of
fish and sharks, and you can stroke 'em when the staff aren't looking. Here's a photo of a fishy
thing that I took in 1995.
Of course, the best part of Blackpool is the Pleasure Beach.
A person can spend all day here, taking in the rides, spending money
in the arcades, and trying to remove candy floss from their hair over
a sink in the toilets.
My River Caves ticket from 1998...
Some tickets.
