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90 year old wooden ride at a theme park ....would you use it....

Traceyjayne @Traceyjayne (11255) • United Kingdom 27 Jun

There is a ride called Grand National on Blackpools pleasure beach that is 90 years old.... and made of wood .... Just wiondering , after all those years is the wood still safe .... would you risk it ... I am not...

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Update on Child rapist

Gill @Gilljane (2897) • Sutton, England 3 Oct 23

A few days ago I did a post about child rapist Stephen Pennington He had been released from prison on licence but then broke the terms of the licence by going on the run. He was known to have links with Wigan and Blackpool in...

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Sex Offender On the run

Gill @Gilljane (2897) • Sutton, England 30 Sep 23

Steven Penning was jailed in 2009 for rape. He has not long been let out of prison on licence He has connections to cities in the North West of England. In particular Blackpool and Wigan are some of his favourite haunts. It is...

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Time For Dinosaurs

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 24 Aug 19

My last visit to the seaside town of Blackpool Lancashire to get lots of pub sign photos was cut short by terrible weather. Today as it was gloriously sunny out, I went back. Most of the images I got were pub signs. This one was...

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Diary 30th July To 1st August 2019

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 1 Aug 19

Tuesday 30th July was the day of the annual meal and day out for the volunteers who help out at the University Of Central Lancashire. This year we were treated to an expenses paid trip to the seaside town of Blackpool, including...

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Diary 23rd To 29th July 2019

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 29 Jul 19

Tuesday 23rd July saw my twice postponed mandatory welfare hearing finally take place at short notice. My advisor insists I badger employers turning me down for work as to why they rejected me, and I sensed intent to tighten the...

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Pub Sign Study Nowhere Morecambe Lancashire

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 25 Feb 19

One of the oddest pub names and signs in the UK, a pub called Nowhere, and a sign featuring a question mark. There is something odd about a pub claiming to be nowhere, especially in a rundown seaside town like Morecambe, which...

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Morecambe A Seaside Town Out Of Season

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 17 Nov 18

As my diary entry for yesterday said, I went for a walk round Morecambe, in Lancashire, about ten miles from home. Seaside towns can be very quiet, and even ad looking places in Winter, without the tourists (me excepted) pouring...

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Diary 30th August to 1st September 2017

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 1 Sep 17

Diary Wednesday 30th August 2017 A busier time in my life starting today. I volunteered to help out at an open day at the community centre as the Ingol district of Preston was celebrating its fiftieth anniversary as the first...

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Diary 27th And 28th February 2017

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 4 Mar 17

Diary Monday 27th February 2017 I looked forward to today as the first full meeting of the film festival movie selection committee I am a volunteer for. We are preparing the One In Four film screenings for October, which...

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Trotting over to Blackpool!

Inlemay @Inlemay (17712) • South Africa 27 Sep 16

Royal Mail arrived from @Asylum ! The weirdest thing to find out about Blackpool is that the speculum city across the Irish Sea, the same meaning is presented just in another language. This is how its name came...

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Blackpool here I come.

Koalemos @Asylum (47893) • Manchester, England 11 Sep 16

In the distant past I have been known to take an occasional holiday or maybe a short few days trip to the coast. It has been too long since I had such a break. In fact it has been so long that I am now well overdue. Tomorrow I...

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seaside

trip

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Youtube Of The Day - The Houghton Weavers – The Blackpool Belle

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 18 Nov 15

A song with special warm meaning for North England people who remember Wakes week holiday charabanc trips to Blackpool. The song captures the joys and memories of such trips and if I go to Blackpool now I can’t get this lovely...

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Costliest Match of the world coming up!!

ram_cv @ram_cv (16513) • India 18 May 12

No it is not the Champions League final between Bayern and Chelsea. In fact, the costliest match seems to the Championship playoff match between Blackpool and West Ham. The winner will win promotion to Premier League and that...

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west ham

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Charlie Adam good buy for Liverpool

debs90 @debs90 (547) • India 13 Jun 11

Charlie Adam is bound to be signed by Liverpool FC. According to rumours Blackpool and Liverpool both clubs are undergoing a negotiation. Do you think buying Adam will be a good investment for Liverpool because they already have 7...

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Who will go down in the Premier League

Bryanx54 @Bryanx54 (644) 8 May 11

As we are coming to the end of the season, who will be the unfortunate 3 clubs that will get relegated this season, so who do you think will be relegated from the premier League? as it stands West Ham, Wigan and Blackpool are in...

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Blackpool, England

nishlaverz @nishlaverz (42) 8 Feb 11

I've spent alot of time in Blackpool either on holiday, working or just on day trips from my home town 2 1/2 hours away. I've always loved the atomsphere but I know alot of people who hate the place. I would like to know what...

blackpool

holidays

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Will United recover for Blackpool game?

livecenter @livecenter (1136) • Malaysia 3 Dec 10

After 29 games unbeaten, now-leading United suffered their first loss at Upton Park. Nevertheless, they are still maintaining their unbeaten record in the League, although the loss see them the way out of the Cup tournament...But,...

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united

upton park

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EPL Review: Man City beats Blackpool 3-2 and moves to second in the table!!

ram_cv @ram_cv (16513) • India 17 Oct 10

Man City played average football for most of the match and yet came away with all the three points against an unlucky Blackpool side. Tevez led the Man City attack with a couple of goals and then David Silva came off the bench to...

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man city

tevez

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liverpool..oh liverpoll

adhyz82 @adhyz82 (36248) • Indonesia 3 Oct 10

whats going on liverpool... lost again..now in anfield now from the promotion team, blackpool.. i had no clue why liverpool is like now.. any of you got clue?? congratulations for you blackpool..you made liverpool shy in...

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blackpool

liverpool

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