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Gosh that “historian” talks a lot of tosh. The new promenade is wonderful.

interesting

good

The illuminations are nowhere near spectacular as they were in the sixties and seventies. Sadly so many businesses now boarded up. Oh well the Fish n chips and Mushy peas lookin good

Good analysis. Decent tourists now demand the cleanliness, sophistication and beauty that can be found in other countries. Most comments on here are about remembering the 60s and 70s. That must be forgotten, needs have changed. Despite the weather, Blackpool needs to grow into the green age with trees and plants. There are plants suited to every climate so no excuse. Relaxing luxurious indoor biospheres would be welcome. The council needs to change its mindset from offering a purely doing holiday to offering a relaxing and doing holiday. The cheap U.K. amusement arcades should be assigned as museums and please no working horses or donkeys. Instead, I would love to see beach and pavement grand cafes and restaurants as abroad. And trees and more trees, dunes and parks by the beach! And if they build it all at once that is fine by me.

Remember those wild west days

How can you have a Fact in your opinion?

The day the idiots decided to demolish the open air lido was the sign of things to come... As demonstrated by its replacement . The infamous "sand castle" which lasted about as long as an actual sandcastle.... The premium stores left when the rates got to stupid levels. Woolworths being a prime example. Even the glorious Stanley Park was left to go downhill. I am ashamed of the town I grew up in.

thank you sir

Anybody else here because of geography homework? haha

Lived in that area in the late 60s... Happy days...

Blaming stag and hens for Blackpool’s decline is stupidity. Biggest problem is immigration and drugs and not forgetting prostitution. Blackpool has been driven into the ground. It’s a full on shithole not fit for a holiday.

It's a fucking shithole In all honesty

Shite hole....

Let’s face it,it’ll always be tacky.

Blackpool is not the first seaside resort it was Scarborough

E british holiday makers killed this town.

The Counsil need do more tidy it up not let everything be changed to much with big shops taking all the money need more going into local places sort out the backstreets and run down hotels

iam remember as a boy in the early 80's how exciting and fantastic blackpool was. the entertainment on offer was quite amazing you was spoilt for choice. the winter gardens were brilliant , i even used to like to watch the older people dance in the ball room , eric delaney and his band used to play alot there. B&b was £10-£15 and worth every penny. last time i visited blackpool was around 7 years ago for a short break and it was a ghost of itself. it was a very sad sight to see the state it was in. how can britains entertainment capital be neglected like this ?

1966 l am 15 me and mates, seemed the world was at our feet, the first week in August, Blackpool was packed, the brightly coloured boarding houses went well back from the front all no vacancies, what a great week, l don't think l had that feeling of freedom and excitement again.

As a child I lived at Blackpool whereby my mom her sister and their mom ran the boarding house. They were very happy days and now when I see people causing trouble and fighting it is so sad. There is no need, why can’t people just enjoy themselves. When I lived there I never saw any trouble and they were such happy days. Bring back those days.

Blackpool needs to be more dog friendly like Skegness u can take your dog in everywhere there .

The drunks is y I moved from Blackpool

I'm Blackpool born and bred, born 1968, I was proud to tell people that I lived here, loved going to the beach and helping my auntie with the donkeys, Mr B's in the 6 weeks holidays, popping in at Lewis's on the way to try samples of make up, going to the ABC on a Saturday morning to watch kid's films. Absolutely loved it. Just a shame my grandbabies can't have similar memories, to many drunks, drugs, fighting etc, there's no way on earth I would walk through the town on my own today, such a shame. Blackpool needs to look after their own and they will look after Blackpool, nowadays it's all about how many hen and stag parties etc they can get here. Such a shame.

Nothing deterred me from moving here six years ago ...My partner lived here all his life and so It was only right I came to stay rather than move him away from the only place he knew... I know much sadness has come to the town in regards to shop fronts and closures..but it's still a lovely coastal area.. I agree in regards to the people who caused a nasty reputation to the place ( hen parties etc)..as it's still occurring today.. every point you make is totally true... Especially when the way The council want so much to be put back into Blackpool all at once..regardless of the negativity it'll cause on the towns popularity .. The tram lines for instance are causing more shops to foreclose when many funds should have helped them to remain open like for instance loss of earnings due to disruption.. And when I asked a proprietor why he was closing a well known shop on Talbot road , he said "since they began work my shop has seen six customers per day instead of at least 76.. " That's a high amount of customers to lose isn't it?

Sad to say, now it's Deadpool

The beach never gets packed like this

what a great movie,,so sad those days have gone.

I think the introduction of cheap package holidays abroad is what killed Blackpool.

I grew up in Blackpool 64-82 my mum and dad had a guest house on central drive when it was busy I slowly watched it decline, I did go back from time to time only to watch a total disregard for the beautiful buildings they demolished, too many of them to mention. I did write to Blackpool council and suggested they turn it into a place for food, empty buildings to turn into good restaurants employment, and fresh fish eight mile up the road in Fleetwood, they more or less told me to mind my own, so I wrote back and said “AND STOP KNOCKING BUILDINGS DOWN!”

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Whatever has happened to my once beautiful country? I remember early/mid 80s going to Blackpool on days out and the beach would be packed with people enjoying harmless good old fashioned traditional British seaside fun. You had the likes of Lewis's and Binns department store which where all part of a day out in Blackpool. Anybody remember Beatties model shop in the Houndshill shopping centre? My parents never had a lot of spare money but my dad would always take me there and do the best he could with the money he had whilst my mum looked in the other shops. We would go back to the car and have sandwiches that we had brought in a cool box and later in the day we would head down to the Pleasure Beach where you could walk around freely without having to pay to get in. If i was lucky id be allowed a few of the smaller rides like the Ghost Train and River Caves. How i miss those days. Blackpool just isnt Blackpool anymore but isnt that true of many British towns and cities these days?

It's no good it's fucked

Would you take on board a suggestion from an old Blackpuddleion, 1964-80 sea food restaurants supply's from fleet Wood? "If you cook it, they will come"

just been up to Blackpool,first time in ten years and what a shit hole it really is,it's broken my heart because of the state of the place the council are a bunch of C**TS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AND SHOULD BE A FUCKING SHAMED OF THEM SELF'S!!!!!!....

I went with my then girlfriend Bernadette in 1973 went back in 1976 on our honeymoon.😀😀😀😀😀😀

I went with my then girlfriend Bernadette in 1973 went back in 1976 on our honeymoon.😀😀😀😀😀😀

This video helped a lot with my homework, thank you.

Part of the decline of Blackpool, and of society more generally, must also be due to the spread of drug culture these past few decades.

Blackpool is great for a good old piiss up! Throwing up all over the pavement, pissing your self....wow Costa Blackpool rules

well said that man

I went to Blackpool for first time Summer 2003, Summer 2008, then again Summer 2015 and enjoy pepsi max big one roller coaster

ban the scum, family holidays are the best here,not sitting by a pool frying

radio caroline on the transistor

well said

Blackpool is S*** is it on Neil stocker RUclips

Got arrested there in 1955 for wearing a lepard string bikini I bought London Mother was disgusted as they posted it in the Lancashire eVENING pOST. mY aUNTS LOVED IT TAKING my poor mUM DOWN A PEG

i live here. was proud when i was younger. now no jobs. nobody comes. very sad.

Hi are the T Regain from George street Blackpool if so can you let me know.

What do you mean this is awkward. I've had enough of you racist commenters insulting our great country that is England. You out to be ashamed at yourself and go back to your beer drinking friends. Think before you fart.