John Burke's a-Musings - Blog
Daily news, views, humour and nostalgia!
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Ice at Cheddar Gorge
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Last Blackpool-related entries:
Hiram Maxim's Flying Machine
Admission Charge to BPB
Blackpool Tower and Beach
Vanished Blackpool - Tram Depot
Thornton Windmill As It Was
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"Glad to see you on Flickr, John. I've been a big fan of the Blackpool Pleasure Beach shots at your website for a few years. I'm particularly fond of the 1970's and 1980's shots, and it's great to see bigger versions here. - Yorkie"
Latest Blackpool Photo at Flickr
Seafront Shelter
"This is a great set of photographs John, bringing back lots of memories and feelings as I holiday'd in Blackpool every year with my family during the 70's and 80's. Your Blackpool webpage, with it's building work photos is fantastic to view and read, with all manner of interesting snippets. - Forgotten Memories"
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 Blackpool Tower
An introduction to and virtual tour of Blackpool's world-famous landmark
Updated 23 Feb 2000
Blackpool Pleasure Beach A look around the funfair, home of
the Pepsi Max Big One roller coaster
Updated 24 November 2000
Three Piers Not one,
not two, but three (count 'em!) piers to stroll along and watch the waves under your feet!
Updated 1 Mar 2000
Blackpool Illuminations Billed as the Greatest Free Show
on Earth - miles of lights and tableaux
Updated 1 Mar 2000
Attractions
Along the Promeade, where to go, what to see, one-off events.
Updated 14 April 2007
Air Shows
Blackpool has a long tradition of Air Shows. We have a look at one or two.
Updated 24 November 2000
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Blackpool Trams
Would you believe Blackpool was the first town to have electric street trams?
They are still running along the Prom!
Updated 22 November 2000
The Golden Mile
Raining? Who cares? Let's visit the Golden Mile and have some fun! Just smell those burgers...
Updated 25 Mar 2000
Around the Town
Fancy a break away from the holiday resort? Take a look at the rest of Blackpool!
Updated 30 Mar 2000
Storms and Floods
Watch the sea crashing over the Promenade and feel the wind whistle through your bits and
pieces!
Updated 25 Mar 2000
Day Trip Ideas
A look at towns villages and countryside just outside Blackpool.
Updated 25 April 2000
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 It shows how awake I am... I live here and yet had to be told this story by Jill Tengrove who lives the other side of the world in Australia!
Apparently as the Pleasure Beach drained the lake under the now demolished Log Flume, they found an earring lost by Marlene Deitrich who was riding the then new Big Dipper in 1934.
Also found were a wig and a bra - it's not known whether she took the latter off to look for the earring as she went round the ride... BBC News Coverage
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Featured web site: John Burke's Nostalgia
 
As if this web site wasn't enough, there's a whole website devoted to memories of the 1950s, through to the 1970s.
Recalling such things as school life and three-wheeled cars, a morbid fear of telephones and end-of-the-pier shows by stars of the day!
Visit John Burke's Nostalgia web site today! 17 themed pages plus a chance to contribute your memories and have them featured! |
 Someone who did just that is Margot Carey, who sent in a memory about Blackpool which led me to this piece of Blackpool's heritage on the North Pier.
To find out what it is and to see some of Margot's photos of Blackpool in the 1940s and 1950s, take a look at my blog, starting with the entry - Treasure Hunt at the bottom.
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