Blackpool Illuminations Switch On - Page 6

garinda · 22-08-2011, 22:42

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Originally Posted by cashman

Yeh been using jaysays spellcheck?

No, it's this damned key-board, sticking again.

Tealeaf · 22-08-2011, 22:46

By the way, did anyone know that Blackpool Airport was the first one in the UK to run flights for fare-paying passengers?

gynn · 22-08-2011, 22:48

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Originally Posted by Tealeaf

By the way, did anyone know that Blackpool Airport was the first one in the UK to run flights for fare-paying passengers?

.....and that is relevant to Accrington because......?

garinda · 22-08-2011, 22:54

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Originally Posted by Tealeaf

By the way, did anyone know that Blackpool Airport was the first one in the UK to run flights for fare-paying passengers?

Yes, we did.

We also know that the pilot used to announce to the passengers,
'Scream if you want to go faster.'
As he dipped the plane towards the muddy brine of the Irish Sea.

Tealeaf · 22-08-2011, 23:06

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Originally Posted by gynn

.....and that is relevant to Accrington because......?

It's not relevant whatsoever.....but I was not the one to start this stupid thread.

By the way - what's happened to Garinda? He reminds me of Colonel Gaddafi - when the heats on, he does a runner.

Eric · 22-08-2011, 23:24

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Originally Posted by Tealeaf

Eric = Bee

Not quite Fermat's last theorem ... but obscure enough in its own simplistic way. Most likely the product of a simple mind.

gynn · 22-08-2011, 23:27

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Originally Posted by Tealeaf

It's not relevant whatsoever.....but I was not the one to start this stupid thread.

I've enjoyed this thread. Better than talking about gay sailors holed up in Church.

errr sorry......bad turn of phrase!

steeljack · 22-08-2011, 23:35

interesting mention of the Russian ambassador turning on the lights during the 50s , seems Russia was still thought of as a workers 'utopia' in those days , remember my Grandma telling me of a big 'workers/Labour' rally at Manchester Free Trades Hall the featuring Bulganin or Molotov ... one of Stalins boys

Tealeaf · 23-08-2011, 00:24

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Originally Posted by steeljack

interesting mention of the Russian ambassador turning on the lights during the 50s , seems Russia was still thought of as a workers 'utopia' in those days , remember my Grandma telling me of a big 'workers/Labour' rally at Manchester Free Trades Hall the featuring Bulganin or Molotov ... one of Stalins boys

It was 1955 the Russkie turned up, before the buggars went into Hungary the following year. We should have learned a lesson then, but what happened in 1957? We invited the US ambassador, one year after the Yanks - are so-called allies - had shafted us at Suez.

PS - for those of you who know nowt about history - which is most of you - the Suez campaign involved the UK retrieving one of it's oversea's assets. It was a bit like chasing a burglar and grabbing his swag bag, only to be told by the new cop on the block that what's in the bag was lawfully the burglars. The new cop, was of course, the Yanks and because of what happened we made a tactical withdrawal from Suez. Had we stuck around, there would have been no '67 war, no '73 war, no Hamas, no Gaddafi, no Ayatollah, no Locherbie, no Gulf War 1 and 2....oil would be at 50p a barrel and we wouldn't have the burka brigade taking up three out of every four beds in the maternity unit at Blackburn hospital.

steeljack · 23-08-2011, 01:12

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Originally Posted by Tealeaf

Had we stuck around, there would have been no '67 war, no '73 war, no Hamas, no Gaddafi, no Ayatollah, no Locherbie, no Gulf War 1 and 2....oil would be at 50p a barrel and we wouldn't have the burka brigade taking up three out of every four beds in the maternity unit at Blackburn hospital.

Was too young at the time to remember much about the events , and don't necessarily disagree with your views on Suez .... But after reading a bit about the period ... think the UK Govt. had bit off a bit more than they could chew with that adventure .... the country was nearly bankrupt and trying to rebuild bombed out cities and industries which required labour which was tied up in a conscript army fighting the Mau Mau (Barrack Hussien Obama's grandad), the Malay emergency (Britains Vietnam which we won due to the fact there were no embedded journalists), and also but not sure of the timeline Aden .. we also had the BAOR (sp?) taking up thousands of conscript manpower in Germany, and had only finished fighting in Korea a couple of years earlier .

re. the the Burka filled beds , if I'm not mistaken this , the 50's was the time the UK's doors were first opened to Commonwealth labour to fill the labour shortage partially created by having conscript filled armed forces . Not sure what the UK national birthrate was during the late 30's or early 40s times of economic depression and wartime but wouldn't have thought there were not that many young men available after the Armed Forces had taken them .... just my thoughts

sorry for thread wander

jaysay · 23-08-2011, 09:12

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Originally Posted by garinda

People here get excited and giddy enough to stand in the Christmas drizzle, to watch some third rate licky-likey tribute act turn-on Accy's amazing Winter Lights Festival.

The Keith Lemon character will be a big draw in Blackpool.

Oddly, there are similarities.

Like you Teabag, he makes people laugh out loud, and is also a bit of a cult.

A bit of a cult, had to read that one twice Rindi

jaysay · 23-08-2011, 09:15

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Originally Posted by cashman

Yeh been using jaysays spellcheck?

Ah you spotted it too hey cashy, shows we're both on the same wavelength mate

jaysay · 23-08-2011, 09:16

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Originally Posted by gynn

I've enjoyed this thread. Better than talking about gay sailors holed up in Church.

errr sorry......bad turn of phrase!

Ya but spot on gynn

mobertol · 23-08-2011, 14:17

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Originally Posted by Retlaw

Its also surprising how many people from Greater Accrington, moved to live in Blackpool & St Annes during WW1. Quite a number of men service papers which show their next of kin address in Acc, are crossed out, and a new address in Blackpool written in. Many ex soldiers from Greater Acc, emigrated to Canada in the 1920's, many of them had returned by 1930's, jobs were just as hard to get in Canada as they were here.
Retlaw.

The attached photo shows my Great-Grandparents and their first 6 children taken outside their Blackpool guest house(you can just see the sign for "Vacancies" in the window. During WW1 while he worked in the mine and lived at Rock Mount (Altham West) she ran the guest house for soldiers (mainly Ghurkas) -my mum still has journals with her accounts. They returned to Accy after the war -presumably she made a nice living there but it must have been hard work with the young ones to look after too! (My Grandad John is the cute little boy center front)

mobertol · 23-08-2011, 14:33

To harp back to comments earlier in the thread by TeaLeaf about the relevance to Accrington and area of Blackpool - it was "the" Mecca for the Lancs working class for decades. In fact, if it hadn't been for a Wakes Week holiday my Grandparents would probably never have met -she was from Padiham and my Grandad from Accy, they met on one of the piers and I would imagine that many others followed suit -it was a great melting pot...