Blackpool sea front

flashy · 24-07-2009, 07:14

Reece and i ventured to Blackpool yesterday, it was a beautiful day and i was amazed how much the sea front has changed in the last few months, it looks lovely now, gone are the dreary long old steps to the beach, in its place we have a really nice wall (sea barrier) and loads of steps, its looks really attractive.

On the prom they have a beach away from the beach, its kinda cool, its a cordoned off area where the kids can play with the sand away from the sea, i think its a wicked idea

the whole front has been transformed and it looks really nice

Neil · 24-07-2009, 07:27

Those bags of sand in pictures 4,5 & 6 makes it look like your in a builders yard

flashy · 24-07-2009, 07:33

that it might Neil but i think its a good idea for kids who dont like the sea, or parents who are afraid of the water.....possibly

they also have nets up for 'beach' volleyball

spex357 · 24-07-2009, 07:55

Us kids used to play dare on those steps when i lived there, but a little further up past Butlins hotel, at the top of the steps a big round wall which turned the water back. Gateways where every two hundred yards and with a neep tide on the go running at 32ft it used to be a fair dash from one gate to another. One day out of the corner of my eye a monster wave was up in the air above me, my friends shouting run, run, i knew i wasnt going to make it and from a standing jump tried to get on the wall and clung there like a limpet. The wave landed on me, my chums had legged it as this wave was going over the wall, when it receded i climbed down and made it the to the gate. I was full of sand and seaweed and i was due back at school in minutes. My teacher never noticed thankfully as i pulled bits out of my hair all day.

BERNADETTE · 24-07-2009, 09:12

Nice pics it certainly looks a lot better

Benipete · 24-07-2009, 09:34

I liked the idea of kids being cordoned off.

jaysay · 24-07-2009, 10:16

And of course we have the token woman in a Burka

Great Pics flashy, where are you gading next

flashy · 24-07-2009, 18:06

lol it wasnt the woman in the burka i was taking pics of Jay, it was obviously my child being a prize plonker on the ramp with his bike, yes we took our bikes to Blackpool, as we often do

derekgas · 24-07-2009, 18:48

It is much nicer up there, they have done similar work at Cleveleys, and the kiddies rides are back, downside is, the idiots have been out with the spray paints already.

wadey · 24-07-2009, 20:03

Further North and Cleveleys looks really good now

flashy · 24-07-2009, 20:09

wow, great pics wadey

lindsay ormerod · 24-07-2009, 20:54

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Originally Posted by jaysay

And of course we have the token woman in a Burka

Great Pics flashy, where are you gading next

I don't like that comment Jaysay, what's "token" about a woman with her family standing on the sand at Blackpool? Would you have made the same comment if it had been a white woman in shorts? I doubt it.

wadey · 24-07-2009, 23:58

Quote:

Originally Posted by flashy

wow, great pics wadey

Thanks

spex357 · 25-07-2009, 05:22

Oppression rears its head on Blackpool beach, cracking shot.

MargaretR · 25-07-2009, 09:54

I don't see 'opression'

I remember wearing ankle length black and a large sarong over my head and shoulders during a holiday in Malta in August.
For some of us, sunblock is not enough - don't make presumptions about that photo.