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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
 

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Those bags of sand in pictures 4,5 & 6 makes it look like your in a builders yard
 
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
 
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.
 
And of course we have the token woman in a Burka:D
Great Pics flashy, where are you gading next:D
 
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
 
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.
 
Further North and Cleveleys looks really good now
 

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jaysay said:
And of course we have the token woman in a Burka:D
Great Pics flashy, where are you gading next:D
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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.:rolleyes:
 
I don't see 'opression':confused:
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.
 
oh my lord

that photo was put there because Reece took the words 'riding the waves' to a whole new level

NOT because there is a woman in the shot wearing a bloody burka


this is a thread about Blackpool ffs, lets keep it that way shall we please
 
When i first looked at the photo i saw a bicycle in the surf and thought about the chain and what state it would be in a day later without a rinse and some oil. I never for one minute thought it must be boiling hot as well seeing as someone is covered up, i dont see "sunblock" no matter how hard i look at it.
 
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