My home town

Thanks for the trip down memory lane Clarice, it's many years since I went to Blackpool. When was the last time you went on that Big Dipper!! Looks like you've got the hang of that camera now, great photos. Never mind about the missing donkeys, they deserve a day off especially when it's hot like last week.

Thanks Lilly, last time i went on big dipper was many moons ago, when you live here the pleasure beach is a no go erea to expensive, believe it or not (i'm a sandgronner thats what they call you if your born & bred here), & the first time i went up the tower i was 58, its funny when you live here you forget about the tourist side of it, infact looking at these photos i'm quite proud of living here, there's lots more to see these where taken from south looking towards central pier, but there's a big zoo, a big park & we have are own airport.

oh oh .. . . please tell me you know the answer to this question ....it's a very old question.

What do the donkeys at Blackpool get for their lunch?

Lets see if anyone can guess Clarice

Could it be 'sandwiches' Mac. lol ;-)))

You've taken some lovely pics there Clarice. Brings back many memories of my teenage years.

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This really takes me back Clarice, as Im a Lancashire Lass myself and we used to go to Blackpool for our hols and days out, used to love the Fun House with that Laughing Man, The Tower Ballroom and the Winter Gardens and Stanley Park, Open Air Tram rides etc ect could go on and on. My first holiday when I was sweet 16 and allowed to go without my parents was to Blackpool, dont think I will share them memories on here with you Clarice Lol

Mac could it be Blackpool Rock?

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Nice Blog Clarice..........i seem to remember rthe beach thing on the news on tv..... where the man had removed the sandune as it spoltl his view.......
what do donkeys have 4 there lunch in Blackpool............

great blog Clarice

i went ther years ago...i've only been to pembroke castle once....i dont think weever appreciate what we have...

you have me in suspence Mac,

Great Blog Clarice :) It reminded me of when i last visted I was 4months Pregnant with My 1st Child ,My very 1st time was when i was about 3/4yrs old ! The Smell of Dounuts always reminds me as thats all i can remember of it lol :)

How long are we keeping everyone guessing,

Clarice, I like all your photos and thanks for showing me around the area where you live. :o)

Thanks TT.

brilliant blog Clarice, fantastic photos, you could get a job with Blackpool tourist board with those.
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gona have a guess at Mac's quest.

could the answer be ,,,,,,,,, An Hour lol

yup

:-). i actually got something right lol

lol...;--))

Aw Irish ...you got the answer...I thought it might be ass-paragus!! Sorry! ;0)

Lovely pics Clarice.

lol Fluff, i like your answer

Yes they get 1hr off for there dinner, they also have carrots for lunch, their main meal is probin mixed with sugar beat, and also plenty of hay,in winter they go on holiday in the country, where they can be in fields.

great pics carol and your right im born and bred here to and yet to go up the tower, not been on the big one either, no way lol, use to go in fun house with my friends loved it and sometimes to ice skating, even forget the shows to except i am going to see will young in november at opera house, cant wait

I bet you can,t wait, i've not been on big one yet think i'll pass on that one, 1 of my son's he his 40 now, but everytime theres a new ride he as to go on it.Admit he only does them the once.

brave lol

Lovely Carol :o) to think you only live a short walk from those beautiful dunes. I loved the donkeys.

I know should make more effort and go down, the big park we have is only about the same distant, and dont go there very often, as for the zoo dont think i've been there for over 10yrs, just think when your local you dont think of going where the visitors go.

i do go to the park carol, there`s a nice walkway from staining to dever`e hotel past the mere, may go when we get some nice weather lol

Going to say i only have to walk across preston new rd, down to old preston rd and i'm almost there.

quite a walk carol,

Not really,use to do it in about 10-15 mins so i'd say now about 30mins, old i get slower i walk, but i do like to walk,

Sorry to say I,ve only been once and that was 41 yrs ago,I was carrying our first child,it was october absolutely atrocious weather all weekend ,so our tour bus took us around the lights on the coach,was advised not to go up the tower cos of my condition,not a good memory but not Blackpools fault,I,ll have to give it another go but not on a Friday.....My next door neighbour is there now absolutely loves it and visits most years..........

You wont know the place its, all being done up and changed, its always bad weather when the lights are on.

Takes me back too Clarice. I haven't been to Blackpool for at least 50 years. For me too it was a first teenage holiday, but we did have someone's mum with us. Stayed in a boarding house near the sea and the lovely owner was happy for 5 girls to soak petticoats in a bath full of water and sugar so they would be ready for us to dance until midnight at the Tower Ballroom. I still have the black and white photographs somewhere.
Thank you for the tour.

It looks lovely Clarice. With such diverse scenery so close by!

When you live somewhere it isn't like being on holiday. You just get on with your life and don't notice the beauty around you. I live very close to the National Botanic Garden of Wales but I've never been there. There are other tourist attractions all about here aswell but I never get time to visit them. That's every day life I suppose.

It's always the same, you never do the things on your doorstep. Windsor Castle is near me but I've never been there except when I was 8 and then I lived in Essex!! I only saw and went on the London Eye last year and that's not too far away. Didn't like it much so I'll give the Blackpool Tower a miss if we are ever up that way. Sounds like we were all pregnant when we went to Blackpool! Years ago I went on the Log Flume when I was 6 months pregnant with twins, although I didn't know there were 2 at the time! Is it still there Clarice?

i have twins...Lily
jack and lilly now seventeen....
i didn't go to blackpool when i was pregnant though...lol

lily ive been to windsor castle as my brother lives in bracknell, so took my son joe and we did the castle and legoland was great fun, the victorian dolls house was what i wanted to see and wasnt dissapointed either, its a lovely area to visit, and the log flume still here lily,

Sandra i think the log flume when last year,Ginellie have to admit when i was young,(thats a long time ago) i went in the tower ballroom every saturday night, but never went to top, when you do get to top there's a glass floor to walk on. when you do get to the top the view is fantastic.

really carol didnt know that, i use to love going on that,

Can remember someone telling me, saying it was last year, it could have been year before, time goes so quick, mind you i think you have to pay £20 to just walk through it know,think most amusment park do it now dont they.

yes think so carol. dont think its fare as i like to look but dont go on rides, another way of making quick money i guess

My twin 'babies' are now 34 Sandra and have their own babies but no twins .....yet!
Legoland, that's another place I haven't been to Sanbaz. We used to live in Bracknell but now live just outside in Crowthorne. Bracknell gets criticised a lot for it's New Town architecture but there are lots of lovely green spaces and the Council go to a lot of efffort to make it look nice. What part does your brother live in?
I expect the log flume wasn't thrilling enough for modern kids. I liked it because it was gentle compared to the big dipper.

lily he lives in great hollands, they would like something a bit bigger now but the prices are to much for them to be able to, even though they work, but they have a lovely house and are not unhappy where they are,

Lovely blog and photos Clarice.Many years since visited Blackpool,and then it was to see the illuminations !

Bet it rained aswell, usually does and it gets windy, most folk say tipical illumination weather.Oh thanks BB/Jane.

Lol...think it did rain as it happens Clarice !

Talking rain its started raining awhile ago.

Same here Clarice,but not very heavy and much needed at moment ! Saves getting the hose out!

Same here, it is needed everything really dry, been lovely alday though, so it may be nice again tomorrow, could cope with this nice in day & rain through the night.

I once had a great holiday in Blackpool when my children were small...thanks for the memories...:>)

Have to admit when the illuminations are on and it rains they look even better,as they reflect on the wet road.

Takes me back to the one time I was in Blackpool for any decent length of time. Was attending a 2-day works conference (boring), so me and a mate pretended to be feeling unwell, then slipped out to ride the Pepsi Max rollercoaster. Afterwards, we felt a bit unwell, for real, Lol! Many Thanks for this, Clarice! :-)

Your welcome David, got more gutts than me, to go on that.

I love Blackpool ,went there as a young child ,happy days ,great photos ,and the Donkey well ,i would never have guessed ,lol