Guest 690- Registered: 10 Oct 2009
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I`ve just had a good long weekend away up in Blackpool at my sister`s with a big wedding do, and while up there, although I`ve always loved Blackpool and the surrounding places, since being on this forum, I viewed everything in a different way. I just found myself helplessly comparing things with Dover. Anyone else on here found that? Nearby Lytham St Annes, always been a lovely town, different sorts of shops, and a greater variety of goods, and not much bigger than Dover. Didn`t spot any derelic buildings, of any sort, (in Lytham). Indoor markets up there are always busy, and seem to do well, so why not down here?
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Guest 690- Registered: 10 Oct 2009
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Inside the market hall in Lytham.
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Guest 693- Registered: 12 Nov 2009
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My wife's family are from Blackpool, Colin - well, Thornton Cleveleys to be exact, so we go up there often. I love the Fylde Coast, but have to say that I prefer Dover. As for Lytham - look again. They have their fair share of closed shops, just not concentrated in the centre as ours are; and, if you ventured into Blackpool itself you'd have found great swathes of closed shops, especially in the Hounds Hill Shopping Centre which I find very reminiscent of our own Charlton Centre in terms of it being shabby and much past its best.
I do agree with you about the indoor markets, though. Next time you're up that way, check out Fleetwood's indoor market which I have to say is superb. I think it's a cultural thing, though - everybody seems to go to them whereas they don't here. But then, I find the Dover indoor market second rate for quality and downbeat in ambience, decor and presentation, nowhere near the standard of the indoor markets on the Fylde Coast.
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Guest 690- Registered: 10 Oct 2009
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You`re right with Blackpool Andy. In the 80s and 90s, we were up there 2 or 3 times a year sometimes. The last time was about 8 years ago, and I did notice a very different picture this time to what it was then. As you say, the Hounds Hill area has really gone down, and I wish I`d have got a few more picture`s, but with camera problems, I had to make sure it was okay for the wedding. I may get up there again in the summer, and give Fleetwood another visit. Hard to imagine how busy that town was in it`s heyday of fishing boats.
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