I was completely unaware until the last minute that the great OMD were down to support A-ha in Blackpool.. OMD are never a support act and should never be classed as one, I just couldn’t believe my luck when they actually took to the stage to the wild excitement of the crowd.. OMD Formed way […]
Read More Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark OMD Live In Blackpool 16/06/2018Norway’s finest pop export made their much overdue re-visit to Blackpool..! I last had the pleasure of seeing A-ha way back in the early 1980’s at the Blackpool Opera House and strangely I can remember them opening to Cry Wolf as they did last night.. As they took to the stage on what was once the […]
Read More A-ha Live In Blackpool 16/06/18kWe finally get to visit a Theme Park in 2018..! Our first trip and much anticipated ride on Wickerman the new multi million pound Wooden Rollercoaster at Alton Towers was obviously high on our agenda.. A brave move by Alton Towers and Merlin entertainments to actually build a modern day rollercoaster out of wood.. But […]
Read More Alton Towers Visit 2/06/2018The Grand Theatre.. The Grand was designed by Victorian theatre architect Frank Matcham and was opened in 1894 after a construction period of seven months, at a cost of £20,000 between December 1893 and July 1894. The project was conceived and financed by local theatre manager Thomas Sergenson who had been using the site of […]
Read More The Grand Theatre Blackpool..This is nearly 8 years ago, but the Gables hotel in Blackpool was quite an Iconic hotel.. I photographed its sad demolition, I say sad because we really lost an iconic building that had stood the test of time for many years..! Replaced by a Travel Lodge..is this progress or another building lost..? You decide… […]
Read More The Gables Hotel Blackpool being demolishedMorecambe Bay is well known to millions of people as a holiday destination with shallow seas and warm, sandy beaches for children to play on. But those who live and work the Bay often see a different side of it, a side that the day trippers never see. When the westerly gales howl in off […]
Read More Blackpool and North West ShipwrecksExplaining the Fylde And Its Names Anchorsholme The name Anchorsholme is thought to derive from the Old Scandinavian word ‘holmr’ meaning a piece of dry ground in a marsh forming an island, with the ‘Anchors’ meaning a location where one would fasten up a boat. Suggesting that the whole name could mean ‘An […]
Read More Explaining the Fylde And Its NamesThe Blackpool Town Hall Here is a different look at a Blackpool Landmark, but at night.. May I introduce the Blackpool Town Hall at Night.. Messrs. Potts, Son and Hennings built the Town Hall between 1895 and 1900. The ground floor is of stone and the upper walls are of pink brick with stone dressings. […]
Read More The Blackpool Town HallBack in 2008 I started to create a website dedicated to Blackpool with my good Friend Dave Kerr, Adz, Louise Mowbray, Britchris and few others that kindly helped create a website that could showcase the good and positive things about Blackpool.. We started as I said in April 2008, prior to that we worked on […]
Read More Live In Blackpool is 10 Years Old..!Did I really just type that headline..? I thought that only happened to athletes or good runners, or maybe I just didn’t believe that we could actually run 26.2 miles.. Well my story begins in Blackpool January 2017, an overweight middle aged bloke who in reality didn’t like to exercise too much, but every so […]
Read More Virgin London Marathon 2018If you are planning a Supernatural Experience or are curious to see or experience something different, then this is for YOU..! Stephen Mercer is a respected Medium and Author of the Supernatural.. He is in my opinion one of the best around.. I approached Stephen way back in September 2016 and asked if he could […]
Read More Blackpool Supernatural Experience 21/01/17Yes you read the headline correctly… It actually happened , I honestly didn’t think that it was possible to be honest…. BASE jumps are generally made from much lower altitudes than skydives, and a BASE jump takes place close to the object serving as the jump platform. Because BASE jumps generally entail slower airspeeds than […]
Read More BASE Jumping off the Big One Coaster Blackpool Pleasure Beach
