![]() ![]() Britains longest-reigning monarch passed away earlier this afternoon (8 September. The real question, perhaps, is how a ritual that began in 1879 with the illumination of eight carbon arc lamps on the Blackpool promenade has managed to survive two world wars and the public’s. But at least you get to buy a cheap plastic sword worth about 50p at best! for £15, but on the plus side it breaks before you even get half way round so you don't have it cluttering up your house for the next month.except you still do, because kids love broken paces of plastic that they like to leave lying around looking untidy. Blackpool illuminations has been switched off as a mark of respect following the death of Her Majesty the Queen. On the other side of you, you have the slow moving traffic jam with its wall of exhaust fumes and never ending parade of forlorn children's faces, each more disenchanted than the last. On one side you have the "fabulous" Blackpool illuminations, featuring such favourites as inflatable Egyptian mummy that doesn't inflate, light up picture of Basil brush with bulbs missing and my personal favourite 'Stewart from Sooty' a guy I've never heard of from a TV show that was cancelled almost as long ago as Basil brush. The seafront Best Western Carlton Hotel (01253 628966 bw-carltonhotel. The event will open at 7.30pm, and the firework show is expected to begin at 8.30pm. The fine people of Blackpool put on their finest tracksuits, grab their kids, a warm can of larger and a vape pen to blow clouds of smoke into your face while you shuffle down a crowded prom, trying to avoid the dog poo and errant children, The Illuminations run from August 31 to November 4. The event will take place with a new launchpad over on the beach in front of The Blackpool Tower.
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