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Posted by: Jonathan Callaway
Date/Time: 02/07/26 21:18:00

Sadly, you are right, Martine. Blackpool is a shadow of its former self, used as a bit of a dumping ground nowadays, as are some of the other resort towns around our coasts.  If anywhere needs levelling up it's there.

My grandmother, who lived the whole of her 97 years in Bolton, used to go to Blackpool every year for Wakes Week, when all the mills closed and you could see the hills.

She went to Manchester once, didn't like it, never went again.  Manchester is 11 miles from Bolton!


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“How to Make it Up North if you’re a Southerner” The Times 1 July 202602/07/26 10:28:00 Martine Guy
   Re:“How to Make it Up North if you’re a Southerner” The Times 1 July 202602/07/26 10:42:00 Sue Hammond
      Reply02/07/26 11:48:00 Martine Guy
         Re:Reply02/07/26 12:38:00 Sue Hammond
            Reply02/07/26 14:13:00 Martine Guy
               Re:Reply02/07/26 15:12:00 Jonathan Callaway
                  Reply02/07/26 15:27:00 Martine Guy
                     Re:Reply02/07/26 15:51:00 Jonathan Callaway
                        Reply02/07/26 16:13:00 Martine Guy
                           Re:Reply02/07/26 16:59:00 Barbara Stevens
                              Re:Re:Reply02/07/26 17:31:00 Andy Pike
                                 Reply02/07/26 17:51:00 Martine Guy
                                    Re:Reply02/07/26 21:18:00 Jonathan Callaway

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