Trips to Blackpool generally make me sad, even when I’m with my girlfriends and having a nice time (as was the case the other week). The reason is just that it is such a different place than the one I remember from my childhood. But I did manage to get a couple of pictures from the North Pier which hark back to the way I remember it….
English Rose from Manchester's Blog 
Lovely photos.
One of my friends visited Blackpool for the first time ever last week. She loved it. She said she could see it has had its day but that it still has some charm. She wants to return to see the illuminations. I haven’t seen them in years.
I also have good memories of Blackpool – but of being their as a teenager, not as a child. My childhood memories are of beaches in North Wales.