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Tag: blackpool

  • A partially-boarded up and heavily-graffitied residential street with unmaintained peeling paint, in front of which a woman in an enormous red dress walks.

    (Feeling Fucking) Fabulous in Blackpool

    This year, MEEK's Fabulous has been stuck on a loop in my head, but I only just got around to watching the music video. Which, to my delight, is shot in the region of what I reckon is Britain's gayest pub crawl. Let's take a tour together...

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    • posted 29 July, 2026
  • Review of The Blackpool Tower

    This review of The Blackpool Tower originally appeared on Google Maps. See more reviews by Dan. The Blackpool Tower, Promenade, Blackpool FY1 4BJ, United Kingdom. Rating: โญโญ Compared to trips here in my youth, this iconic tourist attraction now seems very expensive (with 'modular' pricing: no more can you just buy a ticket and enjoy โ€ฆ

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    • Review
    • posted 25 August, 2017
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    Northern Radio

    While standing in the shower and listening to a local radio station, in Lancashire, Dan considers the impact of moving around the country on his perception of different dialects.

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    • posted 17 January, 2012
  • This repost was published in hindsight, on 12 March 2019.
    Ruth wrote:

    Since I last posted, I've been fairly busy, one way and another. First, Dan and I travelled up to Preston where I was forced to allow that it isn't a complete pit after all because it does have a couple โ€ฆ

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    • of this original
    • posted 8 July, 2009
  • Scotland Etc.

    A quick summary of a holiday (and a series of associated trips on the side) that Ruth and I took a fortnight ago (yeah; I've been busy). Ruth has already written a little about the trip. I'd hoped to blog "on the move", but a combination of low signal and low energy after a day โ€ฆ

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    • 1 comment
    • posted 16 June, 2009
  • Andy Heywood wakes up and nurses his hangover.

    Avatar Diary - Birthday Aftermath

    Dan shares photos from the aftermath of his 18th birthday party.

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    • Article
    • posted 9 January, 1999

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