Bye Bye Blackpool for a couple of weeks !!Hello LAS VEGAS!! ah Hu
We are busy packing for an overnight stay in London (1st class on Virgin,very cheap via t,internet) Then 10 hours flight to Las Vegas where we are booked into a Hotel dead centre of the Las Vegas Strip ahhhh all those bright lights ! I will be off line on my Blog for a couple of days SO here a few more Blackpool pics taken mostly from the North area of Rossall beach BE aware that this site will no doubt be positively packed with pictures once I start clicking away in the heart of Vegas ! As the immortal Elvis said ” Ahh Hu ”
Walkabout & catching up with family n Friends
Had a day on the Booze from 1pm on Such a long time since I’ve done this BUT it was Great !! met up with some old Pals & in particular Roy (white haired lad) He was a great looking lad during school years & the girls used to flock round him ! he was also a great pal. Bloke sat at the bar is Councillor Steve Houghton & he is a family friend Getting to Blackpool Tower and note the blokes working at the top.. Moral is to always carry a camera around ! Other picture is my eldest & his 2 boys Good lookin bunch eh?
Sad Day today 13 January 2011 the burial of Jackie Luxton
Today was the funeral of my first wife Jackie, we were together since I was 11 and married in my early teens & having a son.Shortly after his birth we separated and went our own ways (still remaining friends until her sad demise Xmas 2010 I have lots of treasured memories from those early days hence my tribute to her today Her partner of almost 36 yrs
Sam is still my friend ( I often refer to him as my husband in law !!) So today, Jackies was a great send off with white horse drawn carriage & the releasing of a white dove Gone but certainly not forgotten
St Annes (nr Blackpool)
St Annes is approx 5 miles south of Blackpool & was a Victorian get away haven for upper class citizens & considered to be a ;posh; suburb of Blackpool.Sadly those halcyon days are gone & although St Annes has rebuilt much of its promenade it is still a lovely haven for senior citizens ( I am now a qualified Senior !!) The tide goes out for around 3 miles the beaches are still golden sand (also very flat) and conditions are fabulous for wind sand yachting (very popular sport here) The pier entrance has the date of completion in the late 1800,s and a must to visit if in this area.
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- Once connected to the main Pier..The Jetty
Trip into Fleetwood (next door to Blackpool)
Today we took atrip on a Blackpool bus & travelled the 8 miles to an old fishing town Fleetwood. It was once the trawler town on the North West & in days gone by my younger brother Brian & me used to catch a train (steam/coal) every Sunday for 6pence return !! Sadly the railway has long gone & the old station demolished ! The ferry across the River Wyre is due to be discontinued (to Knott End) In Knott End we used to collect Perriwinkles of the rocks once the tide had gone out & our mother would duly boil & eat them !! Fleetwood now is a tired old place and on the verge of being abandoned it is also the home of the Fishermans Friend who no doubt a few off you out there have sucked on !!!
HAPPY NEW YEAR
GONE !!!!
2010 ended on a high with a huge NYE party at our niece s house Great food,drink & party pieces made for a wonderful year ending.The crowd bayed for me to get my hair cut !! After long negotiations with my family & friends I finally agreed IF the mob contributed to Maureens (a friend) charity MS I would sit in the middle of the room and allow it !! Maureen eventually collected £150 towards her charity.Thanks Zoe for the wonderful haircut,every one else who contributed or donated
GOING
Watch me play Didgeridoo
Geoffs Life After Work ! 