Rand Hobart's Random Homilies » blackpool http://blog.randhobart.org.uk Between outraged ranting and mediocre mundanity is the time I'm allowed... Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:16:07 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Fire! Fire!! Fire!!! http://blog.randhobart.org.uk/2009/07/07/fire-fire-fire/ http://blog.randhobart.org.uk/2009/07/07/fire-fire-fire/#comments Tue, 07 Jul 2009 14:03:45 +0000 RandHobart http://blog.randhobart.org.uk/?p=4224 14.25 and SWMBO told me I had to call the Fire Brigade!

I could smell smoke but dismissed it as someone burning shit, locally. She, being ‘curious’ by nature investigated. It appeared that some bags of rubbish left in the back alley were alight.

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]]> http://blog.randhobart.org.uk/2009/07/07/fire-fire-fire/feed/ 0 Lightning Strike!! http://blog.randhobart.org.uk/2009/07/02/lightning-strike/ http://blog.randhobart.org.uk/2009/07/02/lightning-strike/#comments Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:59:54 +0000 RandHobart http://blog.randhobart.org.uk/?p=4189 4am on Wednesday morning we were woke by thunder. We then saw the lightning that invariably goes with it.

Judging by the delay between light & sound the eye was about 10Km away, probably over the sea. but it was getting closer.

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]]> http://blog.randhobart.org.uk/2009/07/02/lightning-strike/feed/ 0 Blackpool Trams http://blog.randhobart.org.uk/2009/06/07/blackpool-trams/ http://blog.randhobart.org.uk/2009/06/07/blackpool-trams/#comments Sun, 07 Jun 2009 09:51:31 +0000 RandHobart http://blog.randhobart.org.uk/?p=3905

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]]> http://blog.randhobart.org.uk/2009/06/07/blackpool-trams/feed/ 0 Showzam Parade http://blog.randhobart.org.uk/2009/02/21/showzam-parade/ http://blog.randhobart.org.uk/2009/02/21/showzam-parade/#comments Sat, 21 Feb 2009 18:26:47 +0000 RandHobart http://blog.randhobart.org.uk/?p=1457 Showzam‘s week of events and shows culminated with a parade through Blackpool town centre as part of the ‘Heat the Streets’ extravaganza.

Bands, drummers, circus performers, stilt-walkers and kids groups marched round a circuit of the towns shopping district.

A pleasant and colourful end to a weeks celebrations.

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]]> http://blog.randhobart.org.uk/2009/02/21/showzam-parade/feed/ 0 Yates’ Fire Aftermath http://blog.randhobart.org.uk/2009/02/21/yates-fire-aftermath/ http://blog.randhobart.org.uk/2009/02/21/yates-fire-aftermath/#comments Sat, 21 Feb 2009 18:22:02 +0000 RandHobart http://blog.randhobart.org.uk/?p=1455 A handful of images showing the aftermath of the ‘Massive Blaze’ that ‘Ripped Through Blackpool‘!

Much of the upper part of the building has been destroyed, but the lower aspect is still standing. Work to assess it’s stability has begun.

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]]> http://blog.randhobart.org.uk/2009/02/21/yates-fire-aftermath/feed/ 0 PSB @ The Brits… http://blog.randhobart.org.uk/2009/02/20/psb-the-brits/ http://blog.randhobart.org.uk/2009/02/20/psb-the-brits/#comments Fri, 20 Feb 2009 13:30:24 +0000 RandHobart http://blog.randhobart.org.uk/?p=2686 The Brits haven’t always been my cup of tea, in fact I attended one infamous ceremony in the Royal Albert Hall in the 80s, and what a shambles it was.

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]]> http://blog.randhobart.org.uk/2009/02/20/psb-the-brits/feed/ 0 Yates’s Wine Lodge Blaze http://blog.randhobart.org.uk/2009/02/15/yates-wine-lodge-blaze/ http://blog.randhobart.org.uk/2009/02/15/yates-wine-lodge-blaze/#comments Sun, 15 Feb 2009 10:33:52 +0000 RandHobart http://blog.randhobart.org.uk/?p=986

The fire broke out in the early hours, presumed to have began in a pet store in the same building as Yates’s Wine Lodge. The ‘arcade’ mentioned in the reports hasn’t been accessible for years.

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]]> http://blog.randhobart.org.uk/2009/02/15/yates-wine-lodge-blaze/feed/ 0 Showzam! http://blog.randhobart.org.uk/2009/02/14/showzam/ http://blog.randhobart.org.uk/2009/02/14/showzam/#comments Sat, 14 Feb 2009 18:22:05 +0000 RandHobart http://blog.randhobart.org.uk/?p=939

Went to see the Blackpool Fringe stage at Showzam (Olympia, Winter Gardens) yesterday (and today). Dylan and SWMBO came along too.

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]]> http://blog.randhobart.org.uk/2009/02/14/showzam/feed/ 0 BFI Archive – Blackpool http://blog.randhobart.org.uk/2008/10/13/bfi-archive-blackpool/ http://blog.randhobart.org.uk/2008/10/13/bfi-archive-blackpool/#comments Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:12:52 +0000 RandHobart http://blog.randhobart.org.uk/?p=3942

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]]> http://blog.randhobart.org.uk/2008/10/13/bfi-archive-blackpool/feed/ 0 FirstView – July 2008 http://blog.randhobart.org.uk/2008/07/01/firstview-july-2008/ http://blog.randhobart.org.uk/2008/07/01/firstview-july-2008/#comments Tue, 01 Jul 2008 21:11:25 +0000 RandHobart http://blog.randhobart.org.uk/?p=1843 This month’s contribution to FirstView;

Title: The Bloomfield - Bloomfield Road

Details: Yet another Blackpool pub goes down the pan as a result of the falling fortunes of the town, poor management (probably, they’re nearly all run by cowboys), lack of ‘local loyalty’ (forever seeking the cheapest pint), and the smoking ban, maybe…

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]]> http://blog.randhobart.org.uk/2008/07/01/firstview-july-2008/feed/ 0 FirstView – February 2008 http://blog.randhobart.org.uk/2008/02/01/firstview-february-2008/ http://blog.randhobart.org.uk/2008/02/01/firstview-february-2008/#comments Fri, 01 Feb 2008 18:53:11 +0000 RandHobart http://blog.randhobart.org.uk/?p=1831 This month’s contribution to FirstView;

Title: Beached Riverdance

Details: The ferry ‘Riverdance’ runs aground off Blackpool

Date & Time: 01/02/2008 @ 13.30(ish)

Location: Little Bispham/Blackpool

Camera: Nikon D100. Nikon Zoom-Nikkor AF 70-300mm f/4~f/5.6G

Notes: It was feckin’ windy!!

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]]> http://blog.randhobart.org.uk/2008/02/01/firstview-february-2008/feed/ 0 A Missive to Spiney… http://blog.randhobart.org.uk/1998/12/07/a-missive-to-spiney/ http://blog.randhobart.org.uk/1998/12/07/a-missive-to-spiney/#comments Mon, 07 Dec 1998 17:30:36 +0000 RandHobart http://blog.randhobart.org.uk/?p=3008 RAND HOBART RUSSELL COURT BLOOMSBURY LONDON, WC1H 0LW 0171-837- / 0966- rand.h@******.net

YoHoHo & A bottle of Aprés Rasage? Large Kouros & Coke for me please!!

Spiney Norman Esq. St Anne’s-on-Sea? Lytham St Anne’s Lancashire FY-Summink or t’other.

7th December 1998 Bonjour! Spiney,

(Non. Non. Non). Hola! Spiney,

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]]> http://blog.randhobart.org.uk/1998/12/07/a-missive-to-spiney/feed/ 0 Blackpool #2 http://blog.randhobart.org.uk/1996/09/01/blackpool-2/ http://blog.randhobart.org.uk/1996/09/01/blackpool-2/#comments Sun, 01 Sep 1996 13:09:45 +0000 RandHobart http://blog.randhobart.org.uk/?p=511 Returning to the North. Away from this Southern sewer. Back to the clean, fresh air.

Where the only pollution spews from the, bigoted mouths & minds of the elders.

Where the rebellious youth dutifully follow suit.

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