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Post by bigjohncraven on Mar 5, 2011 10:10:33 GMT 1
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Post by april13th1970 on Mar 5, 2011 11:36:39 GMT 1
Could be worse, living in Preston puts you beyond the benefits of anti-depressants
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Post by whitstabletangerin on Mar 5, 2011 12:16:28 GMT 1
Interesting read and video, however I don't think Blackpool is unique, there are a number of south east seaside resorts that have seen better days and are well known down here as being centres of unemployment, drug use and depressed souls. Margate being one such town, a smaller version of Blackpool, with it's buildings in the town centre looking worse for wear, part of a community with the one of the highest unemployment records in the U K., a large transiant population and looking like it was last given a makeover back in the 1950's. Dover, Folkestone, Hastings all very similar and only Brighton drug capitol of the south has had any regeneration and looks like an improvement The demise of the English seaside resorts since the 1960's is well known, foreign holidays , coupled to this lack of investment and the towns have remained a bit old hat. Seaside towns in winter often quite and lonely places attract the unemployed, single, deressed souls living in a grey life and seeking grey places to stay. The local UNI carried out a two year study of seaside populations in the south east and found that 30%were transiant, nearly all under 40 years of age and the vast majority under 25. The way I see it, we have lost thousands and thousand of production jobs to overseas markets, the outlook for jobs with our up and coming youth is looking more than just bleak, we have to do something pretty soon or we will have a huge population of depressed people who may well end up taking to the streets such as in North Africa. Our industries are shrinking and our population is expanding, we can't expect all our youngsters to go into the leisure industry but something sooner or later has to be done to rectify the issue. Very interesting point re IH and the FC, success for a town or club must make a lot of people happy, just like it was as I remember the town in the 50's .
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Post by sandgrown'un on Mar 5, 2011 12:48:25 GMT 1
A very interesting thread BJC and thanks for showing it.
The fact that Steve Pope mentioned Blackpool FC, and Ian Holloway in particular, and how it had lifted the town and its people is quite a tribute. It also shows what it takes to lift peoples spirits and help fight depression. Something to identify with that is positive and sunny in outlook.
It is good to see Steve Pope has turned his life around also.
I will always fiercely defend my town from the doom and gloom merchants in the Press but, to be fair, the problem highlighted is there for all to see and the reasons behind it are also very accurate in my opinion.
So, be a Seasider and be a happier person is our motto; its official.
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Post by Tangerine Sherlock on Mar 6, 2011 10:56:00 GMT 1
I think we are the only seaside town that has any chance of reinventing its self as a lot are now so far gone they can not come back, like Morecombe and Fleetwood
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