Probably WAS rose-tinted specs then.
We would go up to Towyn or Llandudno during the Summer for a week. I went back to both towns a year back and I honestly wanted to headbutt the sharp end of a katana. Fucking dire, man.
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Sat 21 Jan 2012, 13:17,
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I like Mablethorpe because it is bad, but it always was........
it is a time warp, really not changed since the early 70's still got the same old 50's and 60's slot machines and games...
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Sat 21 Jan 2012, 13:27,
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We used to have family holidays in Mablethorpe in the 70's!
Golden Sands caravan resort, if I recall correctly
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Sat 21 Jan 2012, 13:29,
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We weren't well off enough to actually stop in Mablethorpe, we used to stop in Sutton on sea and travle the mile or so to get there...
You remember the cowboy manikin that you had to draw against then! in the arcade on the corner..
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Sat 21 Jan 2012, 13:36,
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I really don't remember much about the place
just that the sand used to fucking sting your legs when it was windy. And it was ALWAYS windy.
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Sat 21 Jan 2012, 13:39,
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I can't say I've ever been
but judging by your description, there's still a few places in Wales like that, really old game machines. The caravan site I'd stay on had an original Pole Position machine inside... probably still has.
It's not a bit like Blackpool, where everything is pretty much new. I'd never stay there though.
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Sat 21 Jan 2012, 13:31,
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It's not a bit like Blackpool, where everything is pretty much new. I'd never stay there though.
I like it for the nostalgia, reminds me of being young.....
Its most unique feature is the smell!
Last time I went to Blackpool wasover 10 years ago.... I can remember how dirty it was!
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Sat 21 Jan 2012, 13:40,
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Last time I went to Blackpool wasover 10 years ago.... I can remember how dirty it was!
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Blackpool looks like the inside of a tramp's shopping trolley and smells like a chipshop worker's bumcrack
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Sat 21 Jan 2012, 13:42,
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Haha yes,Just remeber to wipe your feet before you get back in your car to drive home!
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Sat 21 Jan 2012, 13:47,
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I was last in Blackpool about a year ago.
Preston being relatively close to it, I thought 'why not?' and went to see what had changed.
I spent most of my time in Coral Island anyway.
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Sat 21 Jan 2012, 13:44,
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I spent most of my time in Coral Island anyway.
If that's the fun fair....
I freaked out on a ride called the haunted swing...
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