Decided to look in at Blackpool today. The Green Party conference is there and we thought maybe we’d get some green ideas from some stalls. Their website wasn’t too encouraging as it said you needed a ticket but we thought there’d be some stalls around the entrance. You might have thought the Green Party would be hot on public transport but their website says rail services from London Kings Cross travel to Blackpool. When was the last time they got a train? Should it be Euston? A simple mistake but is it representative of their awareness?
We parked somewhere up north shore and walked into the centre. Mistake was to go along the front past North Pier as the road is fenced off almost up to Central Pier and we had to walk a long circular route to get back to the Winter Gardens. Getting into the Winter Gardens, which also has extensive roadworks outside, we were disappointed to find there were no green stalls and it was all inside a ticketed area. So we went into the new Houndshill and that is quite smart. It seems many shops have moved into there from other parts of the centre and so the area near the Winter Gardens now has a lot of discount shops except for Monsoon which stands out. If you want a mobile phone there are a lot of mobile phone shops very close together in Blackpool though.
Hi, as one of the conference organisers I would like to say sorry if you were given a misleading impression – there was free entry to members of the public to the conference and the exhibitors. Our sincere apologies if this wasn’t clear to those dropping in.
@Leila
Thanks, Leila. The first comment on this blog apart from some spam.
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