{"id":1853,"date":"2025-05-27T16:28:22","date_gmt":"2025-05-27T15:28:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madeinpreston.co.uk\/b\/?p=1853"},"modified":"2025-05-27T16:28:22","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T15:28:22","slug":"blackpool-in-january","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madeinpreston.co.uk\/b\/2025\/05\/blackpool-in-january\/","title":{"rendered":"Blackpool in January"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A visit to Blackpool when the sun doesn&#8217;t rise high in the sky.  The RNLI Lifeboat was out on a practice run.  We arrived as it was coming in, then towed out of the water with the crew strapped in like a ride on the Blackpool Pleasure Beach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please note the dates on the photos say 25th Jan when it was the 15th.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/www.madeinpreston.co.uk\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/250115BlackpoolCentralPier-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1856\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.madeinpreston.co.uk\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/250115BlackpoolCentralPier-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.madeinpreston.co.uk\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/250115BlackpoolCentralPier-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.madeinpreston.co.uk\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/250115BlackpoolCentralPier-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.madeinpreston.co.uk\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/250115BlackpoolCentralPier.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/www.madeinpreston.co.uk\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/250115BlackpoolRNLIlanding-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1857\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.madeinpreston.co.uk\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/250115BlackpoolRNLIlanding-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.madeinpreston.co.uk\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/250115BlackpoolRNLIlanding-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.madeinpreston.co.uk\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/250115BlackpoolRNLIlanding-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.madeinpreston.co.uk\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/250115BlackpoolRNLIlanding.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>North Pier, The RNLI Lifeboat station and shop, Blackpool Tower.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/www.madeinpreston.co.uk\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/250115BlackpoolTowerarea-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1858\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.madeinpreston.co.uk\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/250115BlackpoolTowerarea-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.madeinpreston.co.uk\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/250115BlackpoolTowerarea-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.madeinpreston.co.uk\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/250115BlackpoolTowerarea-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.madeinpreston.co.uk\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/250115BlackpoolTowerarea.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The new multi-story car park taking a portion of the old Central Station site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/www.madeinpreston.co.uk\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/250115BlackpoolCentralNewCarPark-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1859\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.madeinpreston.co.uk\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/250115BlackpoolCentralNewCarPark-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.madeinpreston.co.uk\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/250115BlackpoolCentralNewCarPark-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.madeinpreston.co.uk\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/250115BlackpoolCentralNewCarPark-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.madeinpreston.co.uk\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/250115BlackpoolCentralNewCarPark.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Backlot Cinema and IMAX with burger bar at the back of the Houndshill Shopping Centre on Coronation Street, Blackpool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/www.madeinpreston.co.uk\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/250115BlackpoolBackLotCinemaIMAX-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1860\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.madeinpreston.co.uk\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/250115BlackpoolBackLotCinemaIMAX-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.madeinpreston.co.uk\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/250115BlackpoolBackLotCinemaIMAX-1-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.madeinpreston.co.uk\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/250115BlackpoolBackLotCinemaIMAX-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.madeinpreston.co.uk\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/250115BlackpoolBackLotCinemaIMAX-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The new DWP office near Blackpool North Station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/www.madeinpreston.co.uk\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/250115BlackpoolNewDWPBuilding-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1861\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.madeinpreston.co.uk\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/250115BlackpoolNewDWPBuilding-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.madeinpreston.co.uk\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/250115BlackpoolNewDWPBuilding-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.madeinpreston.co.uk\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/250115BlackpoolNewDWPBuilding-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.madeinpreston.co.uk\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/250115BlackpoolNewDWPBuilding.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A visit to Blackpool when the sun doesn&#8217;t rise high in the sky. The RNLI Lifeboat was out on a practice run. We arrived as it was coming in, then towed out of the water with the crew strapped in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.madeinpreston.co.uk\/b\/2025\/05\/blackpool-in-january\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,1],"tags":[117,17,116],"class_list":["post-1853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-travel","category-uncategorized","tag-backlot-cinema","tag-blackpool","tag-rnli"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madeinpreston.co.uk\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1853","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madeinpreston.co.uk\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madeinpreston.co.uk\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madeinpreston.co.uk\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madeinpreston.co.uk\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1853"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.madeinpreston.co.uk\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1853\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1863,"href":"https:\/\/www.madeinpreston.co.uk\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1853\/revisions\/1863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madeinpreston.co.uk\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madeinpreston.co.uk\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madeinpreston.co.uk\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}