The old days.

[mushroom 13,268]

4 minutes ago, THE STIFFMEISTER said:

I have some fantastic memories of black pool , as a young lad on bank holidays .  

I could write a thousand pages of stories spanning 8 years of living there

One word could sum it all up….. “Rumours”

[WILF 47,919]

How he describes Blackpool in the book Judas Pig is absolutely f***ing amazing ! Lol 

[THE STIFFMEISTER 16,340]

4 minutes ago, mushroom said:

I could write a thousand pages of stories spanning 8 years of living there

One word could sum it all up….. “Rumours”

I dread to think mate , I genuinely do .
 

early 2000s Blackpool was a sensation for young northern lads . 

trance music , decent cheap motors , some nice clobber on ,bathed  head to toe in joop and Caroline herrara 212, nice Ben Sherman shirt , then nonsense along the front . halcyon days never to be repeated in reality as it truly was a mesh of the things only the young of that time had .

Pre all the social media age ,  delights 

 

 

[big sid 1,127]

blackpool =cheap and nasty

[mushroom 13,268]

One Christmas, a couple of days before the tsunami. My flatmate’s sister found a Mexican crying on Cleveleys bus station (a story unto itself that nearly led to kidnap, theft, holding a passport without authority and drug possession charges lol). So we kept him for Christmas, naturally
 

One night we were in Rumours and as we were leaving I did the young lad thing and pulled a chunky monkey. So we were copping off in a phone box outside and my flat mate and Manuel catch up to me with two birds in tow. Saying we’re going back to their house, gonna party etc wanna come. Nah I had mine for the night so blah blah I ends up at monkey’s flat, quick bang and sober up enough to realise I must leave immediately Get home around 4am and 30mins later they come bursting into the flat laughing and Adam giving Manuel stick.
 

Turns out they went back with these birds and all is going well until a three legged Rottweiler hobbles into the room. Well the Mexican gave it a not so gentle kick and declared “in Mexico we shoot this dog” Birds start wailing and crying, full scandal. Apparently the dog had just had cancer and had to have the leg off a couple weeks earlier. So while all this screaming, crying and a Mexican offering to kill it is going on. Adam admits defeat, head in hands says “come on Manuel we’re going” He replies so they don’t want me to kill the dog Cue pissed up, pissed off, emotional British girls trying to kill him 

[THE STIFFMEISTER 16,340]

Most of mine aren’t for public viewing  I’m afraid. 
 

[mushroom 13,268]

1 minute ago, THE STIFFMEISTER said:

Most of mine aren’t for public viewing  I’m afraid. 
 

That’s one of the more PC stories

[bell 3,606]

[WILF 47,919]

47 minutes ago, mushroom said:

One Christmas, a couple of days before the tsunami. My flatmate’s sister found a Mexican crying on Cleveleys bus station (a story unto itself that nearly led to kidnap, theft, holding a passport without authority and drug possession charges lol). So we kept him for Christmas, naturally
 

One night we were in Rumours and as we were leaving I did the young lad thing and pulled a chunky monkey. So we were copping off in a phone box outside and my flat mate and Manuel catch up to me with two birds in tow. Saying we’re going back to their house, gonna party etc wanna come. Nah I had mine for the night so blah blah I ends up at monkey’s flat, quick bang and sober up enough to realise I must leave immediately Get home around 4am and 30mins later they come bursting into the flat laughing and Adam giving Manuel stick.
 

Turns out they went back with these birds and all is going well until a three legged Rottweiler hobbles into the room. Well the Mexican gave it a not so gentle kick and declared “in Mexico we shoot this dog” Birds start wailing and crying, full scandal. Apparently the dog had just had cancer and had to have the leg off a couple weeks earlier. So while all this screaming, crying and a Mexican offering to kill it is going on. Adam admits defeat, head in hands says “come on Manuel we’re going” He replies so they don’t want me to kill the dog Cue pissed up, pissed off, emotional British girls trying to kill him 

I’d have aimed that dog out the window just for a laugh ! 

[FOXHUNTER 5,021]

Early 70s we used to have caravan holidays at Crimdon Dene ....before going to the likes of Blackpool and Butlins at Filey

[chartpolski 24,777]

Just now, FOXHUNTER said:

Early 70s we used to have caravan holidays at Crimdon Dene ....before going to the likes of Blackpool and Butlins at Filey

My uncle had a caravan at Crimdon Dene. Wasn't the pub called The Seagull ?

Cheers.

[mackem 27,746]

10 minutes ago, FOXHUNTER said:

Early 70s we used to have caravan holidays at Crimdon Dene ..

I used to go there with the Tyne and Wear young naturalists club, we did short tail field vole studies, caught them in Longworth traps. 

[THE STIFFMEISTER 16,340]

4 minutes ago, mackem said:

I used to go there with the Tyne and Wear young naturalists club, we did short tail field vole studies, caught them in Longworth traps. 

Sounds amazing 

[Daniel cain 46,352]

25 minutes ago, bell said:

f**k me..3rd from the left looks like my old labourer Lee,ringer for Rodney Trotter... same dodgy tash

 

 

 

[mackem 27,746]

1 minute ago, THE STIFFMEISTER said:

Sounds amazing 

For a 12 year old urchin who had f**k all it was another world, did a taxidermy course with them, the museum taxidermist taught us how to stuff a tawny owl, kids should do similar stuff nowadays but sadly they don't.