tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post4954316675955946222..comments2024-03-28T16:31:54.494-04:00Comments on Borepatch: Postcards from a less Politically Correct timeBorepatchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05029434172945099693noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-16290321152030396272014-03-14T21:21:54.020-04:002014-03-14T21:21:54.020-04:00Myrtle Beach in Detroit with Lancashire accents......Myrtle Beach in Detroit with Lancashire accents....Differhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15581662615586346808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-39243633308641862652014-03-14T21:06:32.855-04:002014-03-14T21:06:32.855-04:00Blackpool.... 40+ years ago it was safe enough for...Blackpool.... 40+ years ago it was safe enough for Sunday School coach rides for a day at the fair - a <i>long</i> day for the kids back then, 160 miles each way...<br /><br />Now it's synonymous with unemployment, crime and drug abuse. A sad decline, and I've not taken my family anywhere near the place since the mid-80s.<br />Shades of Detroit?<br /><br />Bryn, Isle of Anglesey, UK.Brynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05112160871452124061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-24540218199076271152014-03-14T20:29:43.094-04:002014-03-14T20:29:43.094-04:00Imagine Myrtle Beach moved to Detroit, and you'...<i>Imagine Myrtle Beach moved to Detroit, and you're picturing the right thing. </i><br /><br />No... no, I don't think I can imagine that at all. <br /><br />SiGraybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-20269543409498386212014-03-14T20:17:39.404-04:002014-03-14T20:17:39.404-04:00Heh, having been to both Blackpool and the Tenerif...Heh, having been to both Blackpool and the Tenerife, I'd take Tenerife in a HEARTBEAT!!!Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.com