Comments by "May L" (@MeiinUK) on "Exploring the Abandoned and Boarded Up Hotels of Blackpool" video.

I'm actually a bit surprised.. but I don't think that I went to that part of town of Blackpool though. We were closer to the Metropole Hotels.. and the Pleasure Beach part. And the Tower as well. I still remember cheap trips to Blackpool. (And they SHOULD run coach trips to Blackpool as well !! Especially for kids from the likes of London. Cos it is so cheap.) I used to take every single year, coach trips... organised by some local Chinese community centres... to get kids out and about the UK. And we would go to the Pleasure Beach. I remember getting rocks, and everything like that too. This shouldn't stop. Kids today, keep saying that, there is nowhere to go... but in truth.. in those days... to hire out an entire coach... and to have a day in the Seaside... For five pound ? Even if you bring your own sandwiches... This is a good day out ?.... I noticed that, the council where I live now... have brought the seaside to the city centre instead.. Every single Summer.. This is why people don't travel now as well. Some of the Scarborough's fish & chip places have also migrated into the city where I reside now. This is so odd. Blackpool had some of the lovely old buildings.... Mansion-looking as well !
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First of all... Blackpool has such a big dance presence.. They should have a local dance school. Or one that can have overseas' Olympic standard participants can use their facilities. That is for one. Then maybe also have a Cadbury's style... model to hold down some groups of local communities to hold the forte. Create a sustainable energy source. Being so close to the sea.. There should be a regular fishing trade as well. People go to the other East coast is both because of the fishing trade.. as well as the beach. But Blackpool could have both the sports aspect, as well as the maybe some central department or other like Dept of Transport or something. Since it has so many transport up there. Along with a local sustainable Cadbury's model.. and take it from there. Hotels can be slowly built back up as well. Because so many amusement parks have been opened in different areas in more inland areas... And that they run a strong tourism area as well. Blackpool has strong competitors.... This is why, it needs to be revised to be brought back into a working class town. Something of a commerce to exist in Blackpool... and then to have the actual hotel or tourism as a side business. Because it is near the coast, it should make the most of the coastal areas. Maybe some kind of marine R&D centres can exist there ? Some other Eastern coastal side also have large seaside zoo as well. With large real life animals etc. Maybe there ought to be an office for Green Peace.. or whatever international research base, that could stay there. Since it is exposed to the sea as well...
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The best way is to see Switzerland as a model to follow. Because.. it is in a quite wintry place... and often dark... and in those dark days, you need light buildings. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIWkLL9RT7c - Noticed all the outside is white ??? And then a lot of glass. Well insulated. Warm. Just a single building can uplift. Then town planning can happen after.... Imagine that the Tower can be used for the BBC shows. And then a dance academy to be there. Or some kind of Royal Ballet... split say from Manchester to have a sub-unit or location. And then, have practising places.... Then build on top of businesses.... At least have good internet, so those who want a "work from home" can happen. So those who wants to mouse-hole from London, or wherever, then they can ? And if they want to get into Europe... or London, then a nearby flight is possible ? Better than even a train ! But those in the know... of Swiss Hotelier.... Their standards are super high. Really high.. that... it even trumps Dubai. So people have to be weary of this level of hotel experiences. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSsi4kqmcFI - Of course, when it comes to Christmas.. people would always think of the further Northern European countries. But I do not see why it cannot be Blackpool as well. Dark and cosy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJJtIxuDr9s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwkAdrffnYE - Even though Blackpool is not well known for spas or springs. But there is nothing to say that, because it is near the coast... That it cannot be a part of an actual water/steam energy sustainable source.. that feeds into the building of a hotel, say..... I mean, the Dutch tamed the marshes... Britain could tame the heating..... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJ-KLYgYtRQ - Definitely need another level of professionalism to raise its game for Blackpool I think.
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This is the kind of hotels that I want to see in Blackpool. Very warm, wintry... and extremely well decorated... Scandinavian warm hospitalities.... and then of course, definitely have a swedish hot tub or something like that ! Think of the best hot saunas in cold places like in Northern Japan. Like in Scandinavia.... Large hotels.. but EXTREMELY well lit.. and sustainable in energy. Cosy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9xzgV7z1Bg - Cosy, bright. Cool. Warmth. If this kind of place exists.. can draw some of the "Work from home" crowd. Especially if there is access to cheaper internet, say, in Blackpool. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_WkRJFWRf0 - Also, have hostels first, will always bring people here first... to make them comfy.. and connect the trains to the rest of the country ! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGEtF3dM3Yw - Have yatchs there !!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9OLYPQWG-c - Maybe have a different style of housing as well ? Some Scandinavian looking ones. Some of this Victorian style ones. Low and tall buildings. Zone it, to give it a nice outlook.
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That is because you guys took the funding, which is meant for those regions... into Scarborough and more. And we have not even batted or insulted you guys yet and curse you. I know.. cos I live in South Yorkshire.. and the councils... must either be connected to you by being a blood relative or something... Cos how could the local football club in Sheffield... can send funding, via a trust or other.. into as far as Scarborough ???!!!.... That makes NO sense ! If people do not agree with something. Then do not take that job on ! If you do not agree with living in this city. Then do not go here ! If you think that others won't play ball with you, then look further abroad for businesses and trade ! Being on the Western side of the island.. there is an advantage to shipping... and more. Maybe it IS time that they utilise this unique selling point and expand on that. Maybe it is time that Blackpool literally sold to some decent land owners, and let them drive the economy... I mean Cadbury's did this.. and then we exported into all commonwealth countries.
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