Belle of the ballrooms

Who doesn’t love spending time at the seaside? Over the years, I’ve followed the Agatha Christie trail in Torquay, danced the night away in a Brighton discotheque, marvelled at a water-borne circus in

It’s a classic bit of television Charlie. He’s trying to play a tune and although he’s failing – badly – you just know he’d succeed if only he used a proper instrument and not the big white kitchen si

Wendy Gomersall braved stepping onto a rink, helped by a star of Blackpool’s spectacular Hot Ice show...

The seaside lido offered safe swimming for holidaymakers irrespective of the vagaries of the tide. Kathryn Ferry looks at the architecture of these remarkable creations

Shop of the month Bennison Fabrics, No 16, ...

I was born and dragged up in Blackpool. Before spreading my wings at a tender age, when certain aspects of my personality and many of my interests were already well established, my passion for wildlif