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Old 12-12-2011, 18:18
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Old 12-12-2011, 20:56
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Old 12-12-2011, 21:37
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I thought all the contestants appear in the final so that should mean they are all going to Blackpool!
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Old 12-12-2011, 21:46
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Usually we have one or two DS-ers who go to SCD at Blackpool Tower.
Come on, don't be shy! Show yourselves!

I applied for tickets and got none and I live in blinking Blackpool. Maybe the BBC is in league with our tourist boad and only gives tickets to folk who'll need to pay for a hotel and dinner while they're here.
It's a conspiracy, I tell you!
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Old 12-12-2011, 21:51
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I applied for tickets and got none and I live in blinking Blackpool. Maybe the BBC is in league with our tourist boad and only gives tickets to folk who'll need to pay for a hotel and dinner while they're here.
It's a conspiracy, I tell you!
The BBC caravan on expenses, how much do they spend? They stay at the Imperial? Then there are out-of-town spectators as you say.
How big a deal is this one Saturday for Blackpool in the off-season?.
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Old 12-12-2011, 22:49
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The BBC caravan on expenses, how much do they spend? They stay at the Imperial? Then there are out-of-town spectators as you say.
How big a deal is this one Saturday for Blackpool in the off-season?.
It's a big fat juicy deal. I can't say I know where the BBC staff stay or how much they spend, but there are an awful lot of them.
That's before you take the audience into consideration.
All of them have to sleep somewhere and eat while they;re here, so it brings in money that wouldn't be coming in the weekend before Christmas. In a town whose only industry is tourism, that's pretty important.

Also, the former TVR mechanic and local boy made good, Alfie Boe is playing in The Opera House at The Winter Gardens that same night and I see on the website that it's a sell out. So there's another three and a half thousand extra people in town. Mind, that said, they won't all be out of towners who need a bed.

Yup, we like having big events out of season to pull people in.
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Old 12-12-2011, 23:10
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I was lucky enough to spend a weekend at a really posh hotel in Lytham St Annes last year and thats apparantly where Bruce stays when they are in Blackpool
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Old 12-12-2011, 23:13
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I've never been to Blackpool, but I've never been to Subway either........or Primark!
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Old 12-12-2011, 23:39
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Out-of-town visitors who plan to extend Saturday Strictly into a long sightseeing weekend, should beware that everything closes in Blackpool in the off season except at weekends. Tower Ballroom should reopen in time for a well-attended tea dance on Sunday with a warm afterglow, but not on the Monday.

Blackpool seafront runs from north to south offering distant horizon view towards Ireland, but given the slightest excuse will blow a stiff wind, so bring scarfe and hat. Espresso the local can give best tips on what to see in winter.
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Old 12-12-2011, 23:44
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Has anyone got tickets?
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