The Mother in Law said to me....

...I'm going to dance on your grave. Good! I said, I'm being buried at sea! 22nd November 2008. St.Annes Promenade Gardens. Statue of Les Dawson, comedian, tv celebrity and resident of the town, Famed for stand up comedy, characters Cissy, Ada, Mother in Law jokes and, of course, Cosmo Smallpiece. Crap playing of the piano was his speciality.

Dropped it!

16th November 2008. Blackburn Boulevard. Another in the ongoing series of public street statues. This little boy is trying to pick up his dropped teddy bear.

Berrocca is wonderful!

12th November 2008. Those rather nice Berrocca people sent me the above goodie box this morning. It's apparently designed to help me not be stressed when doing this blog and is full of calming things such as a stress ball, electronic bubble wrap and a little man to stab with a pen (even the pen is supplied!) - loads of fun! 

I haven't quite reached the need for the Panic Button yet but the fizzy vitamin tablets (with branded glass to fizz them in) are quite good and highly recommended! 

If you want some goodies too, then check out http://www.berocca.co.uk/bloggerrelief/ see if they will send you some stuff. 

If anyone from Berrocca reads this, then I'm off to Sainsburys to stock up on bundles of brilliant Berrocca fizziness!! (please send more stuff).

Didja like that?

29th October 2008. Notlob town centre. Statue of, probably, the most famous thing to come from Bolton (apart from the M61), Fred Dibnah.

Knocker down of old mill chimneys and television personality. Famed for insight into Victorian engineering and building achievements, and his subsequent demolition thereof.

No more pier anymore.

Almost completely disappeared, not much remains of Fleetwood Pier. The beach looks very different as you can now see all the way from the Lifeboat House. Whilst having some sentimental values for the locals, I think it has to be said that the pier was an eyesore and the beach is much improved without it.

Dora Doing Exploring.

26th September 2008. Helium balloon caught in the bushes, discovered on the way to play ball whiz with Claudius. She had gone off exploring somewhere else 24hrs later.

Welcome Home,

15th September 2008. Following on from the Scarborough Belles, the next in my series of civic statues! Fleetwood promenade; mother, daughter, and dog look out to sea to welcome the returning fishing fleet. They'll have a long wait, though; the trawler fleet died about 30 years ago.

From the front...

15th September 2008. Promenade side of Fleetwood Pier. Damage to bar, food outlet and amusements.

One week later...

15th September 2008. Demolition underway to clean up Fleetwood Pier following the fire. From certain angles on the promenade there appears minimal damage but from the beach it's obvious where the fire took hold.

Flagging it!

13th September 2008. Just outside The Aquaduct, Ewood. The lamp posts all now celebrate that this is 'the proud home of Blackburn Rovers FC'.