BLACKPOOL 97

3 reasons why that weekend away in Blackpool was so memorable. It was the first time I had been away with people other than family. Secondly it happened at a time when life had become a bit dull and routine. But most of all it was one crazy and wild weekend.


The trip had been organized by Pollys pub, as expected dozens of people put their names down but quickly dropped out. There was enough of the right people there to make it a good weekend.

We met outside the pub early on Friday morning and already people were drinking cans of beer which set the standard for the rest of the weekend. When we got there it was a simple case of throw your bags into the room, get changed then straight out drinking.

We did come back for our dinner and went back to our rooms for some vodka before heading out again.
While in our rooms I noticed a window open in the back alleyway and dared Danny to throw a water bomb through it. It was only open a fraction and at a very tight angle but Danny somehow managed to get it through. We were laughing like mad at the time but several weeks later I discovered that it was an old couple in the room so I felt a bit bad about us doing that.

All I remember of that first night is just a blur of going from bar to bar. When going away for a weekend like that I have always noticed that the first night is never as good as the second. Maybe because everyone is tired from the journey. It didn't end up on a good note as I ended up in an argument with one of the lads who I have hardly ever spoken to since.

I crashed out early but forgot to lock the door and some of the others thought it was funny to throw a bin full of water over me while I was asleep...........

Woke up early to someone shouting and going mad on the other side of the hotel. It turned out Jamie Harrington had looked in the mirror to find an eyebrow missing !!!!!!
We went round the pleasure beach first thing in the morning and went on the Pepsi max. After that it was walking around between the arcades and in and out of various pubs drinking more beer.
Gavin, Danny and myself did find time to go to the top of    blackpool tower. We headed back to the hotel where the lads thought it would be funny to spike my coffee with various items they had from the joke shop.


Later Jamie Harrington went to see Chubby Brown and was brave enough to sit on the front row with one eyebrow missing !!!!!!!!

We later had a crazy night in some bar called the Bier Keller. Everyone was dancing on the tables and very drunk until the very early hours.........One of the crowd got lost and couldn't remember the name of the hotel but could remember the phone number of Pollys back home and rang them at about 3am.


Woke up the following morning to discover the hotel was thinking about throwing us all out the previous night. There was plenty of mess but none of it in my room. I was the only one to make it down for breakfast............

It was a great weekend but pollys never did an organized trip like that again because they had been put on the coach companies black list.............so we went in cars next time!!!!!!