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Food and Drink

Peas Please: award for school veg scheme

Peas Please: award for school veg scheme

A school dinners scheme ensuring children in Blackpool get enough fresh fruit and vegetables in their diet has been recognised for its good work. David Simper tells us why a change in attitudes is as important as a change in diet A sudden and unexpected drop in income during my under graduate years led to a switch to a largely and then completely vegetarian diet in order to eke out the money available. That was the mid '80s and I'm still making those recipes (often with my homegrown veg, pictured). Thus a life long interest in food and food politics was…
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 A Perfect Blend – Art, BFC and Beer

 A Perfect Blend – Art, BFC and Beer

Whilst on holiday in the Shetlands Stephen Dunstan explores a couple of things close to his heart. Over Wyre brewery and a local artist have teamed up to give another meaning to Seasiders Way.  Now it’s not just the road alongside the football stadium, it’s a lager ale hybrid from Farm Yard Ales with smart can artwork by Tangerine fan Gary Armer.  As a Blackpool season ticket holder partial to a craft beer I was the obvious member of the BSC team to check this out. Out Rawcliffe based Gary is well known for his detailed and realistic oil paintings…
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Paradise Coast: Blackpool Welcomes its First Tiki Bar

Paradise Coast: Blackpool Welcomes its First Tiki Bar

With nightlife and bars under pressure with lockdown measures and much of Blackpool's entertainment industry in a critical condition due to lockdown, Abby caught up with Jake at Dirty Blondes to chat about their forthcoming Tiki Bar and their belief in Blackpool as a place for alternative hospitality options. Abby: I don’t imagine many bars are choosing to expand on the back of lockdown: What’s made you decide to open a new bar?  Jake: We’ve had upstairs in the pipeline since we opened. The plan was to wait a few months and then open, but with lockdown looming, I didn’t…
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Our Time and Our Turn – Female skateboarders return to the ramps

Our Time and Our Turn – Female skateboarders return to the ramps

Blackpool’s female skateboarders are set to return to Ramp City for the popular girls’ nights launched shortly before lockdown. Chris ‘Woody’ Wood, a well-known fixture of Blackpool’s skate scene and owner of Big Woody’s skate shop was inspired to start running female-only skate nights after noticing a growing number of girls buying boards while the ramps in Blackpool’s renowned indoor skatepark remained largely dominated by men. When over 40 females of all ages turned up to the inaugural event in January, it was clear they had just been waiting for permission. Two successful nights were held before lockdown was imposed,…
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