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creative blackpool

30 Jun

Welcome to Blackpool Social Club: arts & culture in lockdown and beyond

Blackpool Social Club0 CommentsLocal NewsBlackpool, Counter Culture, creative, creative blackpool, Culture, Fylde Coast, Introduction

Claire Griffiths welcomes you back to the newly rebranded Blackpool Social Club. You might remember us as altBlackpool back in 2018. Whilst we have been offline we have created a beautiful new logo, revamped our website and welcomed a new partnership with Big Issue North magazine. Blackpool Social Club is inspired by Blackpool's resilient, creative and independent nature. Emerging from these strange dystopian times might be challenging, but we will be right here beside you exploring what's happening and where. Some of the old team are back and our excitement is tangible as we welcome new contributors. We're getting ready to…

20 Aug

A Taste of Money – Blackpool. Fracking and The Working Class Hero.

Claire Griffiths0 CommentsColumns & Opinion, Local NewsArt, creative blackpool, electric sunshine project, working class

Do you think Fracking effects you, or are you even that bothered or just bored about hearing about it. I mean industry and commerce have to move on, right for the sake of money? I guess we are ignoring the buried reports by an Air Quality Expert Group, do we care that it has been proven that there are health issues attached to fracking and it has since been banned in New York, Scotland, Germany and a number of areas in California. Whats really shocking about Fracking happening locally is the way communities, myself included look the other way and go with the…