women Archives - Blackpool Social Club

12 Jul

Women in Tattooing: Hannah Nickson, Lucidity Tattoo

Beth Barker0 CommentsVisual Arts & Exhibitionsindependent, tattoo, tattoo artist, women

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Blackpool has long been recognised as the hen and stag capital of the UK, breeding a culture of back-alley tattooing and even underage inking. If you’re a local, it’s pretty clear which shops are the ones to avoid if you want to leave with your skin intact – the most obvious ones to avoid being those donning signs where ‘tattoo’ is spelled incorrectly… [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]While our town’s reputation has been besmirched in the past, change is afoot. As a regular in the ink seat myself, I’m constantly in awe of the incredible creativity and innovation happening in the Blackpool tattoo…

08 Mar

Celebrating a trio of Grand female writers for International Women’s Day

Blackpool Social Club0 CommentsTheatre, Dance & Performanceblackpoolgrandtheatre, IWD, The Grand Theatre, Theatre, women

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Famous female authors throughout the centuries have felt compelled to disguise their gender to be taken seriously in the literary world and to help persuade readers of both sexes to read their works. Blackpool Grand Theatre is shining the spotlight on three renowned women writers for this year’s International Women’s Day – Breaking the Bias on Tuesday 8 March. In their upcoming programme, Blackpool Grand Theatre presents a trio of dazzling stage dramas from three legendary women writers. Best-selling crime writer Hilary Bonner, gritty biographer Helen Forrester and the Queen of Crime herself - the late, great Agatha Christie;…

19 Feb

‘We’re Sew Done’ calls for help to get book done

Louise Ashcroft0 CommentsLocal Newsart exhibition, Craft, crafts, crowdfunding, Exhibition, FUNDRAISING, Knitting, rec, women

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Back in September community arts organisation, Aunty Social opened the We're Sew Done exhibition at Blackpool Central Library highlighting street harassment and violence against women. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_single_image image="34506" img_size="medium" alignment="center"][/vc_column][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]The project was a response to the disappearance and murder of Sarah Everard and the subsequent movement to 'Reclaim the Streets'. Blackpool Social Club contributor Antonia Charlesworth wrote an article calling out to local women to share their experiences of street harassment on the Fylde Coast. It was this information provided the inspiration for Aunty Social's textile group, Knittaz with Attitude, to create pieces for the exhibition. We're Sew…

19 Apr

F/Stop Exhibition Celebrates Fylde Coast Female Photographers

Stephanie Cottle0 CommentsVisual Arts & ExhibitionsBlackpool Prom, photo, photographer, photography, women

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Following a successful takeover of tram shelters late last year, the HIVEArts team have once again brought unique art to Blackpool promenade. Throughout the coronavirus pandemic there have been increasing amounts of open-air, gallery-style exhibitions popping up all over the globe, as curators attempt to make culture accessible in spite of social distancing restrictions. After making waves with their previous exhibition late last year, HIVEArts have installed a set of fresh new images by 22 female photographers from across the Fylde coast at tram stops between North and Central Pier. In light of recent events, it is so fitting…

07 Mar

Blackpool Skateboard Stories: Girl skaters get some air

Antonia Charlesworth0 CommentsSports & Wellbeingskate culture, Skateboard, women

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Whether it’s complete newbies or people returning to the sport, everyone is welcome at Ramp City’s Girls’ Skate Night. Antonia Charlesworth steps tentatively onto her board. Photos: Claire Griffiths I’m standing on a skateboard for the first time in almost twenty years. The last time resulted in a few weeks in a luminous pink cast on my left arm and now I have a lot more to lose. The truth is, even then I was no badass rider – it was a guy friend’s deck and I was feeling brave and asked for a go. I learnt my painful…

07 Mar

In Her Place: Urban Skateboarding

Stephanie Cottle0 CommentsColumns & Opinion, Sports & WellbeingBlackpool, community, Place, skate, skate culture, Skateboard, women

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] In another instalment of In Her Place Stephanie Cottle looks back before skating into the future. If I was asked as a kid to imagine what the year 2020 would look like, I can guarantee that I would have envisioned the fun, futuristic depictions from my favourite childhood films. I’m talking teenagers on hoverboards and self-lacing trainers – the really important stuff. We all know the rather less exciting reality of 2020 was that instead of jetting off to have silver suit adventures in flying cars, we’ve faced extraordinarily tight restrictions on our movements. No planes, no trains, no automobiles. Back in March…

09 Jul

Marking the Martyrs

Jill Reidy0 CommentsTheatre, Dance & Performance, Visual Arts & ExhibitionsArt, artist, Blackpool, community, Exhibition, march, martyrs, performance, suffragettes, women

Sadly, I was away when this event, preceding the exhibition, took place in Blackpool. However, I did manage to catch the excellent, and very moving, exhibition the following week. I was also lucky enough to get the view of Anne Cameron, who took part in the march. Anne told me, "I arrived just as the event was starting and was pleased to see a sizeable crowd assembled on the car park at the rear of Blott Studios. The choir from Manchester looked evocative dressed in Edwardian period fashions , were about to perform from the balcony of the flat over Blott overlooking…